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100
The first African American woman to travel into space when she flew as a mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992, where she conducted scientific experiments in orbit.
Who is Dr. Mae Jemison?
100
This law says voltage equals current times resistance.
What is Ohm's Law?
100
This famous law states that force equals mass times acceleration.
What is Newton's 2nd Law?
100
This lightweight metal with atomic number 13 is widely used in aircraft structures.
What is Aluminum?
100
This smallest unit of digital information is either a 0 or a 1.
What is a Bit?
200
This Howard University graduate is a pioneer in "Hidden Figures" history, becoming NASA’s first Black female engineer after fighting to join a segregated training program.
Who is Mary Jackson?
200
Measured in coulombs per second, this flow keeps circuits alive.
What is Electric Current?
200
This force keeps your coffee cup stuck to the table instead of sliding away.
What is Friction?
200
A mixture of iron and carbon, this alloy forms the backbone of skyscrapers and bridges.
What is Steel?
200
Eight bits together form this common unit of digital data.
What is a Byte?
300
This engineering pioneer became the first African American woman in the United States to earn a civil engineering degree from Howard University in 1946, later worked for the United States Geological Survey, and became the first female engineer in her district of the United States Army Corps of Engineers.
Who is Hattie Scott Peterson?
300
This component resists the flow of current.
What is a Resistor?
300
This center point is where an object's mass is evenly distributed.
What is the Center of Mass?
300
This ubiquitous synthetic polymer is a thermoplastic, meaning it can be heated, reshaped, and cooled repeatedly; it is the industry standard for modern residential plumbing and electrical conduit.
What is Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC)?
300
This hardware component performs calculations and executes instructions.
What is a Central Processing Unit (CPU)?
400
Known for her work on the GPS, this Virginia State University alumna was a mathematician whose calculations were vital to satellite geodetic models.
Who is Gladys West?
400
In the type of circuit, components share the same current but divide the voltage.
What is a Series Circuit?
400
This force pulls objects toward Earth's center.
BONUS: What is the acceleration and unit of this force? (50 pts)
What is Gravity?
400
This composite of cement, water, and aggregates forms the foundation of modern construction.
What is Concrete?
400
This type of memory loses its contents when power is turned off.
What is RAM?
500
This computer scientist researched artificial intelligence at Carnegie Mellon University, later helped develop the Apple Newton at Apple, founded Freshwater Software which she sold for $107 million, and created the Leave a Little Room Foundation to support underserved communities.
Who is Donna Auguste?
500
The Greek letter Omega represents the unit for this electrical property.
What is Resistance?
500
This force acts along a rope or cable when it's pulled tight.
What is Tension?
500
Carbon arranged in sheets just one atom thick gives us this monumental material.
What is Graphene?
500
In binary, this base-2 number system uses only these two digits.
What are 0 and 1?