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What is the mutual attraction between all masses in the universe called?
-Gravity-
What is the first name of the scientist who gave us Newton's Laws of Motion?
-Issac-
Which temperature has the same value in degrees in both Celsius and Fahrenheit?
--40-
About how many miles must one walk in order to burn off a pound of fat?
-34-
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How many elements from the periodic table occur naturally on earth?
-94-
Where in your body would you find the rods and cones?
-Eyes-
On the Mohs scale, the hardest substance is diamond. What is the softest?
-Talcum powder-
How long does the light from the sun take to reach the earth?
-8.5 minutes-
A baby has 270 bones. How many bones does an adult have?
-206-
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A fetus acquires fingerprints at what age?
-three months-
Bananas contain the natural chemical serotonin. How does it make a person feel?
-happy-
The first patent for a tree was issued in 1932. What kind of tree was it?
-a peach tree-
What are the oldest, most widely cultivated and used nuts in the world?
-almonds-
What filters the blood to excrete harmful substances in the form of urine?
-Kidneys-
What is glucose?
-monosaccharide -
What is the scientific term for the production of light by living organisms?
-Bioluminescence-
What part of the human body cleans up to 50 gallons of blood every day?
-the kidneys-
What type of proteins are collagen (fibre in bone and ttendon and other
connective tissues) and elastin (elastic tissues)?
-structural proteins-
Which part of the respiratory tract is also known as the voice box?
-Larynx-
In the human body, the optic nerve sends signals from the eye to what?
-Brain-
What part of the human body shares its name with that of a punctuation mark?
-Colon-
Where in the human body would you find your Adam's Apple?
-Neck-
What name is given to the clear layer at the front of the eye?
-cornea-
What forces keep molecules together when the surrounding energy drops?
-Attraction-
Neutron
Electron
Proton
Who came up with a periodic table that included all of the known elements?
-Dmitri Mendeleev-
Kelvin
Fahrenheit
Celsius
What is the metabolic process that breaks down sugars to release energy?
-Glycolysis-
How many basic structures do proteins have as they are being synthesized?
-4-
What is the conversion of water vapor to water on a cold glass known as?
-condensation-
What form is most of the pure, drinkable water of the earth in?
-icebergs-
Oxygen
Carbon Dioxide
Nitrogen
diamond
charcoal
graphite
What are protons, neutrons, and electrons the three basic components of?
-atoms-
What is matter that does not enter chemical reactions described as?
-inert-
In the periodic table of elements, what element has the symbol "Na"?
-Sodium-
Which European country has two elements in the periodic table named after it?
-France-
What temperature is the zero point on the absolute temperature scale (Kelvin)?
--273 degrees celsius-
Around 35% of dinosaurs were omnivores, which meant they ate what?
-a variety of food-
If a 220-pound (99.7kg) person from Earth went to Mars, about how much would
they weigh?
-84 lbs. (38)-
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What year did Albert Einstein win the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in
Physics?
-1921-
What are caused by the Earth's rotation and the gravity of the Moon and Sun?
-tides-
How long does light take to get from the Earth to the Moon?
-1.255 seconds-
Galileo Galilei was born in 1564. What country was he born in?
-Italy-
Metals expand when they are heated. What do they do when cooled?
-contract-
What is the only planet in our solar system that rolls on its side like a
barrel?
-Uranus-
Who was the first to say that the Earth revolves around the sun?
-Nicolaus Copernicus-
Who won the Nobel Peace Prize for discovering radon and polonium?
-Marie Curie-
According to legend, what kind of tree was Isaac Newton sitting under when he
realized gravity?
-apple-
What was found on Mars that led some scientists to believe that there was once
life there?
-water-
How many colors are there in the spectrum when white light is separated?
-7-
What did Dennis Gabor invent in 1947, that won him a Nobel prize in 1971?
-holograms-
What force opposes the relative motion of two bodies that are in contact?
-friction-
What is the name of the magnetic iron ore once used as a primitive compass?
-Lodestone-
What are electrons that easily move from one atom to another called?
-free electrons-
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What is the SI unit of frequency?
-Hertz-
What is the time in which a vibrating body completes one vibration called?
-time period-
What is the lower limit of frequency that can be heard by the average human?
-20 Hz-
What keeps the pressure in the middle ear the same as the outside air pressure?
-Eustachian tube-
Which of the following substances has the highest specific heat capacity?
-water-
copper
iron
silver
About how many miles can light travel in one year? (a light year)
-5.88 trillion-
5.88 million
5.88 thousand
5.88 billion
In the visible light spectrum what color appears between yellow and blue?
-Green (ROYGBV)-
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What color are the hottest stars?
-blue-white-
In what year did Stephen Hawking publish "A Brief History of Time"?
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-1988-
In what year did Albert Einstein publish the "General Theory of Relativity"?
-1915-
In what year did Charles Darwin publish "On The Origin of Species"?
-1859-
In what year did Dolly the sheep become the first mammal to be cloned?
-1996-
St. Elmo's fire is named after St. Erasmus of Formiae, the patron saint of
_____.
-sailors-
What discovery was made by Marie Skodowska-Curie and Pierre Curie in 1898?
-Radium-
A perennial plant must have a life cycle of more than how many years?
21
-2-
In what year was the first "test tube baby" born in England?
-1978-
Objects with mass are attracted to each other. What is this known as?
-gravity (universal law of gravitation--G=Gmm/r2)-
How many electrons would a neutral halogen atom have in its outer orbital?
-7 (to be stable use spdf with value 2,6,10,14 if the last spdf config has the
upperscript of the spdfvalue 261014 then stable) -
What letter represents the equilibrium constant?
-K-
What is water called when it's pure and free of any impurities?
-distilled water-
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