Guess 20 Law Terms From Definition Clues

Question 1

Definition clue: a law used by auditors to identify fictitious populations of numbers… Which term fits?

Accepted Answer

Benford's law

Question 2

Two clues—law: the principle that equal volumes of all gases contain equal numbers of… Name the answer.

Accepted Answer

Avogadro's law

Question 3

Source card: rule for calculating an expected delivery date; subtract three months from…; grouped Which entry?

Accepted Answer

Naegele's rule

Question 4

Within Law: localization of function on either the right or left sides of the brain Which option belongs?

Accepted Answer

lateralization

Question 5

Repair the missing label: the principle that in a reversible reaction the ratio of the rate of the… Choose it.

Accepted Answer

equilibrium law

Question 6

Complete this pair: law → a law affirming that in the long run probabilities will determine… Which term?

Accepted Answer

law of averages

Question 7

Eliminate the broad labels: law stating that a large number of items taken at random from a What remains?

Accepted Answer

Bernoulli's law

Question 8

Follow the category path: law; a nerve impulse resulting from a weak stimulus is just as Name the entry.

Accepted Answer

all-or-none law

Question 9

Apply both constraints: law and “two laws governing electric networks in which steady currents Which answer?

Accepted Answer

Kirchhoff's laws

Question 10

Combine the evidence: the total energy in an assembly of molecules is not distributed equally…; What fits?

Accepted Answer

distribution law

Question 11

Definition clue: the density of an ideal gas at constant pressure varies inversely with the… Which term fits?

Accepted Answer

Gay-Lussac's law

Question 12

Two clues—Gestalt law of organization: a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there Name the answer.

Accepted Answer

good continuation

Question 13

Source card: the law that states the following principle: the rate of a chemical…; grouped under Which entry?

Accepted Answer

law of mass action

Question 14

Within Law: the law that states any two bodies attract each other with a force that is… Which option belongs?

Accepted Answer

law of gravitation

Question 15

Repair the missing label: a law stating that the ratio of the square of the revolutionary period Choose it.

Accepted Answer

Kepler's third law

Question 16

Complete this pair: Kepler's law → a law stating that the orbit of each planet is an ellipse with Which term?

Accepted Answer

Kepler's first law

Question 17

Eliminate the broad labels: members of a pair of homologous chromosomes separate during the What remains?

Accepted Answer

law of segregation

Question 18

Follow the category path: Newton's law of motion; a body remains at rest or in motion with a Name the entry.

Accepted Answer

first law of motion

Question 19

Apply both constraints: Kepler's law and “a law concerning the speed at which planets travel; a Which answer?

Accepted Answer

Kepler's second law

Question 20

Combine the evidence: action and reaction are equal and opposite; category Newton's law of motion. What fits?

Accepted Answer

third law of motion

Review Answers