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F = ma

What is Newton's Second Law of Motion?

100
This pyramid is the last of the ancient Seven Wonders of the World. Also one the largest and oldest structures ever to be built.
What is the Great Pyramid of Giza?
100

First man in the Moon

Who is Neil Armstrong?

100
A toy that consists of ball bearings in the center of a multi-lobed flat structure made of metal or plastic.
What is a Fidget Spinner?
100

A conversion factor us a ratio of two equivalent amounts that is always equal to _________

One

200

F = kq1q2/r2

What is Coulomb's Law?

200
A semiconductor device used to amplify or switch electronic signals and electrical power
What is a transistor?
200

Famous researcher that worked at Purdue during its early years. He worked on cardiology and defibrillation.

Who is Leslie A. Geddes?

200
A great tool for solving algebraic and differential equations and for numerical integration.
What is MATLAB?
200

How many millimeters are there in 15 inches? 

381 mm 

(25.4 mm in an inch)

300

d/dx (tan x)

sec2x

300
This primitive technology made it easier for us to travel.
What is the wheel?
300

This Scottish scientist/inventor/engineer is known for inventing the telephone.

Who is Alexander Graham Bell?

300
A narrow hermetically sealed glass tube marked with graduations and having at one end a bulb containing mercury or alcohol.
What is a thermometer?
300

How many liters are in 960 pL?

9.6E-10 Liter

400

d/dx (f o g)(x) = f'[g(x)] * g'(x)

What is the chain rule?

400
Capturing and transporting this form of energy that results from the existence of charged particles (such as electrons and protons) statistically as an accumulation of charge or dynamically as a current.
What is electricity?
400

“The mother of Wi-Fi” and other wireless communications like GPS and Bluetooth

Who is Hedy Lamarr?

400
A computer-aided design program used for 2-D and 3-D design and drafting.
What is AutoCAD?
400

1 radian is equivalent to __ degrees

360° /2p = 57.3°

360° /2p = 57.3°

500

x = a(y - k)2 + h

What is the equation of a sideways parabola?

500
You can't live without it and it's right on your phone.
What is the Internet?
500

The first ever engineer, builder of the Step Pyramid at Ṣaqqārah, Egypt

Who is Imhotep?

500

Chatbot designed to engage in human-like conversations and generate various text formats

What is ChatGPT?

500

To go from 1 square meter to 1 square foot you multiply by what factor?

Multiply the area value by 10.764