Science

Question 1

In the 1820s, which French mathematician proposed the concept of the greenhouse effect, and calculated that the Earth’s size and distance from the Sun should make it much colder than observed.

Answer 1

Joseph Fourier

Question 2

What name, the Latin word for amber, is given to a naturally occurring alloy of gold and silver?

Answer 2

Electrum

Question 3

What loop is the long U-shaped portion of the tubule that conducts urine within each nephron of the kidney, recovering water and sodium chloride from urine?

Answer 3

Henle

Question 4

Which endangered creature, often found in marshlands, is also known as a “peewit” for its high, sharp cry?

Answer 4

(Northern) Lapwing

Question 5

Campbell and Omura won the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of which anti-parasitic drug? It traditionally treats heartworm as well as headlice.

Answer 5

Ivermectin

Question 6

Hashimoto’s disease affects which organ of the human body? Another similar disease is toxic diffuse goiter, better known as Graves’ disease.

Answer 6

Thyroid

Question 7

What is the name of the highest bone in the spine and neck found directly beneath the skull?

Answer 7

Atlas

Question 8

Barnard 33, a nebula in Orion, is better known by which name, owing to its resemblance to a certain animal?

Answer 8

Horsehead

Question 9

In which constellation was the first object widely accepted to be a black hole discovered? Its brightest star is Deneb.

Answer 9

Cygnus

Question 10

Which Indian mathematician, despite little formal training, made substantial contributions to number theory and studied tau and mock theta functions?

Answer 10

Srinivasa Ramanujan

Question 11

This sixth largest moon of Saturn is covered in ice, and it may have liquid water below its surface. That ice gives this moon a very high albedo, making it the most reflective body in the Solar System.

Answer 11

Enceladus

Question 12

Which spacecraft, accompanied by the Huygens probe, orbited Saturn from 2004 - 2017 when it intentionally crashed into the planet to prevent contamination of any moons?

Answer 12

Cassini

Question 13

This is the process of plants using up the sugars made through photosynthesis and turning them into energy for growth, reproduction, and other life processes.

Answer 13

Plant Respiration

Question 13

a state of balance or a stable situation where opposing forces cancel each other out and where no changes are occurring

Answer 13

Equilibrium

Question 14

Which element has the highest melting point?

Answer 14

Tungsten

Question 15

This mixture is a type of colloid formed by combining two liquids that normally don’t mix

Answer 15

Emulsion

Question 16

This is a dental filling material used to fill cavities caused by tooth decay. It is a mixture of metals, consisting of liquid (elemental) mercury and a powdered alloy composed of silver, tin, and copper.

Answer 16

Dental Amalgam

Question 17

This branch of biology studies the microscopic anatomy of biological tissues.

Answer 17

Histology

Question 18

This solution contains more than the maximum amount of solute that is capable of being dissolved at a given temperature

Answer 18

Supersaturated Solution

Question 19

Positive and negative values of charge were initially assigned by this American statesman and inventor who started studying electricity in 1742.

Answer 19

Benjamin Franklin,

Question 20

This Scottish chemist first identified carbon dioxide in the 1750’s.

Answer 20

Joseph Black

Question 21

A relationship between species where one benefits bu the other is unaffected is knows as?

Answer 21

Commensalism

Question 22

What is the branch of science concerned with the chemical and physiological processes that occur within living organisms.?

Answer 22

Biochemistry

Question 23

A magnet that has a north and south pole on opposite sides of it is called a?

Answer 23

Dipole Magnet

Question 24

Which law of thermodynamics states that If two thermodynamic systems are in thermal equilibrium with a third system separately, then they are in thermal equilibrium with each other.

Answer 24

Zeroth

Question 25

the measure of a system's thermal energy per unit temperature that is unavailable for doing useful work

Answer 25

Entropy

Question 26

These are chemical reactions in which the reactants absorb heat energy from the surroundings to form products.

Answer 26

Endothermic Reaction

Question 27

During this reaction, energy is constantly given off, often in the form of heat.

Answer 27

exothermic reaction

Question 28

What material is the best heat conductor?

Answer 28

Diamond

Question 29

This gland was described as the “Seat of the Soul” by Renee Descartes and it is located in the center of the brain. Its purpose is to receive information about the state of the light-dark cycle from the environment and convey this information to produce and secrete the hormone melatonin

Answer 29

Pineal Gland

Question 30

a phenomenon that occurs when the desire for group consensus overrides people's common sense desire to present alternatives, critique a position, or express an unpopular opinion.

Answer 30

Groupthink

Question 31

What time system has days that last 23 hours, 56 minutes, and 4 seconds?

Answer 31

Sidereal

Question 32

This is the time that it takes for the Earth to rotate once around its axis.

