Chemistry
Which is denser, water or ice?
Water! (This is why ice floats)
The formula for force is what?
Mass x acceleration
Which organ can process pain but cannot feel it?
The brain
What color is our sun?
Yellow
What is the name of the famous fault line along California?
The San Andreas fault, a transform plate boundary
What is the symbol for silver?
Ag
What are Newton's three laws called? (Just give me the overall name)
Laws of Motion
What is the scientific term for the production of light by living organisms?
Bioluminescence
What manned U.S. space program eventually put 12 men on the moon?
Apollo
What is the name of the scale that rates the hardness of rocks?
Moh´s scale
Democritus coined the term ¨atomos¨ which is where we now get the word atom. What does atomos mean?
Indivisible/cannot be cut into smaller pieces
What is the Law of Conservation of Energy?
Energy can neither be created nor destroyed. It can only be transferred or transformed.
What human organ(s) filters fifty gallons of blood everyday?
The kidneys
How old is the universe?
13.7 billion years old, give or take 130,000 years
Which crystalline formations are on cave ceilings? Stalactites or stalagmites?
Stalactites
When a substance goes from a solid to a gas, without becoming a liquid, this is known as?
Sublimination
Upon what two factors is the amount of kinetic energy of an object dependent?
Mass and velocity
What is the only part of the body that can´t repair itself?
Teeth
What color is the sunset on Mars?
In which country was the first seismograph invented? (double points if you can guess the century)
China, around 200 AD
What color does potassium nitrate burn?
Violet
What is the SI unit of heat?
Joules
What is the hardest bone in the human body?
The jawbone
How many light years away is the second closest star to Earth?
4.24 light years
The convergence of which two plates caused the rise of the Himalayan Mts?