Historic Figures
The only woman to win the Nobel Prize twice, her doctoral thesis on radioactivity is regarded as the most famous Ph.D. thesis of all time.
Marie Curie
If
4+4=20
5+5=30
6+6=42
7+7=56
Then what is 8+8=?
Answer: 72
Explanation: 4*5=20
5*6=30
6*7=42
7*8=56
8*9=72
What is the fastest moving land animal on Earth?
The cheetah
91.645 million miles
What is the smallest unit of living things?
Cells
In 1943, this man died in Tuskegee, Alabama, leaving behind his legacy as one of the most prominent black scientists of the 20th century and as an incredible peanut farmer
George Washington Carver
If
5+3=28
8+1=79
6+2=48
5+4=19
Then what is 7+2=?
Answer: 59
Explanation: (50-30)+(5+3)=20+8=28
(80-10)+(8+1)=70+9=79
(60-20)+(6+2)=40+8=48
(50-40)+(5+4)=10+9=19
(70-20)+(7+2)=50+9=59
What is the reason for the tides?
The moon's gravitational pull.
What are the only two planets in our solar system without moons?
Mercury and Venus
Name three different body systems
Acceptable answers: Integumentary System, Skeletal System, Muscular System, Digestive System, Respiratory System, Excretory System, Circulatory System, Nervous System, Endocrine System, Immune System, Reproductive System
Born in 1918 West Virginia, this mathematician’s calculations propelled the orbital mechanics of NASA’s future shuttles. In 2016, she was portrayed by Taraji P Henson in Hidden Figures.
Katherine Johnson
If
2+7=2
6+8=12
5+4=15
9+3=36
Then what is 8+1=?
Answer: 40
Explanation: 2*1=2
6*2=12
5*3=15
9*4=36
8*5=40
20% of the Earth's oxygen is produced by which rainforest?
Amazon Rainforest
The three main parts of a comet are the nucleus, the tail, and the _____?
Coma
What bodily fluid can dissolve stainless steel?
Stomach acid
Born in 1170 Pisa, Italy, he popularized the Hindu-Arabic numeral system in Europe and is now known for his famous sequence of numbers.
Fibonacci, also known as Leonardo Bonacci or Leonardo of Pisa
If
2+4=2
6+8=12
4+10=10
12+20=60
Then what is 24+50=?
Answer: 300
Explanation: (2/2)*(4/2)=1*2=2
(6/2)*(8/2)=3*4=12
(4/2)*(10/2)=2*5=10
(12/2)*(20/2)=6*10=60
(24/2)*(50/2)=12*25=300
What is required for a plant to go through photosynthesis
Carbon dioxide, water, chlorophyll, and sunlight
What color is the sunset on Mars?
Blue
A change of the DNA in an organism that can result in a new trait
A mutation
Known for her work on the first theoretical design of a computer, this English Countess was the only child of poet Lord Byron
Ada Lovelace
If
1+5=26
3+7=52
6+8=70
9+4=25
Then what is 2+6=?
Answer: 38
Explanation: 1+5*5=1+25=26
3+7*7=3+29=52
6+8*8=6+64=70
9+4*4=9+16=25
2+6*6=2+36=38
'Cascade', 'horsetail', 'plunge' and 'tiered' are types of what?
Waterfalls
What sound is out in space?
None
Meiosis and mitosis are two types of______________.
Cell division