General Knowledge
a supposition or proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation.
What is a Hypothesis?
Which fossil fuel, oil or natural gas, is found at greater depths within Earth, and why?
What is Gas?
Gas, because it is more stable at high temperatures
What is the scientific term for the production of light by living organisms?
What is Bioluminescence?
Foremost expert on chimpanzees
What is Jane Goodall?
Name seven bones
What is...
What bones are mentioned counts!
a method of procedure that has characterized natural science since the 17th century, consisting in systematic observation, measurement, and experiment, and the formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses.
Scientific Method
The first ores which were widely smelted by humans to produce metal were those of ____________.
What is Copper?
The theory of Natural Selection comes from?
What is Charles Darwin?
Whos is the father of Biology?
What is Aristotle?
From what Tree did Aspirin derive from ?
What is Willow Tree?
the action or process of observing something or someone carefully or in order to gain information
What is Observation?
Mineral-rich veins within plutons, deposited by hot groundwater into fractures within the rock, characterize ____________.
What is Hydrothermal deposits ?
Which protein helps in the degradation of aged and damaged cells by targeting them to be destroyed?
What is Ubiquitin?
What are the 3 laws of motion?
What is Law of Inertia, Law of Mass and Acceleration Third Law of Motion?
What was the first genetically engineered organism?
What is Tabacco?
In 1983, the first genetically engineered organism, a tobacco plant designed to be resistant to certain herbicides, was grown in Wisconsin.
Reading of a barometer going down is an indication of?
What is Rainfall?
In order to produce a commercially viable oil deposit, there must be a source rock, a reservoir rock, a seal rock, and a ____________.
What is Trap ?
Trap—a geologic configuration that forces oil to pool up and denies it passage to the surface
What is the scientific term for an apparent "throwback" characteristic of an organism that reveals a trait of an earlier ancestor?
What is Atavism?
is an apparent "throwback" characteristic of an organism that reveals a trait of an earlier ancestor. Examples of atavism include hind legs on whales, teech in chickens, and color blindness in humans.
Whos is the current most famous scientist?
What is Alain Aspect?
Quantum Theory
Sunflowers are known as ?
What is Hyperaccumulators?
plants that have the ability to take up high concentrations of toxic materials in their tissues
One Fathom is equal to?
What is 6 feet?
Which of the world’s major cities has suffered tremendous earthquake damage in the past not because it is located at a plate boundary (it is not), but rather because it is built atop a basin of ancient lakebed sediments that rhythmically rock back and forth when agitated by seismic waves of a characteristic frequency?
a. New Madrid B. Los Angeles C. Tokyo D. Mexico City
What is Mexico City?
What is the name of the protein that was taken from a jellyfish, which helps visualize proteins under a microscope?
What is Green fluorescent protein?
Father of Modern Science
What is Galileo Galilei?
What illness accounted for 40 percent of U. S. military casualties during World War I?
What is Influenza ?