Mr Williams
What university did I complete my bachelor degree at?
QUT (Queensland University of Technology)
What is the name of the supercontinent that existed millions of years ago?
Pangaea
What is the basic unit of life?
The cell
Which planet is known as the “Red Planet”?
Mars
What is the capital city of Japan?
Tokyo
What state of matter has a fixed shape and fixed volume?
Solid
Where did I go to High School?
Centenary State High School
What do we call the boundary between two tectonic plates?
A plate boundary
Which organelle is known as the "powerhouse" of the cell?
Mitochondria
True or false: Bananas are slightly radioactive.
True (they contain potassium-40)
Which sport uses a shuttlecock?
Badminton
What is the smallest particle of an element called?
Atom
What is my wife's first name?
Tiana
Which scientist used seafloor maps to help prove continental drift?
Marie Tharp
What gas do plants take in during photosynthesis?
Carbon dioxide
Which animal can regrow its tail?
Gecko
In what country would you find the Eiffel Tower?
France
What happens to particles when a solid melts?
They gain energy and move further apart.
What is the name of my new school and how far away is it?
Gladstone State High School
What is the process where magma rises and pushes plates apart on the ocean floor?
Seafloor spreading
What is the difference between a producer and a consumer?
Producers make their own food; consumers eat other organisms.
Which chemical in chilli makes it feel “hot”?
Capsaicin
What is the movie studio that made the Shrek Movies
What type of change creates a new substance?
Chemical
What is the name of both of my sons?
Chase and Callan
Explain why earthquakes often occur at plate boundaries.
Because plates move against, under, or past each other, releasing energy.
Explain how energy flows through a food chain (from start to end).
Answer: Sun → producers → consumers → decomposers
Sun → producers → consumers → decomposers
Why does your voice sound higher after inhaling helium?
Helium is lighter than air, so sound travels faster through it, raising your voice’s pitch.
What is the longest-running TV show of all time
The Simpsons
Explain the difference between an element and a compound.
An element is one type of atom; a compound is two or more atoms chemically bonded.