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The year Kuwait gained independence from Britain.
1961
The value of π to two decimal places.
3.14
What is the function of DNA in cells?
DNA stores genetic information that guides the development and functioning of living organisms.
What is the chemical symbol for gold?
Au
The force that makes objects fall toward Earth.
gravity
The famous queen of France who supposedly said, “Let them eat cake.”
Marie Antoinette
The square root of 144.
12
What is the main organ of the circulatory system?
heart
What element has the atomic number 1?
Hydrogen
The unit of energy in the SI system
joule
This ancient road connected China to the Mediterranean for trade.
Silk Road
The probability of flipping a fair coin and landing heads.
1/5 or 50%
What is the only organ that can regenerate?
the liver
How many elements are in the periodic table?
118
This colour of visible light has the shortest wavelength
violet
The first emperor of Rome.
Augustus (Octavian)
The sum of the angles inside a triangle.
180°
What is the smallest bone in the human body?
Stapes (in the ear)
Avogadro’s number is approximately equal to this.
6.022×10236.022×1023
The unit of electrical resistance.
ohm
The name of the Kuwaiti resistance newspaper secretly published during the Iraqi invasion.
Al-Qabas Al-Jadeed
he value of sin(90°)
1
Compare and contrast mitosis and meiosis
Mitosis produces two identical cells for growth and repair, while meiosis produces four genetically unique cells for reproduction.
The process of separating liquids by their boiling points is called this.
distillation
The device used to split light into its spectrum
prism