Plant and Animal Cell Parts Guide
Plant and Animal Cell Parts Guide
Cell membrane or the plasma membrane is the outer lining of the cell inside the
cell wall.
Cytosol or cytoplasm is the gel-like matrix inside the cell membrane which
constitutes all other cell organelles.
Nucleus is the control center of the cell. It is a membrane bound structure which
contains the hereditary material of the cell - the DNA
Chloroplast is a plastid with green pigment chlorophyll. It traps light energy and
converts it to chemical energy by the process of photosynthesis.
Mitochondria carries out cellular respiration and provides energy to the cells.
Vacuoles are the temporary storage center of the cell.
Golgi body is the unit where proteins are sorted and packed.
Ribosomes are structures that assemble proteins.
Endoplasmic reticulum are membrane covered organelles that transport materials.
The parts of the animal cell are as follows:
Cell membrane
• It is a semi-permeable barrier, allowing only a few molecules to move across it.
• Electron microscopic studies of cell membrane shows the lipid bi-layer model of
the plasma membrane, it also known as the fluid mosaic model.
• The cell membrane is made up of phospholipids which has polar(hydrophillic)
heads and non-polar (hydrophobic) tails.
Cytoplasm
• The fluid matrix that fills the cell is the cytoplasm.
• The cellular organelles are suspended in this matrix of the cytoplasm.
• This matrix maintains the pressure of the cell, ensures the cell doesn't shrink or
burst.
Nucleus
• Nucleus is the house for most of the cells genetic material- the DNA and RNA.
• The nucleus is surrounded by a porous membrane known as the nuclear
membrane.
• The RNA moves in/out of the nucleus through these pores.
• Proteins needed by the nucleus enter through the nuclear pores.
• The RNA helps in protein synthesis through transcription process.
• The nucleus controls the activity of the cell and is known as the control center.
• The nucleolus is the dark spot in the nucleus, and it is the location for ribosome
formation.
Ribosomes
• Ribosomes is the site for protein synthesis where the translation of the RNA takes
place.
• As protein synthesis is very important to the cell, ribosomes are found in large
number in all cells.
• Ribosomes are found freely suspended in the cytoplasm and also are attached to
the endoplasmic reticulum.
Endoplasmic reticulum
• ER is the transport system of the cell. It transports molecules that need certain
changes and also molecules to their destination.
• ER is of two types, rough and smooth.
• ER bound to the ribosomes appear rough and is the rough endoplasmic reticulum;
while the smooth ER do not have the ribosomes.
Lysosomes
• It is the digestive system of the cell.
• They have digestive enzymes helps in breakdown the waste moelcules and also
help in detoxification of the cell.
• If the lysosomes were not membrane bound the cell could not have used the
destructive enzymes.
Centrosomes
• It is located near the nucleus of the cell and is known as the 'microtubule
organizing center' of the cell.
• Microtubules are made in the centrosome.
• During mitosis the centrosome aids in dividing of the cell and moving of the
chromosome to the opposite sides of the cell.
Vacuoles
• They are bound by single membrane and small organelles.
• In many organisms vacuoles are storage organelles.
Vesicles are smaller vacuoles which function for transport in/out of the cell.
Golgi bodies
• Golgi bodies are the packaging center of the cell.
• The Golgi bodies modify the molecules from the rough ER by dividing them into
smaller units with membrane known as vesicles.
• They are flattened stacks of membrane-bound sacs.
Mitochondria
• Mitochondria is the main energy source of the cell.
• They are called the power house of the cell because energy(ATP) is created here.
• Mitochondria consists of inner and outer membrane.
• It is spherical or rod shaped organelle.
• It is an organelle which is independent as it has its own hereditary material.
Peroxisomes
• Peroxisomes are single membrane bound organelle that contain oxidative
enzymes that are digestive in function.
• They help in digesting long chains of fatty acids and amino acids and help in
synthesis of cholesterol.
Cytoskeleton
• It is the network of microtubules and microfilament fibres.
• They give structural support and maintain the shape of the cell.
Cilia and Flagella
• Cilia and flagella are structurally identical structures.
• They are different based on the function they perform and their length.
• Cilia are short and are in large number per cell while flagella are longer and are
fewer in number.
