Technology/Science Flashcards
What year was the very first model of the iPhone released?
2007
What’s the shortcut for the “copy” function on most computers?
ctrl c
What does “HTTP” stand for?
HyperText Transfer Protocol
What is the name of the man who launched eBay back in 1995?
Pierre Omidyar
What is often seen as the smallest unit of memory?
kilobyte
Which email service is owned by Microsoft?
Hotmail
Google Chrome, Safari, Firefox and Explorer are different types of what?
Web browsers
Is Java a type of OS?
No
Who is often called the father of the computer?
Charles Babbage
What was Twitter’s original name?
twttr
Who discovered penicillin?
Alexander Fleming
What is meteorology the study of?
The weather
Which planet is the hottest in the solar system?
Venus
What part of the atom has no electric charge?
Neutron
Which natural disaster is measured with a Richter scale?
Earthquakes
What is the symbol for potassium?
K
What animals are pearls found in?
Oysters
Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize (in 1903)?
Marie Curie
Which planet has the most gravity?
Jupiter
How many molecules of oxygen does ozone have?
3
Solar power generates electricity from what source?
The Sun
Did the original Sony Playstation use CDs or cartridges to play games?
CDs
The Hubble Space Telescope is named after which American astronomer?
Edwin Hubble
In terms of computing, what does ROM stand for?
Read Only Memory
True or false? Atomic bombs work by atomic fission.
TRUE
