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What is the process plants use to make their own food?
Photosynthesis
True or false? A proton carries a positive charge.
True
Psychologist Abraham Maslow developed and popularized the hierarchy of what common must-haves among humans?
Needs
What is the only sport that has been played on the moon?
Golf
Where was tea invented?
China
What plant produces acorns?
Oak tree
What is the force that resists motion when two objects rub against each other?
Friction.
In psychiatry and neurology, a syndrome where people perceive objects as appearing smaller than they actually are is named for what Lewis Carroll story, in which the main character shrinks after drinking from a bottle labelled "DRINK ME"?
Alice in Wonderland
What scene from US history is depicted on the back of the two-dollar bill?
The signing of the Declaration of Independence
What is the name for trees that lose their leaves in autumn?
Deciduous trees
K is the chemical symbol for which element?
Potassium
In Pavlov's experiments, what stimulus was paired with food to create a conditioned response?
A bell (ringing)
What is the only gemstone produced by a living creature?
The pearl
What is the fastest-growing plant on Earth?
Bonus: About how long can it grow in a day?
Bamboo
Bonus Answer: over a foot
True or false: Energy can neither be created nor destroyed; it can only be transformed from one form to another.
Bonus: What scientific law states this?
True
Bonus Answer: law of conservation of energy
What part of the brain is responsible for decision-making, planning, and impulse control?
The prefrontal cortex (or frontal lobe)
Before people made Jack-o'-lanterns for Halloween, which vegetable did they carve faces into?
Turnips
Which fruit floats because it is 25% air?
Apple
What is Schrödinger’s Cat?
Schrödinger’s Cat, as a thought experiment, states that if you seal a cat in a box with something that can eventually kill it, you won’t know if the cat is alive or dead until you open the box. So, until you open the box and observe the cat, the cat is simultaneously dead and alive.
During which stage of sleep do most vivid dreams occur?
REM (Rapid Eye Movement) sleep
What is the term for a word that is the same forwards and backwards?
Palindrome