Science
What is it called when plants convert sunlight into energy?
Photosynthesis
What startup, acquired by Facebook for $1 billion in 2012, became the fourth most downloaded app in the 2010s and is known for the posting of pictures?
Who invented the lightbulb?
Thomas Edison
This value is, by definition, the smallest prime number.
2
What was added to make "STEM" be recognized as "STEAM"
A- Arts
What is the process called when a caterpillar transforms into a butterfly?
Metamorphosis
In 1999 Shigetaka Kurita invented what keyboard additions for cell phones that would eventually replace emoticons and even get their own movie?
Emojis
What “A” word defines the scientific study of sound, used to determine the efficiency of engineering projects? It is a word also used to describe a non-electric guitar.
Acoustics
Demonstrate the meaning of VERTICAL and the meaning of HORIZONTAL.
Vertical (up and down)
Horizontal (flat or side to side)
What gas do animals need to breathe to survive?
Oxygen
What’s the largest planet in our solar system?
Jupiter
One gigabyte is equal to how many megabytes?
1,000
What “A” word is a watercourse engineered to carry water from a source to a distribution point? Used today to describe pipes, canals, and tunnels, it was most famously used in Ancient Rome, construction that stands to this day.
Aqueduct
What is PEMDAS?
parentheses, exponents, multiplication, division, addition, and subtraction
Video game designers plan out their games using this kind of system, that, by definition, uses X, Y, and Z-values to determine the position of a point.
Coordinate system
What is the strongest muscle in the human body?
The Jaw
When a password is limited strictly to numeric characters, the secret is often referred to as a PIN. What does that acronym stand for?
Personal Identification Number
Which “hot” discipline of the physical sciences would be key for engineers who work with things like cooling systems, jet engines, and steam power?
Thermodynamics
This value represents the sum of the first five prime numbers
2 + 3 + 5 + 7 + 11 = 28
Developed by Alfred Wegener, this mathematical model explains the movements related to plate tectonics. (Which is also the title of an Ice Age Movie)
Continental Drift
What causes ocean tides?
The Gravitational Pull of the Moon
Dolly the Ewe's birth in 1996 and subsequent life helped prove the viability of what scientific and technological process?
Cloning
What simple machine is a triangle-shaped tool, and is a portable inclined plane? It shares its name with a golf club, used for accurate short distance lobs.
Wedge
First celebrated in San Francisco in 1988, this mathematical holiday is celebrated annually on March 14th.
Pi Day
3-14
This massive geometric structure covered with a high-tech exterior LED screen began hosting immersive entertainment experiences in Las Vegas in 2023.
The Sphere