• They are organelles of movement.
• The flagellar motion is undulating and wave-like whereas the ciliary movement is
power stroke and recovery stroke.
Cell membrane
• It is a semi-permeable barrier, allowing only a few molecules to move across it.
• Electron microscopic studies of cell membrane shows the lipid bi-layer model of
the plasma membrane, it also known as the fluid mosaic model.
• The cell membrane is made up of phospholipids which has polar(hydrophillic)
heads and non-polar (hydrophobic) tails.
Cytoplasm
• The fluid matrix that fills the cell is the cytoplasm.
• The cellular organelles are suspended in this matrix of the cytoplasm.
• This matrix maintains the pressure of the cell, ensures the cell doesn't shrink or
burst.
Nucleus
• Nucleus is the house for most of the cells genetic material- the DNA and RNA.
• The nucleus is surrounded by a porous membrane known as the nuclear
membrane.
• The RNA moves in/out of the nucleus through these pores.
• Proteins needed by the nucleus enter through the nuclear pores.
• The RNA helps in protein synthesis through transcription process.
• The nucleus controls the activity of the cell and is known as the control center.
• The nucleolus is the dark spot in the nucleus, and it is the location for ribosome
formation.
Ribosomes
• Ribosomes is the site for protein synthesis where the translation of the RNA takes
place.
• As protein synthesis is very important to the cell, ribosomes are found in large
number in all cells.
• Ribosomes are found freely suspended in the cytoplasm and also are attached to
the endoplasmic reticulum.
Endoplasmic reticulum
• ER is the transport system of the cell. It transports molecules that need certain
changes and also molecules to their destination.
• ER is of two types, rough and smooth.
• ER bound to the ribosomes appear rough and is the rough endoplasmic reticulum;
while the smooth ER do not have the ribosomes.
Lysosomes
• It is the digestive system of the cell.
• They have digestive enzymes helps in breakdown the waste moelcules and also
help in detoxification of the cell.
• If the lysosomes were not membrane bound the cell could not have used the
destructive enzymes.
Centrosomes
• It is located near the nucleus of the cell and is known as the 'microtubule
organizing center' of the cell.
• Microtubules are made in the centrosome.
• During mitosis the centrosome aids in dividing of the cell and moving of the
chromosome to the opposite sides of the cell.
Vacuoles
• They are bound by single membrane and small organelles.
• In many organisms vacuoles are storage organelles.
Vesicles are smaller vacuoles which function for transport in/out of the cell.
Golgi bodies
• Golgi bodies are the packaging center of the cell.
• The Golgi bodies modify the molecules from the rough ER by dividing them into
smaller units with membrane known as vesicles.
• They are flattened stacks of membrane-bound sacs.
Mitochondria
• Mitochondria is the main energy source of the cell.
• They are called the power house of the cell because energy(ATP) is created here.
• Mitochondria consists of inner and outer membrane.
• It is spherical or rod shaped organelle.
• It is an organelle which is independent as it has its own hereditary material.
Peroxisomes
• Peroxisomes are single membrane bound organelle that contain oxidative
enzymes that are digestive in function.
• They help in digesting long chains of fatty acids and amino acids and help in
synthesis of cholesterol.
Cytoskeleton
• It is the network of microtubules and microfilament fibres.
• They give structural support and maintain the shape of the cell.
Cilia and Flagella
• Cilia and flagella are structurally identical structures.
• They are different based on the function they perform and their length.
• Cilia are short and are in large number per cell while flagella are longer and are
fewer in number.
• They are organelles of movement.
• The flagellar motion is undulating and wave-like whereas the ciliary movement is
power stroke and recovery stroke.
Famous Scientists
Archimedes of Syracuse (287 - 212 BC)
Due to the fact that Archimedes was a person with multiple interests, including
math, physics, astronomy and engineering, he managed to become a successful
inventor. He became famous for his innovative thinking and was the one to come
up with a lot of innovative machines, including the Archimedes screw that is still
used today to pump liquids, coal, grain and more. But probably his most famous
discovery is the way of finding the volume of objects that have an irregular shape.
It is worth mentioning that most of his works were meant to help his home city.
