History of Science
Who created the periodic table?
Dmitri Mendeleev
Which family do neon, helium and argon belong to?
Noble Gases
Which vitamin do the sun's ultraviolet rays help the skin produce?
Vitamin D
Which type of microorganism causes the common cold
Virus
What does NASA stand for?
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Which biologist discovered natural selection?
Charles Darwin
What do you call water's tendency to stick together?
Cohesion
How many bones are in the human body?
206
Which structure allows bacteria to move?
Flagellum
Which planet in the solar system is known as the "gas giant"
Jupiter
Which technology, developed in 2012, allows scientists to modify DNA sequences in living organisms?
CRISPR
What do you call the measure for randomness in a system?
Entropy
Name at least 4 out of the 6 kingdoms that living organisms are classified into
archaebacteria, eubacteria, plantae, fungi, animalia, protista
The process by which microorganisms convert sugar into alcohol or acid is called:
Fermentation
Which planet has the most moons?
Saturn
Was the first successful smallpox vaccine developed in the 1700s or the 1800s?
1700s
Which element has this electron configuration:
[Ar] 4s2
Calcium
The function of the _____ is to prevent the backflow of material from the duodenum to the stomach.
Pyloric Sphincter
Which disease does Streptococcus pyogenes cause?
Strep Throat
What do you call the event where the moon moves into the Earth's shadow?
Hint: it's also known as the blood moon!
Lunar Eclipse
Which antibiotic, discovered by Alexander Fleming in 1928, was the first to be used to treat bacterial infections?
If you take a litre of oxygen gas and a litre of hydrogen gas under the same temperature and pressure, will they contain the same number of molecules? Which law proves your answer?
Avogadro's Law states that 'equal volumes of all gases, at the same temperature and pressure, have the same number of molecules'
Which part of the human body releases the human growth hormone?
the pituitary gland
What is the name of the protein coat that surrounds viral genetic material
Capsid
When a massive star’s life ends and its core collapses under extreme gravity, it can turn into a(n)...
black hole, nebula or neutron star