Hard Sciences
What force pulls objects towards the earth?
Gravity
What organ controls your thoughts, feelings, and movements?
What company makes the iPhone?
Apple
What is the primary metal used for standard electrical household wiring?
Copper
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What is known as the "Powerhouse" of the cell?
Mitochondria
What emotion might someone feel when they receive exciting or good news?
What does "CPU" stand for in a computer?
Central Processing Unit
A bridge that is 10 miles long is able to hold 10,000 pounds. A truck that initially weighs 10,000 pounds drives across the bridge but at the halfway point, a 1-pound bird lands on the truck.
Will the bridge collapse?
(Truck moves at: 1lb gasoline /3.3mi)
No, because by the time the truck reaches the halfway point it would have burned enough fuel to make the truck under 10,000lbs.
300 seconds
18,000 seconds
What does an atomic number measure?
The total number of protons found the nucleus of an atom, it's "fingerprint".
What is the term for the process of remembering information, storing it, and retrieving it for later?
Memory
What does "Wi-Fi" primarily allow devices to do?
Connect to a network or the internet wirelessly
What common household appliance uses radio waves to heat up food by vibrating water molecules.
(Bonus point: What is the type of radio wave called?)
Microwave
Bonus: Microwaves
How many degrees are in the interior angles of a triangle combined?
180 degrees
DNA Replication.
What type of memory allows you to remember information for a short period, such as a phone number you just heard?
Short-term Memory
What does "WWW" stand for in a website address?
World Wide Web
What simple machine consists of a wheel with a grooved rim and a rope, commonly used to lift heavy buckets out of water wells?
A pulley
What is 15 percent of 200?
What kind of chemical bond forms when atoms share an electron equally?
Covalent Bond.
What neurotransmitter is strongly associated with reward, motivation, and learning?
Dopamine
Computers use binary code. How many different digits are used in the binary number system?
2 (0 and 1)
What is Newtons first law?
An object at rest stays at rest, and an object in motion stays in motion.
How many sides does a dodecagon have?
12 sides