Physics
What force keeps planets in orbit around the sun?
Gravity
What is the chemical symbol for water?
H2O
What process allows plants to take in carbon dioxide and release oxygen in the presence of sunlight?
Photosynthesis
What number system do computers use?
Binary
What neurotransmitter is often linked to feelings of happiness?
Serotonin
What is the unit of electrical resistance?
Ohm
Which element is needed for combustion to occur?
Combustion
What pigment gives plants their green colour and helps them capture sunlight?
Chlorophyll
Who is known as the father of computing?
Alan Turing
What bias causes people to remember information that is in line with their beliefs?
Confirmation Bias
What is the speed of light in a vacuum (approximate, in m/s)?
3 x 10^8 m/s
What type of chemical bond involves the sharing of electrons between atoms?
Covalent Bond
Which system in the body produces hormones?
Endocrine System
What does “CPU” stand for?
Central Processing Unit
What psychologist is known for the hierarchy of needs?
Abraham Maslow
When a 5 kg ball is thrown straight up at F = 100N, at the top of it's trajectory, how much kinetic energy (in Newtons) does it have?
KE = 0N
When you mix an acid and a base in a reaction broadly termed as neutralisation, they form what two products?
Water and a salt
Deoxyribonucleic acid
LIFO and FIFO are associated with which data structures respectively?
Stacks and Queues (Order is important).
Which famous psychological figure coined the term, 'projection,' to mean attributing one’s own undesirable thoughts or feelings to someone else?
Sigmund Freud
According to quantum mechanics, what principle states that you cannot simultaneously know a particle’s exact position and momentum?
Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle
What law states that the total pressure of a gas mixture is equal to the sum of the partial pressures of its components?
Dalton's Law
In eukaryotic cells, what organelle is responsible for breaking down old cell parts, bacteria, and waste material?
Lysosome.
What is the time complexity of binary search on a sorted dataset (in Big O notation)?
O(log n)
What psychological phenomenon occurs when people change their behaviour because they’re being observed?
The Hawthorne Effect