Geography
This U.S. state is the only one which touches two oceans.
What is Alaska?
The commonly-used coding language Python takes its name from this 1960s television series.
What is Monty Python's Flying Circus?
Technically, the Big Dipper isn't a constellation, it's one of these.
What is an asterism?
This word for a type of blood vessel is also used for a mineral-filled fissure within rock.
What is a vein?
Western Space has its headquarters on the 7th floor of the Western Interdisciplinary Research Building; it shares that space with this other Western organization.
What is the Rothman Institute of Philosophy?
Cities often have higher temperatures than rural surroundings. The effect, studied via remote sensing by orbit, has this two-word name.
What is "heat island?"
This electrical circuit component flows current in only one direction.
What is a diode?
What is Mercury?
Money to burn: setting a diamond under a flame will cause this gas to be formed.
What is carbon dioxide?
Skylark is not the first Western cubesat. The first one, which launched to space in 2023, was called this.
What is "Ukpik-1"
Aerial photography, like this photo from 1942, was a big advancement for geographers. Give the name of the location in this photo.
What is the University of Western Ontario?
Mechanical engineering students don't stress over memorizing the formula E = σ / ε . Give its name.
What is Young's modulus?
Once thought to be a planet, the first asteroid ever discovered was named this, after a Roman goddess.
What is Ceres?
These bi-annual grants distributed by Western Space are meant to help collaborative-specialization students access unique experiences.
What are the Experiential Learning Opportunities?
An NDVI is commonly used in remote-sensing of the Earth, not other planets. Give the meaning of the acronym.
A turbulent flow would have a high value of this dimensionless quantity.
What is Reynold's number?
Talk about rock bottom: this planet's lowest point is the 2.9km-deep Diana chasma.
What is Venus?
What is 2019?
ArcGIS is a staple program for any geography student. It's parent company uses the acronym ESRI, which stands for this.
What is "Environmental Systems Research Institute?"
The Leyden jar was the first artificially-made example of what common electrical component?
What is a capacitor?
Marstaken identity? This name of this bright, reddish star in the constellation Scorpius means "Rival of Mars"
What is Antares?