Science Bee

Question 1

What are mitochondria commonly referred to as?

Answer 1

The powerhouse of the cell

Question 2

What is a characteristic of cancer?

Answer 2

Malignant tumors composed of cells growing at abnormal rates

Question 3

What is the largest animal to have ever existed on Earth?

Answer 3

The blue whale

Question 4

What does the name Triceratops mean?

Answer 4

Three-horned face, primary predator TRex

Question 5

What are moths?

Answer 5

Flying insects that are attracted to light and genetically related to butterflies

Question 6

How do viruses multiply?

Answer 6

By infecting host cells with genetic material

Question 7

What is photosynthesis?

Answer 7

An anabolic process in plants that converts carbon dioxide into glucose

Question 8

Andromeda, Cancer, and Orion are examples of what?

Answer 8

Constellations

Question 9

What is a new moon?

Answer 9

The lunar phase during which the moon appears invisible when viewed from Earth

Question 10

What planet became the farthest from the Sun after Pluto’s demotion?

Answer 10

Neptune

Question 11

What is a light-year approximately equal to?

Answer 11

6 trillion miles or the distance light travels in one year

Question 12

What does a radio telescope do?

Answer 12

Detects electromagnetic waves from space, Arecibo in Puerto Rico is an example

Question 13

What is an exoplanet?

Answer 13

A planet located outside of the Solar System, does not orbit the sun

Question 14

Where is the asteroid belt located?

Answer 14

Between Mars and Jupiter, home to Ceres the largest ateroid

Question 15

What is the largest asteroid that is considered a dwarf planet?

Answer 15

Ceres

Question 16

What is the chemical symbol for silver?

Answer 16

Ag, most electrically conductive element

Question 17

What is chlorine used for?

Answer 17

To chemically treat swimming pools, yellow green gaseous halogen

Question 18

What is neon used in?

Answer 18

Fluorescent lamps and signs, 5th most abundant element in the universe

Question 19

Who first developed the periodic table of the elements?

Answer 19

Dmitri Mendeleev, tabular arrangement of the chemical elements

Question 20

What is pasteurization?

Answer 20

A method of heat treatment to destroy microorganisms on food products, developed by Louis Pasteur

Question 21

What is the main ore of tin?

Answer 21

Cassiterite, forms the alloy bronze along with copper

Question 22

What does pH measure?

Answer 22

The acidity or basicity of a substance, ranges from 0-14, 0 is more acidic and 14 is more basic

Question 23

What is organic chemistry concerned with?

Answer 23

Compounds containing Carbon, form the basis of all known life

Question 24

What is cryptocurrency?

Answer 24

A form of digital decentralized currency, examples include Ethereum and Bitcoin

Question 25

What is the standard language used to create webpages on the World Wide Web?

Answer 25

HTML (HyperText Markup Language)

Question 26

What is virtual reality?

Answer 26

A fully artificial environment experienced through a headset

Question 27

What is the Gulf Stream?

Answer 27

A warm water current that moderates Europe’s climate and passes by the Florida coast

Question 28

What does ozone absorb?

Answer 28

Ultraviolet radiation from the sun, it is a molecule formed by 3 oxygen atoms

Question 29

When did the Last Glacial Period (also known as the Last Ice Age) peak?

Answer 29

Approximately 22,000 years ago and ended about 11,700 years ago

Question 30

What is lava?

Answer 30

Molten rock expelled during a volcano eruption

Question 31

What is erosion?

Answer 31

The geological process by which water and/or wind transports and removes soil

Question 32

What are prime numbers?

Answer 32

Natural numbers whose only factors are one and themselves

Question 33

What is the only even prime number?

Answer 33

2

Question 34

What does a complex number consist of?

Answer 34

A real part and an imaginary part

Question 35

What is pi approximately equal to?

Answer 35

3.14159, it is the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter

Question 36

Who developed the law of gravity?

Answer 36

Isaac Newton after an apple fell on his head

Question 37

What can magnets do?

Answer 37

Attract or repel each other, can be created by passing current through a wire

Question 38

What is the atomic nucleus?

Answer 38

The dense region at the center of an atom that contains protons and neutrons

Question 39

What is combustion?

Answer 39

A reaction between a fuel and an oxidant, giving off heat and light

Question 40

What are X-rays used for?

Answer 40

To create images of the body’s internal structure, discovered by Wilhelm Roentgen

Question 41

What is drag?!!!!!

Answer 41

The force that resists a body’s motion through a fluid