The famous Italian physicist and mathematician is the author of the barometer
(scientific tool used in the field of meteorology to estimate atmospheric pressure),
built in 1643. It would be interesting to note that a number of Italian Navy
submarines were named after the inventor.
Verbiest was an astronomer and a mathematician. He was the one to invent the
world's first automobile. The inventor came up with the idea to create an
automobile while visiting China as a missionary. His automobile was powered by
steam, but could not carry humans.
The German inventor is the author of the Laufmaschine (German for "running
machine"), which was later called the velocipede and is believed to be the
forerunner of the bicycle and motorcycle. His invention represented the first means
of transport to use the two-wheeler principle and the starting point of the
mechanized personal transport.
The famous French chemist and microbiologist was the one who has come up with
the process of pasteurization, a process that involves heating a food, usually liquid,
to a certain temperature for a specific length of time, and then cooling it instantly.
Pasteurization is used today to slow the development of microorganisms in food.
Levi Strauss (1829 - 1902)
Everyone knows that jeans were invented in the United States, some know that
Levi Strauss was the author of this invention but few know that Strauss was an
immigrant from Germany managed to found in San Francisco, California the
world's first firm to manufacture blue jeans. The company called Levi Strauss &
Co., started its operation back in 1853.
The famous German physicist Röntgen is the one who discovered the X-rays (also
known as Röntgen rays).
This invention allowed the German scientist to win the first Nobel Prize in Physics
in 1901
He is the author of a large number of inventions, but the most well-known one is
the electric bulb. Among other discoveries of Thomas Edison there are telegraph
devices, phonograph, carbon transmitter, direct current generator, universal electric
motor, and more.
The German-born Jewish American scientist became known thanks to his disc
record gramophone (in the United States known as phonograph or record player).
Used for recording and reproducing sounds on a gramophone record, vinyl record,
the device (with certain modifications made once in a while) was popular until
1980s.
During the experiments he carried out with the telegraph, Bell came up with the
idea of the telephone.
The inventor of one of the most popular devices today thought that the telephone
was intruding, which is why he did not have one in his workplace.
She was born Amalie Auguste Melitta Liebscher. Bentz was a German business
lady, who invented the coffee filter back in 1908. Today her grandchildren,
Thomas and Stephen, are managing the family business (Melitta Group KG) based
in Minden in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia.
One of the greatest scientists of the 20th century is the author of numerous
inventions and theories that transformed a lot of concepts linked to space and time,
with the most important discovery being the theory of relativity. Other discoveries
of Einstein include the photoelectric effect and the Einstein calculator.
The German-Austrian engineer is the author of the magnetic tape used for
recording sound. Pfleumer decided to grant the right of use to the AEG, a German
manufacturer of electrical equipment. The event took place on December 1, 1932.
Based on Pfleumer's magnetic tape, the German firm created the world's first
practical tape recorder dubbed Magnetophon K1.
Initially Banting was dedicated to politics but later decided to shift to medicine. In
1916 he completed his MD and during the World War I worked as a doctor. He
was very interested in diabetes and continuously worked on a cure for it. It would
be worth noting that the Banting searcher for cure for diabetes together with Dr.
Charles Best. In 1923 the researcher was awarded with the Nobel Prize for
discovering insulin.
The co-founder of the Polaroid Corporation was the first who came up with low-
cost filters for polarizing light (useful system of in-camera instant photography).
His most popular invention, Polaroid instant camera, was officially launched in late
1948 and allowed users to take and develop a picture in just under 60 seconds.
