Neuroquest round 1

2. A whisper of correct frequency can produce a startling response when the rhythm is just right. Name the phenomenon.
5. Seeds form without fertilisation, yet the next generation still begins.
7. A curve follows its path, then suddenly changes direction at a sharp bend. What is this feature called?
8. The unwanted ingredient that turns a promise of purity into a question of food safety.
9. Eating is the beginning; growth, repair and energy depend on what the body does next.
11. A circle scores zero on this measure of a conic's departure from circularity. What is it?
12. In an unsymmetrical addition reaction, this rule helps predict which carbon gets the hydrogen.
13. In my world, every logical answer ultimately takes one of two values: true or false.
14. It takes a current that alternates and makes its output flow in only one direction.

1. When equilibrium is disturbed, the system responds in a way that counters the change. Name the principle.
2. A function solves a problem by calling itself, until a stopping condition breaks the cycle.
3. Neither a perfect path nor a complete barrier, this material helped build the digital age.
4. Adjacent bars reveal how numerical observations are distributed across intervals.
6. One biological original gives rise to a genetically identical copy through this process.
10. Before a circuit is soldered into permanence, this board lets components meet and experiments begin.