Random Club Q's
A severe snowstorm characterized by sustained winds of 35mph and visibility under a quarter mile.
These small, portable things contain chemicals like iron powder and salt that produce heat through a chemical reaction when shaken.
What is Hand Warmers?
This iconic winter structure made from blocks uses the principle of a self-supporting arch to provide incredible strength and insulation.
What is an Igloo?
A pair of ice skates costs $80, but they are on sale for 25% off. How much do they cost now?
What is $60?
You can see your breath in the winter because the warm moisture in your lungs undergoes this process when hitting cold air.
What is Condensation?
Most smartphones use this type of battery, which can drain faster or even shut down if it gets too cold.
What is a Lithium-Ion Battery?
When water freezes, it undergoes this physical change that can exert enough pressure to crack metal engine blocks or pipes. (When water freezes, it ______)
What is Expansion (or Volume Increase)?
What is 0 degrees Celsius?
The year S.T.E.M. Club was founded.
What is 2023?
This is the official name for the first day of winter, which is also the shortest day of the year.
What is Winter Solstice?
Modern ski goggles often use this type of lens technology that aligns light waves to reduce the glare reflected off snow.
What is Polarized Lenses?
This part of a car's engine is engineered to stay warm by circulating "coolant" through it, which is ironically used to provide heat to the cabin.
What is the Radiator?
A snowstorm drops 3 inches of snow per hour. After 5 hours, the total accumulation follows this type of mathematical growth on a graph.
What is Linear Growth?
The first S.T.E.M. Club experiment ever done at a club meeting.
What is Oobleck?
This rare winter phenomenon occurs when lightning strikes during a snowstorm (instead of rain).
What is Thundersnow?
This term refers to a "period of stagnation" in technology development, specifically in AI, when interest and funding for the field significantly drop.
What is AI Winter?
Named after a 17th-century scientist this law states the force needed to stretch or compress a spring (like those in cold-weather suspension) is proportional to the displacement.
What is Hooke's Law?
Almost all snowflakes exhibit this type of n-fold rotational symmetry due to the hexagonal structure of ice molecules.
What is 6-fold (or hexagonal)?
The place where the first S.T.E.M. Club Officer (CSO) meeting was located.
What is CMU?
Some Alaskan frogs can survive being frozen solid because they have this type of chemical in their blood.
What is Natural Antifreeze?
(High concentrations of sugars and special antifreeze proteins in the bloodstream prevent freezing of cells and protect vital organs until the springtime)
This mechanical device, found on the front of some winter rescue vehicles, uses an Archimedes' screw design to propel the craft over ice and water alike.
What is a Screw-Propelled Vehicle?
Newton's Law of this describes the mathematical rate at which a hot cup of cocoa loses heat to its colder surroundings.
What is Newton's Law of Cooling?
This is the temperature that Fahrenheit and Celsius scales are equal at. (answer is a number)
What is -40 degrees?