| Questions | 5 |
| Topics | Asteroids, DNA, Phase Transition, Pulmonary Artery & Vein, Stomach |
The solar system also contains over a million rocky fragments of at least 1km in diameter called asteroids as well as millions more with smaller diameters. Many of these asteroids are an asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is the molecule that contains genetic information. DNA is encoded through a combination of nucleotides that bind together in a specific double helix pattern.
A substance undergoes a phase transition when it moves from one state of matter to another, for example, when water freezes or boils.
The two largest veins in the body, the venae cavae, pass blood to the right ventricle which pumps the blood to the lungs through the pulmonary artery. Blood picks up oxygen in the lungs and returns it to the left atrium via the pulmonary vein.
Food is mixed with gastric acid and pepsin in the stomach to help break down protein.