Biology
What is the basic structural and functional unit of all living things?
A cell
Computers store information using only two digits. What are they?
0 and 1
Which season has the most inversions?
Winter
Every magnet has two poles. Name them.
North and South
Which organelle is the "brain of the cell" and holds the cell's DNA?
The nucleus
What word means "a step-by-step plan for solving a problem"?
An algorithm
In a temperature inversion, which sits on top — warm air or cold air?
Warm Air
Fill in the blanks: Opposite poles ______ each other. Same poles ______ each other.
What are the two main types of cells?
Prokaryotic and eukaryotic
What is phishing?
Tricking someone into giving away information
Which shrinking lake is making toxic dust storms a bigger threat in Utah?
The Great Salt Lake
Name any two metals that magnets strongly attract.
iron, nickel, cobalt, steel
Name one organelle a plant cell has that an animal cell does not.
Chloroplasts, a cell wall, or a large vacuole
Which loop repeats a known number of times: a FOR loop or a WHILE loop?
a FOR loop
Which mountains trap the polluted air around Salt Lake City?
The Wasatch Front
Name one way to make an electromagnet stronger.
Wrap more coils of wire around the iron core
DNA is made of 4 nucleotides. Name them (or give the 4 letters).
Adenine, Cytosine, Thymine, Guanine ( A, C, T, G)
Using the place values 16, 8, 4, 2, 1 — what number is 11001?
25
Particulate matter is sorted into three sizes. Name all three.
PM1.0, PM2.5, PM10
An electromagnet needs only 3 main parts. Name all three.
Battery, wire, iron core