ORGAN SYSTEMS OF THE BODY
INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM
SKELETAL SYSTEM
• Composed of bone, cartilage, and ligaments
• Protects and supports body organs
• Provides the framework for muscles
• Site of blood cell formation
• Stores minerals
MUSCULAR SYSTEM
• Composed of muscles and tendons
• Allows manipulation of the environment, locomotion, and facial expression
• Maintains posture
• Produces heat
NERVOUS SYSTEM
• Composed of the brain, spinal column, and nerves
• Is the fast-acting control system of the body
• Responds to stimuli by activating muscles and glands
CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM • Composed of the heart and blood vessels
• The heart pumps blood
• The blood vessels transport blood throughout the body
LYMPHATIC SYSTEM • Composed of red bone marrow, thymus, spleen,
lymph nodes, and lymphatic vessels
• Picks up fluid leaked from blood vessels and returns it to blood
• Disposes of debris in the lymphatic stream
• Houses white blood cells involved with immunity
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
• Composed of the nasal cavity, pharynx, trachea, bronchi, and lungs
• Keeps blood supplied with oxygen and removes carbon dioxide
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
• Composed of the oral cavity, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine,
rectum, anus, and liver
• Breaks down food into absorbable units that enter the blood
• Eliminates indigestible foodstuffs as feces
URINARY SYSTEM
• Composed of kidneys, ureters, urinary bladder, and urethra
• Eliminates nitrogenous wastes from the body
• Regulates water, electrolyte, and pH balance of the blood
MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
• Composed of prostate gland, penis, testes, scrotum, and ductus deferens
• Main function is the production of offspring
• Testes produce sperm and male sex hormones
• Ducts and glands deliver sperm to the female reproductive tract
ASTRONOMY NOTES
• Largest circular storm in our solar system is found in Jupiter.
• The rapidly moving stream of charged particles that is being driven away from
the sun is known as Solar Wind.
• Biggest known asteroid is Ceres.
• One Mercurian year is equal to 88 Earth days.
• Largest volcano in the solar system is Olympus Mons found on Mars.
• One Jupiter day is equal to 9 hours 50 minutes.
• Between 1979 and 1998, the farthest planet from the sun was Neptune.
• The sunspot cycle is 11 years.
• The Hertzsprung-Russel Diagram directly compares temperature and luminosity
of stars.
• The Andromeda galaxy is spiral.
• The Milky Way galaxy is 100,000 light years across.
• The smallest planet in our solar system is Pluto.
• The only planet with a moon almost as big and as heavy as the planet itself is
Pluto.
• Neil Armstrong landed on the moon on 1969.
• The only planet with a day longer than its year is Venus.
• Pluto’s moon is called Charon.
• The area between Saturn’s two rings is called Cassini’s division.
• Heliocentric means around the sun; geocentric means around the earth.
• Neptune’s moon Triton has an ocean made of liquid Nitrogen.
• The first man to classify stars according to their brightness was Hipparchus.
• The nearest star to the sun is Proxima Centauri, also known as Alpha Centauri.
• The greatest distance of a planet from the sun is called aphelion (A for Away).
The smallest distance of a planet from the sun is called perihelion (P for Proximal
or near).
• The main component of the atmosphere of Mars is Carbon Dioxide.
• Jupiter has a mass greater than the combined masses of all the planets.
• The summer solstice usually occurs on June 21.
• The only two planets that do not have their moons or natural satellites are Venus
and Mercury.
• The constellation Andromeda is also called the Chained Maiden.
• Taurus is the brightest star in Aldebaran.
• A comet’s tail always points away from the sun.
• Spectral line splitting due to the influence of magnetic fields is called Zeeman
Effect.
• 99.8 percent of asteroids have orbits between Mars and Jupiter.
• A Red Giant has a low effective temperature (3000 to 4000 Kelvin) and a radius
of around 100 times the Sun’s.
• When three celestial bodies are in a line or collinear, it is called a syzygy.
• Pluto has the most eccentric orbit around the sun.
• Beads of light visible around the rim of the moon at the beginning and end of a
total solar eclipse are called Baily’s Beads.
• The last planet Voyager II visited is Neptune.
• Only 0.001% of the Sun’s mass has been converted into energy.
BRANCHES OF SCIENCE
• Geology: the science that deals with the earth's physical structure and substance,
its history, and the processes that act on it.
• Meteorology: the branch of science concerned with the processes and phenomena
of the atmosphere, especially as a means of forecasting the weather.
• Paleontology: the branch of science concerned with fossil animals and plants.
• Oceanography: the branch of science that deals with the physical and biological
properties and phenomena of the sea.
• Volcanology: the scientific study of volcanoes.
• Chemistry: the branch of science that deals with the identification of the
substances of which matter is composed; the investigation of their properties and
the ways in which they interact, combine, and change; and the use of these
processes to form new substances.
