Metrics & Measurements (M&Ms)
When you suspect radiation, you'll want one of these tools handy to confirm.
What is a Geiger counter?
The concept of gravity is commonly attributed to this famous scientist
Who is Isaac Newton?
This tasty ramen ingredient is also the tallest type of grass.
What is Bamboo?
You'll find these "Magnificent 7" on the right side of the periodic table.
What are the noble gases?
Beware this radiation of shortest wavelength, produced by neutron stars and pulsars...too much exposure and you might turn into the Hulk.
What is gamma radiation?
At this temperature, Celsius and Fahrenheit are finally equal...and all is right in the world.
What is -40?
This author of The Origin of Species, formulated the theory of evolution.
Who is Charles Darwin?
These are the three periods of the Dinosaurs
What are the Jurassic, Triassic, and Cretaceous?
This special bond involves the sharing of electron pairs between different atoms.
What is a covalent bond?
This planet in our solar system is the only one with a clockwise rotation.
What is Venus?
Electric resistance is measured in these units...or something you might hear in a meditation center.
What are Ohms?
This Polish born scientist is the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two scientific fields.
Who is Marie Curie?
What is class?
A pH greater than 7....or a slang term for those who are perceived to prefer mainstream products, trends, and music.
What is basic?
Besides Earth, this is the only world in our solar system known to have liquid lakes and seas on the surface.
What is Titan?
Using the Large Hadron Collider, CERN announced in 2012 the successful discovery of this particle.
What is the Higgs boson?
This Italian physicist and chemist with initials A.V. is credited as the inventor of the battery.
Who is Alessandro Volta?
This green pigment absorbs light energy and aids in photosynthesis.
What is chlorophyll?
Filtered from blood by the liver, this orange-yellow pigment is a product of the breakdown of red blood cells, with high levels sometimes manifesting as jaundice.
What is bilirubin?
Send a light message to this galaxy, the closest neighbor to our own Milky Way, and it will take 2.5 million light years to arrive.
What is Andromeda?
This telescope was launched into space in 2021 and is designed to conduct infrared astronomy. Its high-resolution instruments allow it to view objects too old, distant, or faint for the Hubble Space Telescope.
What is the James Webb Space Telescope?
Born in Sri Lanka and working out of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, this physicist is famous for his advancements in the field of Quantum Well Infrared Photo Detecting.
Who is Dr. Sarath Gunapala?
Semicircular canals and otoliths are the two key components of this sensory system for balance and spatial orientation in most mammals.
What is the vestibular system?
First observed by Aristotle, it is due to this that hot water will freeze faster than cold water.
What is the Mpemba effect?
At 1 Kelvin, or -457 degrees Fahrenheit, this is the coldest known place in the Universe...but was it the inspiration for the popular Instagram feature launched in 2015? Science doesn't tell
What is the Boomerang Nebula?