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100

The force preventing objects from continuing to move forever when pushed.

What is Friction?

100

This keyword is used to define a function in Python.


What is def?


100

Which of the following is NOT a greenhouse gas? a) water vapor b) nitrous oxide c) artificial fertilizers d) carbon dioxide


c) artificial fertilizers


100

Measure of an individual's impact on the environment by calculating Greenhouse gas emissions from their lifestyle (i.e. consumption and transportation)


What is carbon footprint


100

This is the value of the mathematical constant π (pi) up to four decimal places.


What is 3.1415


200

What is newtons third law of motion?

This principle states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.


200

This data structure in Python is used to store multiple items in a single variable and is mutable.


What is a list?


200

True or False: The Greenhouse Effect allows heat or infared energy from Earth's surface to pass directly out through the atmosphere and back into space.


False

200

Although these chemicals promote plant growth on farms, gardens, and golf courses they become extremely harmful when they enter the atmosphere and waterways.


What are fertilizers or pesticides


200

In geometry, this type of triangle has all three sides of different lengths.


What is a scalene triangle?


300

What units does the Reynolds number use?


The Reynolds number is unitless and dimensionless.

300

This type of error occurs at runtime when a program tries to access an index that is outside the bounds of a list.


What is an IndexError?


300

Which country produces the most carbon dioxide in total each year?


China

300

Sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides emitted from industries and cars combine with precipitation in the atmosphere to form this.


What is acid rain


300

This branch of mathematics deals with rates of change and slopes of curves.


What is calculus?


400

View used on a drawing to show a hidden part of the object by cutting away.


What is section view?


400

In object-oriented programming, this concept describes the ability of different objects to respond to the same method call in different ways.


What is polymorphism?


400

Which planet has an atmosphere with an extreme greenhouse effect?


Venus

400

An increase in the concentration of chemical nutrients (i.e. phosphates and nitrates) in a body of water that promotes excessive algae growth which then depletes the amount of oxygen available to other organisms


What is eutrophication


400

The solution to the equation x² - 4 = 0 are these two numbers.


What are +2 and -2?


500

What is the Carnot cycle?


This thermodynamic cycle, consisting of two isothermal and two adiabatic processes, describes the ideal heat engine.


500

This sorting algorithm repeatedly selects the smallest element from the unsorted portion and moves it to the beginning.


What is selection sort?


500

This dam produces enough hydroelectric power to serve 1.3 million people in Nevada, California, and Arizona


What is the Hoover Dam


500

Term used to describe cities that have consistently higher temperatures than surrounding areas because of a greater retention of heat from buildings, concrete, and asphalt.


What is the heat island effect


500

The speed of light in a vacuum is approximately this value, measured in meters per second.


The speed of light in vacuum is 3 × 10^8 m / s