Science
Technology
Engineering
Math
People Who Impacted Your Life
100

Acids are at the lower end; bases at the upper end.

What is the pH scale?

100

Can you hear me now? Today's version is much more mobile than the original version.

What is the phone?

100

It's the active ingredient in concrete, although sometimes it and concrete are used interchangeably.

What is cement?

100

It's the money you get (or pay) in order to loan (or borrow) money.

What is interest?

100

His assembly line introduced the conveyor system, which moved the product to the workers, versus earlier systems where the worker had to switch locations.

Who is Henry Ford?

200

This element originates as a star sheds particles during the nuclear fission process. It also looks good on a chain.

What is gold?

200

This invention allowed the masses to obtain the written pages, but it didn't help if you couldn't read!

What is the printing press?

200

The ideal gas law states that this variable is directly proportional to temperature; if one goes up so does the other.

What is pressure?

200

The systematic computational analysis of data or statistics, aka moneyball.

What is analytics?

200

He developed the three laws of motion, and owes much to an apple.

Who is Issac Newton?

300

it can vary in depth from the surface to 1,000s of feet below the surface; its fluid is paramount for life to exist on Earth (or anywhere, as far as we know.)

What is the water table? (what is water?)

300

This type of electricity is able to travel long distances and typically reduced to a lower voltage as it reaches your neighborhood. 

What is alternating current?

300

These are the four primary forces that allow an airplane to fly.

What are lift, gravity, thrust, drag?

300

It "crashed" on Oct 28, 1929, a Monday. It has still average 6.5% annual adjusted growth, however.

What is the Stock Market?

300

Bicycle repairmen from Ohio, they came to North Carolina to test the initial version of their most famous creation. It initially lasted for 12 seconds.

Who are the Wright brothers?

400

Solid, Liquid, Gas, Plasma

What are the four primary states of matter?

400

It uses radio waves to transmit data and avoid the limitation of a cord for your laptop.

What is wi-fi?

400

This force is responsible for allowing a car to move versus just spinning its wheels.

What is friction?

400

The average American household has approximately $6,500. You don't want that much!

What is credit card debt?

400

Post WWII, he championed the creation of this interconnected highway system to primarily allow for easy movement of military assets between cities.

Who is Pres. Dwight Eisenhower?

500

The number of bones in the human body.

What is 206?

500

Starting in the later part of the 18th century, it harnessed the power of machinery and led to mass production, rapid urbanization, and profound social changes, powered by innovations in textiles & steam power.

What is the industrial revolution?

500

All else equal, this will always move towards the cold, according to thermodynamics.

What is heat?

500

Musically or otherwise, it is a rate of speed and therefore a mathematical measurement.

What is tempo?

500

His contributions related more to the creation of electricity, though his AC induction motor powers the EV market, including his namesake company.

Who is Nikola Telsa?