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100

The chemical symbol for gold is this.

Au

100

The "www" in a web address stands for this.

World Wide Web

100

The force that pulls objects toward the Earth’s center.

Gravity

100

The value of π (pi) to two decimal places.

3.14

100

She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize and remains the only person to win Nobel Prizes in two different scientific fields.

Marie Curie

200

This part of the cell is known as the "powerhouse" because it produces energy.

Mitochondria

200

This programming language is known for its snake logo and is often taught first to beginners.

Python

200

This type of engineer designs bridges and roads.

Civil engineer

200

The slope of a horizontal line.

0

200

This NASA mathematician calculated trajectories that helped John Glenn become the first American to orbit Earth.

Katherine Johnson

300

The bending of light when it passes from one medium to another is called this.

Refraction

300

The device used to type, click, and interact with a computer screen.

Keyboard/Mouse

300

A truss bridge is strong because of this geometric shape repeated in its design.

Triangle

300

Solve: If 5x + 3 = 23, what is x?

4

300

A notable English mathematician and writer but more widely celebrated as the world’s first computer programmer

Ada Lovelace

400

In the periodic table, elements in the same column are called this.

Groups (or Families)

400

The main part of the computer that processes information and runs programs.

CPU (Central Processing Unit)

400

The ratio of output work to input work in a machine.

Efficiency

400

The sides of a right triangle are 6 and 8. Find the hypotenuse.

10

400

This computer scientist developed the programming language COBOL and was a rear admiral in the U.S. Navy.

Grace Hopper

500

This law of motion states that an object in motion stays in motion unless acted upon by an external force.

Newton’s First Law

500

The common name for software that helps you browse the internet.

Web browser

500

This type of force pulls objects together, like when a magnet attracts metal.

Magnetic force

500

Simplify: (4x³ + 2x² + x) - (x³ - x² + 3x)



x*(3x^2+3x-2)

500

This scientist's research using X-ray crystallography provided important evidence for the structure of DNA.

Rosalind Franklin

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