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100

Which of these is not matter?

A. Dream

B. Car

C. Water

D. Oxygen

What is a dream?

100

True or false? In computing, keyboards are used as input devices.

True

100

True or false, diamonds can only be found in nature.

What is false?

100

What are the three primary colors?

What is red, yellow, and blue?

100

What are whole numbers?

What is any number without a decimal point?

200

Which phase of matter will change shape but NOT size?

What is liquid?

200

Firefox, Opera, Chrome, Safari and Explorer are types of what?

What are web browsers?

200

What year was the first satellite put into orbit?

A. 1932

B. 1902

C. 1957

D. 1927

What is 1957?

200

What is a primary color?

What is a color that can’t be made by mixing other colors together?

200

What does a century represent?

What is 100 years?

300

Your class is making ice cream during an activity. Which of the following items would not have helped in the freezing process of the milk and cream liquid?

A. Water

B. Sugar

C. Salt 

D. Ice

What is sugar?

300

Did the original Sony Playstation use CDs or cartridges to play games?

What are CDs?

300

The Mars Rover Perseverance uses what as its source of electrical power?

Additional points if you can state the source of electrical power for previous Mars rovers, and additional points again if you can say why that source of power was discontinued. 

What is nuclear power?

The "Multi-Mission Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator" converts heat generated from the radioactive decay of plutonium into electricity. Previous Mars rovers have used solar panels but these are susceptible to dust storms that cover up the panels and block sunlight.

300

What do you call a combination of magazine cut-outs, pictures, cloth, and other objects?

What is a collage?

300

How many sides does a hexagon have?

What is six?

400

Which of the following is not an example of a physical change?

A. Crumbling cheese

B. Cutting a sandwich 

C. Burning toast 

D. Slicing tomatoes 

What is burning toast?

400

In terms of computing, what does ROM stand for?

What is Read Only Memory?

400

Sonar is a technique used to detect objects underwater. What is it short for?

*look on the board for your hint. This question will be asked to all.*

What is sound navigation ranging?

400

In which country is the famous Sphinx statue located?

What is Egypt?

400

What is the least common multiple of 6, 8, and 12?

What is 24?

500

You decide to help your family cook breakfast one weekend. Which of the following actions would be considered a chemical change?

A. Folding the napkins 

B. Slicing oranges

C. Cutting up the vegetables 

D. Making scrambled eggs

What is making scrambled eggs?

500

What does DNA stand for?

What is Deoxyribonucleic acid?

500

It is possible to push a spacecraft forward by hitting it with light particles. This was first successfully demonstrated in 2010 by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). Their experimental spacecraft was called IKAROS (Interplanetary Kite-craft Accelerated by Radiation Of the Sun).

What is this technique called? Double thr points if you can state the common name for light particles.

What is solar sailing?

What are photons?

500

Which famous painter cut off a part of his ear?

Who is Vincent Van Gogh?

500

What is the basic metric unit of mass?

What is a kilogram?