Biology
Our genes are encoded on molecules of deoxyribonucleic acid. What is this acid's more familiar name?
DNA
Outside of the lab, the phenomenon of effervescence is usually called what?
bubbling or fizzing
What is the force that pulls the Earth toward Mars?
gravity
Metascience is a branch of science that studies what?
science
Who would win in a fight: a Tyrannosaurus, a monster truck or Mr Tone?
Mr Tone
Mushrooms are neither plants nor animals. They belong in a separate kingdom called... what?
fungus
What do we call molten rock below the surface of the Earth?
What do we call a particle of light?
photon
Which branch of biology focuses on plants?
botany
How many millimeters are in a kilometre?
1,000,000
How many bones are in the typical adult human skeleton?
206
Which element was discovered in the Sun before it was found on Earth?
helium
The Large Hadron Collider is the world's biggest particle accelerator. It stretches through which two countries?
Switzerland and France
Which branch of science studies ancient life and extinct organisms?
palaeontology
The Richter scale is used to measure the intensity of what?
earthquakes
What does COVID stand for?
coronavirus disease
Which chemist's X-ray photographs of DNA revealed its double helical structure?
Rosalind Franklin
Sagittarius A* is a supermassive object at the center of our galaxy. What is it?
a black hole
Which branch of physics focuses on heat and its relationship with energy and matter?
thermodynamics
What is the freezing point of water in degrees Fahrenheit?
32
In humans, a sense of balance is maintained by special organs in which part of the body?
inner ears
What everyday ingredient would you produce by reacting sodium hydroxide with carbonic acid?
baking soda (sodium hydrogen carbonate)
What is the electron's antiparticle?
positron
Zoology is the study of what?
animals
Who coined the term "cell" to refer to the building blocks of life?
Robert Hooke