• Physics: the branch of science concerned with the nature and properties of matter
and energy. The subject matter of physics, distinguished from that of chemistry
and biology, includes mechanics, heat, light and other radiation, sound, electricity,
magnetism, and the structure of atoms.
• Thermodynamics: the branch of physical science that deals with the relations
between heat and other forms of energy (such as mechanical, electrical, or
chemical energy), and, by extension, of the relationships between all forms of
energy.
• Mechanics: the branch of applied mathematics dealing with motion and forces
producing motion.
• Astronomy: the branch of science that deals with celestial objects, space, and the
physical universe as a whole.
• Biology: the study of living organisms, divided into many specialized fields that
cover their morphology, physiology, anatomy, behavior, origin, and distribution.
• Zoology: the scientific study of the behavior, structure, physiology, classification,
and distribution of animals.
• Botany: also called plant science(s), plant biology or phytology, is the science of
plant life and a branch of biology.
• Genetics: the study of heredity and the variation of inherited characteristics.
• Agriculture: the science or practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil
for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food, wool, and
other products.
• Forestry: the science or practice of planting, managing, and caring for forests.
• Engineering: the branch of science and technology concerned with the design,
building, and use of engines, machines, and structures.
• Metallurgy: the branch of science and technology concerned with the properties
of metals and their production and purification.
• Optics: the scientific study of sight and the behavior of light, or the properties of
transmission and deflection of other forms of radiation.
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Analogous Structures
👉different Structure
👉Similar Function
Protozoa👉 protista
Prokaryotes👉 Monera
Fungi👉Fungi
Pruning 👉 remove optical dominance / shoot apex inhibits growth of lateral buds
Phloem / storage regions to regions 👉 Source & Sink
Typhoon👉 118-220kph
👉 removing or reducing
PARENTING:
🌊Permissive👉 caring but unmindful of their childrens manners
WALANG PAKSA:
🌊Modal👉 gusto, nais, pwede, maaari, dapat o kailangan
🌊Temporal👉 kalagayan
Pamanggit👉 : ng
Sol'n:
9C5= 9! / (9-5)! 5!
= 9! / 4! 5!
=9×8×7×6×5×4×3×2×1
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4×3×2×1×5×4×3×2×1
= 126
Thursday👉 day follows the day before yesterday if three days from now will be
Monday?
Volume Formula:
V= Lwh
🌊Phototropism👉 sunlight
Torque👉 perpendicular force is applied to the lever arm is the distance between the
door knob.
PHILIPPINE HISTORY
List of the Famous Filipino Writers and their Pen Names or Pseudonyms
ON - is used with days and dates like on January 2, on Monday, on Tuesday, on the
4th of April, ganun.....
IN - is used with months and years like in April, in June, in 1990, in 2017...etc....
prepositions of LOCATION, AT, ON, and IN.
.AT- usually sa specific point like at the center, at the corner, and in addresses usually
pag may number si house like
ON - is used with surfaces like on the wall, on the floor, on the table, on the ground,
and in addresses usually paag name lang ng street, avenue, road like
IN - is used when the thing is inside the boxlike structure like in the kitchen, in the
room, in the hall..with addresses naman use IN with cities, places like in Seoul, in the
Philippines, in Mindanao, etc....
PLANT CELL
Cell wall is the outermost rigid covering of the plant cell. It is a salient feature of plant cell.
Cytosol or cytoplasm is the gel-like matrix inside the cell membrane which constitutes all other
cell organelles.
Nucleus is the control center of the cell. It is a membrane bound structure which contains the
hereditary material of the cell - the DNA
Chloroplast is a plastid with green pigment chlorophyll. It traps light energy and converts it to
chemical energy by the process of photosynthesis.
Mitochondria carries out cellular respiration and provides energy to the cells.
Golgi body is the unit where proteins are sorted and packed.
Cell membrane
• It is a semi-permeable barrier, allowing only a few molecules to move across it.
• Electron microscopic studies of cell membrane shows the lipid bi-layer model of the plasma
membrane, it also known as the fluid mosaic model.
• The cell membrane is made up of phospholipids which has polar(hydrophillic) heads and non-
polar (hydrophobic) tails.
Cytoplasm
• The fluid matrix that fills the cell is the cytoplasm.
