SCIENCE TRIVIA III

Health Science

100

True or False

the right lung takes in more air than the left

TRUE

200

Parturition is the medical term for this

birth

300

These three organs make up the urinary system

2 kidneys and bladder

400

Riboflavin is the name for this essential vitamin

B2

500

This inherited disorder makes the blood slow to clot

hemophilia

Earth and Space

100

True or False

Limnology is the study of fossilized arms and legs

FALSE

200

Marble results when this rock undergoes metamorphosis

limestone

300

Turkey is located on these two continents

Asia and Europe

400

this is a layer of porous rock, underground, that can hold water

aquifer

500

A cloud that has "nimbo-" or "nimbus" in its name produces this

precipitation

MATH

100

True or False

The cube root of 27 = 3

TRUE

200

This is where you would find an "incircle"

inside a triangle

300

This is the third prime number

5

400

this is a lens that curves inward

concave

500

If a/b and c/d are in proportion, then ad = this

1

Life Science

100

True or False

Dogs lose body heat by panting

TRUE

200

a frugivore is an animal that eats this

fruit

300

DOUBLE JEOPARDY QUESTION-

this type of organism makes its own food

autotroph

400

this is the study of the relationships between living things and their environments

ecology

500

Buprestid beetles prefer to mate at the scene of this

a forest fire

Physical Science

100

True or False

Polyester fabric was named after its inventor, Polly Esther Newman

FALSE

200

this is the chemical symbol for tungsten, sometimes called wolfram

W

300

DOUBLE JEOPARDY QUESTION-

Organic chemistry is the study of substances that contain this element

carbon

400

this is the name of a substance that blocks the flow of heat or electricity

insulator

500

this is a 3-dimensional image made with laser light

hologram