Biology
What does DNA stand for?
deoxyribonucleic acid
What mineral is the primary source of aluminium?
bauxite
What is the 7th planet from the solar system?
Uranus
Who created the first version of the periodic table?
Dmitri Mendeleev
Who discovered penicillin in 1928?
Alexander Fleming
What is the oxidation number of oxygen in hydrogen peroxide?
-1
What is inertia?
The tendency of matter to resist change
What are the 3 naturally (ferro) magnetic elements?
Iron, nickel, cobalt
What acts as switch to bring about the release of a secondary messenger during cell signaling?
G protein
Calculate the concentration in mol dm^-3 of sodium hydroxide, NaOH, if 250cm^3 of a solution contains 2.0g of sodium hydroxide.
0.20 mol dm^-3
What is the law of conservation of Energy?
Energy can not be created or destroyed, it can only be changed from one form to another
What is the study of fungi?
Mycology
This type of RNA processing occurs in eukaryotes and involves the removal of non-coding regions from the primary transcript. What is the process and what does it remove?
RNA splicing, introns
What are the three steps in free-radical substitution. Please say it in order.
Initiation, propagation, termination
How much is 1 AU approx (in km)?
150,000,000 km
Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in Physics?
Marie Curie
What is the term that describes the ability of certain animals, like monkeys or opossums, to grasp or hold objects with a body part, such as a tail or limb
prehensile
A flask of volume 5.00 dm^3 contained 4.00g of oxygen. Calculate the pressure exerted by the gas at a temperature of 127℃.
(R=8.31 J K^-1 mol^-1; Mr of oxygen = 32.0)
8.31 x 10^4 Pa
What is the value of acceleration due to gravity (g) on the moon?
1.62 ms^-2
How long is a year on Venus?
224.7 Earth days