• The cellular organelles are suspended in this matrix of the cytoplasm.
• This matrix maintains the pressure of the cell, ensures the cell doesn't shrink or burst.
Nucleus
• Nucleus is the house for most of the cells genetic material- the DNA and RNA.
• The nucleus is surrounded by a porous membrane known as the nuclear membrane.
• The RNA moves in/out of the nucleus through these pores.
• Proteins needed by the nucleus enter through the nuclear pores.
• The RNA helps in protein synthesis through transcription process.
• The nucleus controls the activity of the cell and is known as the control center.
• The nucleolus is the dark spot in the nucleus, and it is the location for ribosome formation.
Ribosomes
• Ribosomes is the site for protein synthesis where the translation of the RNA takes place.
• As protein synthesis is very important to the cell, ribosomes are found in large number in all
cells.
• Ribosomes are found freely suspended in the cytoplasm and also are attached to the
endoplasmic reticulum.
Endoplasmic reticulum
• ER is the transport system of the cell. It transports molecules that need certain changes and also
molecules to their destination.
• ER is of two types, rough and smooth.
• ER bound to the ribosomes appear rough and is the rough endoplasmic reticulum; while the
smooth ER do not have the ribosomes.
Lysosomes
• It is the digestive system of the cell.
• They have digestive enzymes helps in breakdown the waste moelcules and also help in
detoxification of the cell.
• If the lysosomes were not membrane bound the cell could not have used the destructive
enzymes.
Centrosomes
• It is located near the nucleus of the cell and is known as the 'microtubule organizing center' of
the cell.
• Microtubules are made in the centrosome.
• During mitosis the centrosome aids in dividing of the cell and moving of the chromosome to
the opposite sides of the cell.
Vacuoles
• They are bound by single membrane and small organelles.
• In many organisms vacuoles are storage organelles.
Vesicles are smaller vacuoles which function for transport in/out of the cell.
Golgi bodies
• Golgi bodies are the packaging center of the cell.
• The Golgi bodies modify the molecules from the rough ER by dividing them into smaller units
with membrane known as vesicles.
• They are flattened stacks of membrane-bound sacs.
Mitochondria
• Mitochondria is the main energy source of the cell.
• They are called the power house of the cell because energy(ATP) is created here.
• Mitochondria consists of inner and outer membrane.
• It is spherical or rod shaped organelle.
• It is an organelle which is independent as it has its own hereditary material.
Peroxisomes
• Peroxisomes are single membrane bound organelle that contain oxidative enzymes that are
digestive in function.
• They help in digesting long chains of fatty acids and amino acids and help in synthesis of
cholesterol.
Cytoskeleton
• It is the network of microtubules and microfilament fibres.
• They give structural support and maintain the shape of the cell.
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Famous Scientists
• INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM
• Forms the external body covering
• Composed of the skin, sweat glands, oil glands, hair, and nails
• Protects deep tissues from injury and synthesizes vitamin D
• SKELETAL SYSTEM
• MUSCULAR SYSTEM
• Composed of muscles and tendons
• Allows manipulation of the environment, locomotion, and facial expression
• Maintains posture
• Produces heat
• NERVOUS SYSTEM
• CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
• LYMPHATIC SYSTEM
• Composed of red bone marrow, thymus, spleen, lymph nodes, and lymphatic
vessels
• Picks up fluid leaked from blood vessels and returns it to blood
• Disposes of debris in the lymphatic stream
• Houses white blood cells involved with immunity
• RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
• DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
• Composed of the oral cavity, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine,
rectum, anus, and liver
• Breaks down food into absorbable units that enter the blood
• Eliminates indigestible foodstuffs as feces
• URINARY SYSTEM
• Composed of kidneys, ureters, urinary bladder, and urethra
• Eliminates nitrogenous wastes from the body
• Regulates water, electrolyte, and pH balance of the blood
ASTRONOMY NOTES
• Largest circular storm in our solar system is found in Jupiter.
• The rapidly moving stream of charged particles that is being driven away from
the sun is known as Solar Wind.
• Biggest known asteroid is Ceres.
• One Mercurian year is equal to 88 Earth days.
• Largest volcano in the solar system is Olympus Mons found on Mars.
