On the Scientist's Resume
40 YEARS BEFORE HE RELOCATED TO FSU, HE PROPOSED AND INVESTIGATED THE CONCEPT OF MAGNETIC MONOPOLES
Who was Paul Dirac?
THIS PARTICLE HAS A MASS SLIGHTLY GREATER THAN THE PROTON BUT NO ELECTRIC CHARGE
What is a neutron?
THE TORR MEASURES ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE & IS NAMED FOR TORRICELLI, BEST KNOWN FOR INVENTING THIS DEVICE
What is a barometer?
THIS CATEGORY OF SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT WORN BY A WORKER IS USED AS A LAST LINE OF DEFENSE TO PROTECT THEM FROM HAZARDS THEY MAY FACE ON THE JOB
What is personal protective equipment?
THIS 1995 SPANISH POP HIT INSPIRED WHAT IS PROBABLY THE MOST ICONIC 90’S DANCE CRAZE
What is the Macarena?
HE DIRECTED THE MAGLAB’S OPTICAL MICROSCOPY LABORATORY AND HIS PHOTOGRAPHS APPEARED ON EVERYTHING FROM SCIENTIFIC PAPERS TO NECKTIES
Who was Michael Davidson?
THE HAZARDOUS ULTRA-HIGH-ENERGY RAYS KNOWN BY THIS GREEK LETTER ARE PHOTONS EMITTED BY A DECAYING NUCLEUS
What are gamma rays?
AN 1881 SCIENTIFIC CONGRESS IN PARIS PUT THIS FRENCHMAN’S NAME ON THE UNIT OF ELECTRIC CURRENT
Who was Ampere?
PREPARED BY CHEMICAL MANUFACTURERS, THESE DOCUMENTS CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION SUCH AS THE PROPERTIES OF A CHEMICAL, HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS, AND SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
What are safety data sheets?
SHE WAS THE ONLY MEMBER OF THE SPICE GIRLS WITH A NAME THAT IS AN ACTUAL SPICE
Who was Ginger?
HE PUBLISHED HIS DESCRIPTION OF A MAGNETOMETER, A DEVICE THAT MEASURES THE DIRECTION AND STRENGTH OF A MAGNETIC FIELD, IN 1833
Who was Carl Gauss?
THIS CERN PARTICLE ACCELERATOR USES THOUSANDS OF MAGNETS TO DIRECT PARTICLE BEAMS TRAVELING AT NEARLY THE SPEED OF LIGHT IN A CIRCLE
What is the large hadron collider?
A UNIT OF ATOMIC MASS, A DALTON IS DEFINED AS 1/12TH THE MASS OF THE 12 ISOTOPE OF THIS ELEMENT
What is carbon?
IT’S THE SECOND STEP OF INTEGRATED SAFETY MANAGEMENT THAT INVOLVES EVALUATION OF RISK LEVELS
What is analyzing the hazards?
VICE PRESIDENT DAN QUAYLE WAS THE SUBJECT OF WIDESPREAD RIDICULE WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT THE SPELLING OF THIS WORD DURING A SPELLING BEE
What is potato?
THIS AMERICAN MATHEMATICIAN’S CALCULATIONS OF ORBITAL MECHANICS AS A NASA EMPLOYEE WERE CRITICAL TO THE SUCCESS OF THE FIRST AND SUBSEQUENT U.S. CREWED SPACEFLIGHTS
Who is Catherine Johnson?
IT’S THE AMOUNT OF TIME IT TAKES FOR ONE-HALF OF THE ATOMIC NUCLEI OF A RADIOACTIVE SAMPLE TO DECAY
What is half-life?
A PLATINUM-IRIDIUM CYLINDER, STORED IN A PARIS VAULT, WAS USED FROM 1899 TO 2019 TO DEFINE THE MASS OF THIS
What is a kilogram?
IT’S THE PROCESS OF PROPERLY SHUTTING DOWN EQUIPMENT AND PREVENTING AN UNEXPECTED STARTUP DURING MAINTENANCE OR REPAIR
What is lockout/tagout?
IT WAS THE NAME OF A SHEEP THAT WAS EFFECTIVELY CLONED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 1996
What is Dolly?
HE INVENTED THE TORSION BALANCE, A DEVICE THAT ALLOWED HIM TO MEASURE VERY SMALL CHARGES AND ESTIMATE THE FORCE OF ATTRACTION OR REPULSION BETWEEN THEM
Who was Charles-Augustin de Coulomb?
HERE’S YOUR QUARK MENU! WHICH FLAVOR WOULD YOU LIKE- UP, DOWN, TOP BOTTOM, CHARM OR THIS?
What is strange?
IT’S A MEASURE OF THE TOTAL QUANTITY OF VISIBLE LIGHT EMITTED BY A SOURCE PER UNIT OF TIME
What is a lumen?
THIS TYPE OF WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IS DESIGNED TO ENSURE THAT HAZARDOUS WASTE IS RESPONSIBLY HANDLED FROM THE TIME IT IS GENERATED TO ITS FINAL DISPOSAL
What is cradle to grave?
THE NUMBER OF CHAMPIONSHIPS WON BY THE CHICAGO BULLS IN THE 90’S
What is 6? - 91, 92, 93, 96, 97, 98