Answer 32

Sidereal Day

Question 33

The difference between speed and velocity is that velocity also considers...

Answer 33

Direction

Question 34

The pigeon has how many chromosomes in its DNA?

Answer 34

80

Question 35

The strawberry has how many chromosomes in its DNA?

Answer 35

56

Question 36

The lion has how many chromosomes in its DNA?

Answer 36

36

Question 37

all pieces of all fragments of rock ejected into the air by an erupting volcano.

Answer 37

Tephra

Question 38

This Indonesian word describes a mudflow or debris flow that originates on the slopes of a volcano

Answer 38

Lahar

Question 39

openings in the earth's surface that emit steam and volcanic gases, such as sulfur dioxide and carbon dioxide.

Answer 39

Fumarole

Question 40

The ongoing extinction of the Earth's flora and fauna due to human activities is termed as this. It is named after the current epoch.

Answer 40

Holocene Extinction

Question 41

What were scientists known as before they were known as scientists?

Answer 41

Nature Philosophers/Physiologoi

Question 42

Which letter does not appear in the periodic table?

Answer 42

J

Question 43

What vitamin does rain contain?

Answer 43

B12

Question 44

How many brains does an octopus have?

Answer 44

9

Question 45

The name given to the assertion that it is quicker to cool water to a given temperature when the initial temperature is higher.

Answer 45

Mpemba Effect

Question 46

What is the world's tallest tree?

Answer 46

Hyperion (sequoia sempervirens)

Question 47

What do people with the disorder "Prosopagnosia" have difficulty doing?

Answer 47

Recognizing Faces

Question 48

This tem is used to describe a substance that is not chemically reactive.

Answer 48

Inert

Question 49

What English chemist and physicist discovered hydrogen in 1766? He called it "inflammable air".

Answer 49

Henry Cavendish

Question 50

Scientists have developed a foolproof way to detect fake art made before 1945 and be able ones after. How does this work and why that year

Answer 50

because isotopes such as strontium-90 and cesium-137 that can be found in oil did not exist in nature previously. It only existed after the 1st atomic bomb blasr

Question 51

The acceleration of a free falling body is due to?

Answer 51

Gravity

Question 52

What medical term refers to an examination of the back of the eye? It is also occasionally known as a funduscopy

Answer 52

Ophthalmoscopy

Question 53

What describes the entire solid earth realm and is composed of mineral matter?

Answer 53

Lithosphere

Question 54

What do you call the scientific study of dreams?

Answer 54

Oneirology

Question 55

A type of volcano composed of mainly pyroclastics is termed?

Answer 55

Cinder Cone

Question 56

MRI is a machine that is used to obtain pictures of the anatomy without exposing the body to radiation. What does MRI mean?

Answer 56

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Question 57

Fossilized tree resin, also has been appreciated for its color and natural beauty since Neolithic times.

Answer 57

Amber

Question 58

This sedimentary rock was used to build the pantheon and the Colosseum

Answer 58

Travertine

Question 59

What test determines if a computer is capable of human-like thinking?

Answer 59

Turing test

Question 60

A circular cavity ground out of a bedrock by runningwater is called a?

Answer 60

Pothole

Question 61

Marble is considered to be a what type of rock?

Answer 61

Metamorphic

Question 62

What is Areology?

Answer 62

Study of the planet Mars

Question 63

Animals and Plants which produce light are described as being what?

Answer 63

Bioluminescent

Question 64

Which astronomer was an early proponent of space telescopes, and later gave his name to the infrared telescope that comprised part of NASA's great observatories program?

Answer 64

Lyman Spitzer

Question 65

This man is the only person who received the Noble Peace in Physics twice in 1956 and 1972.

Answer 65

John Bardeen

Question 66

Alongside Louis Poinsot, this German mathematician and astronomer posthumously gave his name to a group his name to s group of four regular polyhedra due to having described 2 of them in Harmonice Mundi in 1619. He also named three laws of planetary motion.

Answer 66

Johannes Kepler

Question 67

Proposed by Peccei-Quinn theory to resolve the CP problem, which hypothetical particles were named after a brand of laundry detergent due to them "cleaning up" a problem in physics?

Answer 67

Axion

Question 68

Which scientist proposed a simple method for constructing molecular orbitals from a linear combination of atomic orbitals, as well as the '4n+2' rule of aromaticity?

Answer 68

Erich Hückel

Question 69

Corundum gemstones are given what name that are typically blue, but can be any of several colors except red, for which the term 'ruby' is reserved?

Answer 69

Sapphire

Question 70

Denoted KiB, what unit is equivalent to 1024, slightly larger than a kilobyte?

Answer 70

Kibibyte

Question 71

What structure in the back of the brain governs motor control?

Answer 71

Cerebellum

Question 72

What is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface?

Answer 72

Geyser