• One Jupiter day is equal to 9 hours 50 minutes.
• Between 1979 and 1998, the farthest planet from the sun was Neptune.
• The sunspot cycle is 11 years.
• The Hertzsprung-Russel Diagram directly compares temperature and luminosity
of stars.
• The Andromeda galaxy is spiral.
• The Milky Way galaxy is 100,000 light years across.
• The smallest planet in our solar system is Pluto.
• The only planet with a moon almost as big and as heavy as the planet itself is
Pluto.
• Neil Armstrong landed on the moon on 1969.
• The only planet with a day longer than its year is Venus.
• Pluto’s moon is called Charon.
• The area between Saturn’s two rings is called Cassini’s division.
• Heliocentric means around the sun; geocentric means around the earth.
• Neptune’s moon Triton has an ocean made of liquid Nitrogen.
• The first man to classify stars according to their brightness was Hipparchus.
• The nearest star to the sun is Proxima Centauri, also known as Alpha Centauri.
• The greatest distance of a planet from the sun is called aphelion (A for Away).
The smallest distance of a planet from the sun is called perihelion (P for Proximal
or near).
• The main component of the atmosphere of Mars is Carbon Dioxide.
• Jupiter has a mass greater than the combined masses of all the planets.
• The summer solstice usually occurs on June 21.
• The only two planets that do not have their moons or natural satellites are Venus
and Mercury.
• The constellation Andromeda is also called the Chained Maiden.
• Taurus is the brightest star in Aldebaran.
• A comet’s tail always points away from the sun.
• Spectral line splitting due to the influence of magnetic fields is called Zeeman
Effect.
• 99.8 percent of asteroids have orbits between Mars and Jupiter.
• A Red Giant has a low effective temperature (3000 to 4000 Kelvin) and a radius
of around 100 times the Sun’s.
• When three celestial bodies are in a line or collinear, it is called a syzygy.
• Pluto has the most eccentric orbit around the sun.
• Beads of light visible around the rim of the moon at the beginning and end of a
total solar eclipse are called Baily’s Beads.
• The last planet Voyager II visited is Neptune.
• Only 0.001% of the Sun’s mass has been converted into energy.
BRANCHES OF SCIENCE
• Geology: the science that deals with the earth's physical structure and substance,
its history, and the processes that act on it.
• Meteorology: the branch of science concerned with the processes and
phenomena of the atmosphere, especially as a means of forecasting the weather.
• Paleontology: the branch of science concerned with fossil animals and plants.
• Oceanography: the branch of science that deals with the physical and biological
properties and phenomena of the sea.
• Volcanology: the scientific study of volcanoes.
• Chemistry: the branch of science that deals with the identification of the
substances of which matter is composed; the investigation of their properties and
the ways in which they interact, combine, and change; and the use of these
processes to form new substances.
• Physics: the branch of science concerned with the nature and properties of matter
and energy. The subject matter of physics, distinguished from that of chemistry
and biology, includes mechanics, heat, light and other radiation, sound, electricity,
magnetism, and the structure of atoms.
• Thermodynamics: the branch of physical science that deals with the relations
between heat and other forms of energy (such as mechanical, electrical, or
chemical energy), and, by extension, of the relationships between all forms of
energy.
• Mechanics: the branch of applied mathematics dealing with motion and forces
producing motion.
• Astronomy: the branch of science that deals with celestial objects, space, and the
physical universe as a whole.
• Biology: the study of living organisms, divided into many specialized fields that
cover their morphology, physiology, anatomy, behavior, origin, and distribution.
• Zoology: the scientific study of the behavior, structure, physiology,
classification, and distribution of animals.
• Botany: also called plant science(s), plant biology or phytology, is the science of
plant life and a branch of biology.
• Genetics: the study of heredity and the variation of inherited characteristics.
• Agriculture: the science or practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil
for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food, wool, and
other products.
• Forestry: the science or practice of planting, managing, and caring for forests.
• Engineering: the branch of science and technology concerned with the design,
building, and use of engines, machines, and structures.
• Metallurgy: the branch of science and technology concerned with the properties
of metals and their production and purification.
• Optics: the scientific study of sight and the behavior of light, or the properties of
transmission and deflection of other forms of radiation.
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