Sickly Science
What type of microorganism causes the common cold: a bacterium, a virus, or a fungus?
What is a virus?
A vampire has 10 candles burning in a haunted lab. A ghost blows out 3. How many candles are left?
What is 10 candles?
A mad scientist connects two resistors in series, each with a resistance of 5 ohms. What is the total resistance of the circuit?
What is 10 ohms?
An angle that is greater than 90 degrees.
What is an Obtuse Angle?
This is the country where Halloween originiated.
What is Ireland?
A witch's potion has a pH of 2. Is it acidic, neutral, or basic?
What is acidic?
A mad scientist connects a 9 V battery to a resistor with a resistance of 3 ohms. Using Ohm's law, what current flows through the resistor?
What are 3 Amps?
A zombie's body temperature is 10°C, while a human's is 37°C. Which way does heat naturally flow when they touch?
What is from the human to the zombie?
The Egyptians had plenty of these.
What is Mummies?
Halloween is the second highest grossing commercial holiday
What is Christmas?
Which two groups of organisms are primarily responsible for decomposing dead organic matter: producers, decomposers, or consumers?
What are bacteria and fungi?
An evil engineer builds a machine that makes a wheel rotate faster and faster. If the wheel is spinning clockwise, which direction does its topmost point move at that instant?
What is to the right?
A ghost drops a pumpkin from a 20-meter-high tower. Ignoring air resistance, what happens to the pumpkin's gravitational potential energy as it falls?
What is converted into Kinetic Energy?
Silver bullets and full moons are two things feared by this creature. Just ask Professor Lupin.
What is Werewolves?
Breaking a mirror is said to give you this many years of bad luck.
What is 7 years?
Carbon monoxide is a deadly, odorless gas. What protein in red blood cells does it bind to, preventing the blood from transporting oxygen effectively?
What is hemoglobin?
An electric train is traveling north while the wind blows south. Which way does the smoke blow?
A haunted house uses a 120 V power supply and draws 2 A of current. How much electrical power does it consume?
What is 240 Watts?
Solve this equation:
7 - 24 ÷ 8 X 4 + 6
1
Pitch-black metal from down under, AC/DC drove this song to No. 47 on the Hot 100 in 1979.
What is Highway to Hell?
What is the term for a substance that increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed by the reaction?
What is a catalyst
A haunted computer stores information using only 0s and 1s. What is the minimum number of bits needed to represent 32 different possible outcomes?
What is 5 bits?
An evil engineer builds a coffin with a mass of 60 kg. What is its approximate weight on Earth? (g = 9.8 kg/s^2)
What is 588 Newtons?
This mathematical constant is used as the base value of the natural logarithm and can be approximated to 2.72.
Though it's been decades since this kitschy, creepy faux-Frankenstein party tune scared up a No. 1 slot on the Hot 100 in 1962, this song has been on Halloween party playlists ever since.
What is Monster Mash?