Biochemistry
What is the simplest alkane?
a. Butane
b. Methane
c. Ethane
d. Pentane
Methane (CH4)
He discovered that germs causes diseases:
a. Louis Pasteur
b. Linus Pauling
c. Jane Goodall
a. Louis Pasteur
How many time zones are there on Earth?
a. 12
b. 24
c. 36
24
What invention caused many deaths while testing it?
A.Dynamite
B.Ladders
C.Race cars
D.Parachute
Parachute
What is a push or a pull?
Force
What is the study of Carbon compounds?
a. Biochemistry
b. Inorganic Chemistry
c. Organic Chemistry
d. Industrial Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?
a. Rachel Carson
b. Marie Curie
c. Rosalind Franklin
Marie Curie
What element, whose symbol derived from the Latin for "liquid silver", has been found in Egyptian tombs from 1500 B.C.?
a. Mercury
b. Magnesium
c. Europium
Mercury
Who is the only U.S. President to invent and patent something?
A.Abraham Lincoln
B.Theodore Roosevelt
C.Thomas Jefferson
D.Rutherford B. Hayes
Abraham Lincoln
What is the tendency of an object to resist a change in motion?
Inertia
What type of bond gives rise to the cohesiveness of water molecules?
a. Hydrogen Bonds
b. Covalent Bonds
c. Polar Bonds
d. Ionic Bonds
Hydrogen Bonds
Who discovered the four biggest moons of Jupiter?
a. Nicolas Copernicus
b. Isaac Newton
c. Galileo Galilei
Galileo Galilei
What poisonous alkaloid is extracted from tobacco leaves and widely used as an insecticide?
Nicotine
Where was the yo-yo invented?
A.France
B.United States
C.Philippines
D.England
Philippines
What is a change in velocity over time?
Acceleration
At what temperature is water at its densest?
4oC
Who showed that oxygen was important in combustion?
a. Gregor Mendel
b. Francis Crick
c. Antoine Lavoisier
Antoine Lavoisier
The study of phenomena at very low temperatures is called:
a. morphology
b. crystallography
c. cryogenics
cryogenics
What inspired reflecting road lights to be invented?
A.Car door reflecting mirrors
B.The light a cat's eyes gave off on a fence
C.Sun light on steel posts on road sides
D.The sun light on the windshield
The light a cat's eyes gave off on a fence
What is the difference between the initial position and the final position of an object?
Displacement
What are compounds that contain exactly the same number of atoms but differ from each other by the way in which the atoms are arranged.
Isomers
Which of these scientists was a fossil expert?
a. Michael Faraday
b. Mary Anning
c. Anders Celsius
Mary Anning
A type of plastic that is biodegradable has been in the news lately. The ingredient that makes it biodegradable is:
a. vegetable oil
b. petroleum
c.cornstarch
Cornstarch
For whom high heeled shoes were invented?
A.Cleopatra
B.Queen Elizabeth I
C.King Louis the XIV
D.King Charles II
King Louis the XIV
What is the ratio of the output force to the input force?
Mechanical Advantage