Physics
This is the tendency of an object to resist changes in its motion (Hint: how stubborn it is to move or stop.)
What is inertia?
This scale tells you whether a solution is sour, bitter or just right. (Hint: kind of like the chemistry version of a mood ring.)
What is the pH scale?
This value represents the sum of the first five prime numbers.
What is 2+3+5+7+11=28?
Founded in 1967, this Northern California community college sits on a former wildlife refuge covering more than 900 acres.
What is Butte College?
What does MESA stand for?
What is Math, Engineering, Science, Achievement?
This is the rate of change of velocity with respect to time.
What is acceleration?
This number tells you how many protons an atom has.
What is the atomic number?
First celebrated in San Francisco in 1988, this mathematical holiday is celebrated annually on March 14th.
What is Pi day?
What is Butte College mascot name?
What is Dash?
When was the MESA program first established?
What is 1970 in California?
This force acts toward the center of a circular path, keeping an object moving in a circle.
What is centripetal force?
This law states that mass is neither created not destroyed in a chemical reaction.
What is the Law of Conservation of Mass?
Also known as Leonardo of Pisa, this famous Italian mathematician is best known for discovering a sequence where each number us the sum of the two previous number?
What is Fibonacci?
Butte College has five campus, name them all.
What is Glenn Center, Skyway Center, Chico Center, Main Campus, and Cosmetology Center?
What are the four requirements to get into the MESA program?
What is being First gen, having a calculus base major, having financial aid, and a plan to transfer to a 4-year college?
This unit measures electrical resistance, or how much your old charger fights against charging your phone.
What is OHM?
This term describes the energy required to remove the most loosely held electron from a gaseous atom.
What is ionization energy?
This statistical measure of central tendency represents the middle value in a data set when the number are arranged from smallest to largest.
What is mean?
In 2011, Butte College made national news for becoming the first institution in the U.S. to achieve this energy milestone.
What is becoming "grid positive"?
MESA has two summer bridge program, name them all.
What is Week Zero and Calculus Boot Camp?
This phenomenon explains why a straw looks bent when placed in a glass of water. (Hint: physics messing with your eyes)
What is refraction?
This property describes an atom's ability to attract electrons in a chemical bond
What is electronegativity?
What this number equals to the sum of the first three perfect cubes.
What is 1+8+27=36?
This notable writer and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" director once took classes at Butte college.
Who is Jess Whedon?
What student support and services does MESA offer?
What is Computer lab, STEM Library, printing, tutoring, laptop, calculator, workshops, free food, study center, counseling, Student work, internships, and research Experience?