Gamble 1
As a train moves toward you, the pitch of its whistle sounds higher than when it moves away. This change in the observed frequency is due to what effect?
What is the name of the equation: P + pgy + (1/2)pv^2 = P + pgy + (1/2)pv^2 ?
Bernoulli's equation
What algorithmic concept allows a function to call itself in order to solve a problem?
Recursion
What does GPS stand for?
Global Positioning System
What term describes the disproportionate exposure to communities of color and the poor to aspects such as pollution, lack of access to healthy foods, and unsafe neighborhoods with poor air and water quality?
Environmental Injustice/Racism
How many people need to be living in a city for it to be considered a "Megacity"?
10 Million
If an objects acceleration is graphed as a flat, horizontal, and nonzero slope line that is above the x axis, what does the position graph look like?
The position graph is parabolic. (Exponential works fine)
The derivative of momentum with respect to time is known as what quantity?
Force
Name 5 "World Cities"
New York City, London, Paris, Tokyo, Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Dubai, Los Angeles, Chicago, Sydney, Toronto, Frankfurt, Seoul.
In the electromagnetic spectrum, what type of wave has the shortest wavelength?
Gamma Rays
What is the opposite action to taking a derivative?
Antiderivative/Integration (Not the same thing but both are accepted)
What is the equation for the escape velocity of an orbiting object?
V = [√(2GM)/r]
What term describes a physical quantity that has both magnitude and direction?
A Vector
What two types of thematic maps distorts the size of different things to tell a story?
Cartogram & Graduated/Proportional Symbol
What type of nation consists of a nation of people that share ethnic or linguistic culture that live in more than one state?
Multistate Nation
In the Internet Protocol (IP), what value is decreased by one each time a packet passes through a router to prevent packets from circulating forever?
TTL (Time To Live)
What is the moment of inertia of a uniform rod about its center?
(1/12)ML^2
What numbering system, consisting only of 0s and 1s, is used by computers to store and process data?
Binary
What was the agricultural hearth for tomatoes, how long ago was this, and how did tomatoes diffuse through the rest of the world?
Agricultural Hearth: Mesoamerica
When: 2000-2500 Years Ago
Diffusion: The Columbian Exchange
What term describes data that can be counted, measured, and expressed with numbers?
Quantitative Data
What vector quantity is defined as the cross product of position and momentum?
Angular Momentum
What is the fifth derivative of position called and what does it represent relative to acceleration?
Fifth Derivative: Crackle
Change in change in change in acceleration
What type of border is drawn over existing and accepted borders by an outside force?
Superimposed Boundaries
An Arctic EEZ is controlled through a northern archipelago, but nearby waters are disputed due to overlapping fishing rights and differing treaty interpretations with a neighboring state.
Which EEZ is this?
Svalbard / Barents Sea — Norway and Russia
In Reimann Sum Notation, what does the letter n normally mean?
The number of subintervals/rectangles/divisions that an interval is divided into.