You are traveling on a bus that is headed south at a speed of 70 km/h. Moving at a speed of 10 km/h, you get up and walk towards the back of the bus to read a sign posted there. What is your resultant velocity?
60 km/h south
300
What was important about Dorothea Dix?
She fought for the rights of the mentally ill.
300
What is the big hill in Greece the the Parthenon is located on?
Acropolis
300
During the election of 1800, what 2 individuals ran against each other viciously?
Adams and Jefferson
300
What is the term for the process through which some organisms, like flatworms and sponges, can regrow lost tissue?
regeneration
400
When harmful materials are in the earth's air that living things breathe it is called
Air pollution
400
What was the first English colony in North America?
Roanoke Island
400
Who were the two candidates in the election of 1876?
Hayes and Tilden
400
Who is the god of War?
Ares
400
While standing at the top of the Empire State Building, you accidentally drop a penny. The penny takes ten seconds to fall. What is the penny's velocity at the moment when it hits the ground?
98 m/s
500
Define invertebrae
Species without a backbone
500
This religion has five pillars. They are:
1. Testimony of faith
2. prayer
3. fasting
4. charity
5. pilgrimage
What is the name of the religion?
Islam
500
What was the first battle of the Civil War?
Fort Sumter
500
How did Jason the Argonaut die?
He fell asleep alone by his boat, the Argo, which was rotten and a piece fell on him and killed him.
500
You are trying to determine the volume of a pebble that you found on your last hike. Using the water displacement method, you partially fill a graduated cylinder to 50 ml, and then drop the pebble in. Your graduated cylinder now reads 73 ml at its meniscus. What is the volume of the pebble that you dropped into the cylinder?