ASTRONOMY
Which planet’s day is longer than its year?
Venus
What is the most abundant element in the universe?
Hydrogen
Who is the Joule named after?
James Joule
Which organelle, present in all eukaryotes, is responsible for sorting, packing, processing, and modification of proteins?
Golgi apparatus
True/False; The order in a cross product does not matter.
FALSE
What is the closest star to the sun?
Proxima Centauri
What element in theory could be substituted for Carbon in life forms?
Silicon
A weightlifter picks up a dumbbell, holds it for 5 seconds, then sets it back down in the same spot. How much net work was done on the dumbbell?
None (0 J)
Which has more bones; a human adult, teenager, Middle Aged, or infant?
Infant
True/False; water is a Newtonian fluid.
TRUE
Elliptical
What do we call the temperature and pressure where a substance can exist as a solid, liquid, and gas simultaneously?
The triple point
What are ideal radiators called?
Black bodies
What is the world’s tallest grass?
Bamboo
What is the type of virus that only attacks bacteria?
Bacteriophage
Apollo 11's LEM (moon lander) was given the nickname _____?
[The] Eagle
What is the heat associated with phase changes called?
Latent Heat
To calculate work done on a gas, one would multiply pressure by change in what?
Volume
Name the three MAIN types of RNA
mRNA, tRNA, rRNA
Who is the father of modern medicine?
Hippocrates
What is the full name for a Quasar?
Quasi-stellar object
What VERY COMMON organic compound has the chemical formula C8H10N4O2?
Caffeine
Who was the person who determined the value of big G [universal gravitation]?
Henry Cavendish
What are the four macro-molecules?
Carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, nucleic acids
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