General Knowledge
What is the largest planet in the solar system?
Jupiter
Name all the colors of the rainbow.
Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo and Violet
A cell is placed in pure water. What happens to its mass?
Mass increases due to osmosis.
What is the gas that makes up 78% of the Earth's atomosphere?
Nitrogen
What phenomenon is the cause of spear fishing being harder than it looks?
What do you call molten rock before it has erupted?
Magma
What is the name of the famous astronomer that sounds like an Italian brainrot?
Galileo Galilei
What are the requirements for photosynthesis?
Chlorophyll, Light, Water, CO2, Enzymes, Optimum Temperature
( Any 3 gets the reward )
What is the purpose of a catalyst?
To increase the rate of a reaction without being used up.
A day on which planet is longer than its year?
Venus
At what temperature are Celsius and Fahrenheit equal?
-40 degrees
Which two planets have no moon?
Mercury and Venus
The phenotypes of cats can be either black ( B ) or white (b). A homozygous dominant crosses with a heterozygous individual. What are the odds that the child is homozygous recessive?
0% (bb) ( All are either BB or Bb )
Explain why graphite conducts electricity but diamond does not.
Graphite has delocalized electrons that can move and carry charge, while diamond does not.
Which physicist was offered the presidency of Israel but declined?
Albert Einstein
What planet is closest in size to earth?
Venus
What is the largest desert in the world?
Antarctica
Why do pathogenic bacteria develop antibiotic resistance?
Natural selection (OR) overuse of antibiotics
What is observed when chlorine water is added to potassium iodide?
Solution turns brown (iodine displaced by chlorine, releasing iodine )
If Earth suddenly stopped spinning, objects and people would continue moving eastward because of this principle. Which principle is it due to?
Inertia
What does the Geiger counter measure?
Radiation
What is the smallest mammal on Earth?
The Etruscan shrew
Which cell in the human body has the most DNA?
A cell just before mitosis.
Why does iron rust faster in saltwater than in pure water?
Salt increases electrical conductivity, speeding electron transfer
GPS would quickly become inaccurate if engineers didn’t account for this famous theory. Which theory is this?
Relativity