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Matfact Monday
On Campus
H/SS Lower Divs
100

This university has a long standing rivalry with UC Berkeley

What is Stanford?

100

The symmetrical three-dimensional structural arrangements of atoms, ions or molecules

What is a Crystal Lattice?

100

This amorphous material is commonly used to make containers, despite existing as both a solid and a liquid

What is glass?

100

This beloved engineering building is currently under construction

What is Bechtel?

100

Where the first Olympic Games were held

Where is Athens, Greece?

200

26 Berkeley faculty have won this prize

What is the Nobel Prize?

200

A type of defect: edge or screw

What is a Dislocation?

200

Closely packed carbon atoms form strong covalent bonds in this material, making it exceptionally hard and durable, among many other desirable properties

What is Diamond?

200

This building houses a T. rex skeleton

What is the Valley Life Sciences Building?

200

These are the only mammals capable of flight

What are Bats?

300

The official name of the Campanile

What is Sather Tower?

300

A type of defect: this atom is not like the rest

What is an Impurity?

300

Thin sheets of pressed cellulose suspension, discovered thousands of years ago

What is paper?

300

This Northside stem building is often made fun of for being a campus eyesore

What is Evans?

300

The inventor of Green Eggs and Ham

Who is Doctor Seuss?

400

Prior to his debut, live bears served his role

Who is Oski?

400

This type of diagram represents physical states of a material under different temperatures and pressures

What is a Phase Diagram?

400
This composite material, often made using polyacrylonitrile, is most well known for its application in airplane wings and car parts
What is Carbon Fiber?
400

This building had a gas leak yesterday

What is Stanley Hall?

400

This is the driest continent on Earth

What is Antarctica

500

UC Berkeley is the all-time top producer of these volunteers

Who are the Peace Corps Volunteers?

500

Force applied per unit area divided by deformation of the material

What is Stress/Strain?

500

This is an organic material comprised of many different structural and connective organic polymers.  It is unique in the fact that it is orthotropic— its material properties can be different in 3 directions 

What is wood?

500

This engineering building is a popular destination for graduation photos on its front stairs

What is HMMB?

500

This famous scientist invented the color wheel

Who is Issac Newton?

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