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100

On the pH scale, solutions with a value below $7$ are classified as this.

What is acidic?

100

This programming control structure repeats a block of code as long as a specific condition remains true. (Name a specific kind of this structure)

What is a loop (or while/for loop)?

100

Give an example of a relevant trade-off you made in the class.

Open-ended answer

100

In probability, this term describes two events that cannot happen at the exact same time (like flipping a coin and getting both heads and tails).

What are mutually exclusive events?

100

Because of the way light refracts and reflects through moisture droplets, rainbows are actually full circles, but we usually only see this shape from the ground.

What is an arc (or semicircle)?

200

This subatomic particle has a negative charge and orbits the nucleus of an atom.

What is an electron?

200

In programming, this fundamental data type holds either a true or false value.

What is a boolean?

200

Invented by Nils Bohlin in 1959, this life-saving automotive safety device utilizes a three-point harness design.

What is a seatbelt?

200

In a right triangle, the ratio of the length of the side opposite an angle to the hypotenuse is known by this trigonometric name.

What is sine?

200

Honey has an indefinite shelf life largely because of its extremely low content of this substance, which prevents bacteria from growing.

What is water (moisture)?

300

This process of cell division results in four genetically unique daughter cells, each with half the number of chromosomes.

What is meiosis?

300

Invented by Tim Berners-Lee in 1989, this system of interlinked hypertext documents is accessed via the Internet.

What is the World Wide Web?

300

This force acts parallel to the interface of two surfaces in contact, opposing relative motion.

What is friction?

300

This is the name for a function whose graph is a U-shaped curve called a parabola.

What is a quadratic function?

300

Sharks are unique among animals because their entire skeleton is made of this flexible tissue instead of bone.

What is cartilage?

400

Newton's third law states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite one of these.

What is a reaction?

400

Standing for "HTML," this standard markup language is used to create the structure of web pages.

What is HyperText Markup Language?

400

In structural engineering, this type of stress pulls materials apart, whereas compression pushes them together.

What is tension?

400

Name the first 7 numbers of Pi.

3.141526
400

This chemical element makes up about 78% of Earth's atmosphere, making it the most abundant gas in the air we breathe.

What is nitrogen?

500

In genetics, this term describes an organism's physical expression or observable traits, determined by its genetic makeup.

What is a phenotype?

500

In computer science, this foundational sorting algorithm repeatedly steps through a list, compares adjacent elements, and swaps them if they are in the wrong order.

What is a bubble sort?

500

In a direct current (DC) electrical circuit, Ohm's Law states that Voltage equals Current multiplied by this.

What is resistance?

500

This is the name given to a polygon that has exactly ten sides.

What is a decagon?

500

This is the only letter of the alphabet that does not appear anywhere on the periodic table of elements.

What is the letter J?

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