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100
What star can you use to find north?
Polaris, or the "north star"
100
What is the central bank in the United States?
US Treasury, Federal Reserve
A central bank, reserve bank, or monetary authority is an institution that manages the currency and monetary policy of a state or formal monetary union, and oversees their commercial banking system. In contrast to a commercial bank, a central bank possesses a monopoly on increasing the monetary base in a financial crisis. Most central banks also have supervisory and regulatory powers to ensure the stability of member institutions, to prevent bank runs, and to discourage reckless or fraudulent behavior by member banks.
100
What is the free fall rate? (g=?)
g = 9.8m/s^2
100
Wie heissen die Junges?
Ruben, Luke, Alex, Jeppe und Mark
100
A government where a mixed or compound mode of government that combines a general government with regional governments in a single political system
Federalism
Federalism is a mixed or compound mode of government that combines a general government (the central or "federal" government) with regional governments (provincial, state, cantonal, territorial or other sub-unit governments) in a single political system. Its distinctive feature, exemplified in the Constitution of the United States, is a relationship of parity between the two levels of government established. Federalism is thus a form of government in which powers are divided between two levels of government of equal status.[2]
Federalism differs from confederalism, in which the general level of government is subordinate to the regional level, and from devolution within a unitary state, in which the regional level of government is subordinate to the general level. It represents the central form in the pathway of regional integration or separation, bounded on the less integrated side by confederalism and on the more integrated side by devolution within a unitary state.
200
The angle at which the Earth leans on its axis that is responsible for the change in seasons and why?
Earth's axis is tilted 23 degrees
Earth's obliquity may have been reasonably accurately measured as early as 1100 BC in India and China. The ancient Greeks had good measurements of the obliquity since about 350 BC, when Pytheas of Marseilles measured the shadow of a gnomon at the summer solstice. About 830 AD, the Caliph Al-Mamun of Baghdad directed his astronomers to measure the obliquity, and the result was used in the Arab world for many years.[13] In 1437, Ulugh Beg determined the Earth's axial tilt as 23°30′17″ (23.5047°).
It was widely believed, during the Middle Ages, that both precession and Earth's obliquity oscillated around a mean value, with a period of 672 years, an idea known as trepidation of the equinoxes. Perhaps the first to realize this was incorrect (during historic time) was Ibn al-Shatir in the fourteenth century and the first to realize that the obliquity is decreasing at a relatively constant rate was Fracastoro in 1538. The first accurate, modern, western observations of the obliquity were probably those of Tycho Brahe from Denmark, about 1584, although observations by several others, including al-Ma'mun, al-Tusi,Purbach, Regiomontanus, and Walther, could have provided similar information.
200
In economy terms, what do you call the people who use goods and services to satisfy their wants
Consumers
200
What is plasma (the fourth state of matter) used for?
The flame of a fire is a plasma,
Plasmas are usually created by heating a gas until the electrons become detached from their parent atom or molecule. This so-called ionization can also be achieved using high-power laser light or microwaves. Plasmas are found naturally in stars and in space. The mass in the Sun and most other stars is in the form of plasma. There are instruments, called inductively-coupled plasma spectrometers, which inject a sample into a plasma and can determine the sample's chemical composition at the level of parts per billion.
200
Where is Ellie's lab located?
Arizona
200
Shared rules of conduct in a culture (such as shaking hands before a meeting) are called what
Norms
Social norms are regarded as collective representations of acceptable group conduct as well as individual perceptions of particular group conduct.They can be viewed as cultural products (including values, customs, and traditions) which represent individuals' basic knowledge of what others do and think that they should do.[3] From a sociological perspective, social norms are informal understandings that govern the behavior of members of a society. Social psychology recognizes smaller group units (such as a team or an office) may also endorse norms separately or in addition to cultural or societal expectations.
300
Do the laws of motion apply in space?
Yes
Why is it that when in a space shuttle with no gravity, the people in the shuttle move with the shuttle?
When the shuttle is launched it is maneuvered into a low Earth orbit-it is orbiting once around the Earth about every 90 minutes. It is following Newton's laws in that orbit around the Earth, just as all other Earth satellites, including the Moon, do. The period of the orbit squared is proportional to it's orbital semi-major axis (it's distance from the center of mass of the system) cubed. Geosynchronous (one orbit a day) satellites are therefore in a higher Earth orbit, while the Moon is still further from Earth. The shuttle and the astronauts are still gravitationally bound to the Earth, or they would not orbit. So it is not correct to think of the shuttle with "no gravity". The shuttle, the astronauts, and any equipment they have out are all orbiting the Earth in the same orbit, so the astronauts do not feel gravitationally bound to the shuttle, though they are still gravitationally bound to the Earth. This is why they float freely within the shuttle, and why they move with the shuttle.
300
Give three examples how how Federal Income Tax are used ?
National defense, human services, and trade regulations
300
Who is known as the father of Quantum physics?
Max Planck
Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck,(23 April 1858 – 4 October 1947) was a German theoretical physicist whose discovery of energy quanta won him the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1918.
Planck made many contributions to theoretical physics, but his fame as a physicist rests primarily on his role as the originator of quantum theory,[5] which revolutionized human understanding of atomic and subatomic processes. In 1948 the German scientific institution Kaiser Wilhelm Society (of which Planck was twice president) was renamed Max Planck Society (MPS). The MPS now includes 83 institutions representing a wide range of scientific directions.
300
Was haben die Jungs aus der Kuechne gerettet?
Ein Eidechse
300
This type of mobility means moving up or down in social class within a society
Vertical mobility
Social mobility is the movement of individuals, families, households, or other categories of people within or between social strata in a society.[1] It is a change in social status relative to one's current social location within a given society. It is movement within between layers or tiers in an open system of social stratification. Open stratification systems are those in which at least some value is given to achieved status characteristics in a society. The movement can be in a downward or upward direction.[2] "Social mobility is any change in social position." It can be vertical and horizontal in nature. Any change in the physical position of a person or a group is horizontal mobility. If a bank manager is transferred from one branch to another, it is horizontal mobility as the social status of the person is not changing. Markers for social mobility, such as education and class, are used to predict, discuss, and learn more about an individual or a group's mobility in society.
400
What is the engine equipped the Space X Dragon and how many engines does the Dragon have?
Draco
The Dragon spacecraft is equipped with 16 Draco thrusters used to orient the spacecraft during the mission, including apogee/perigee maneuvers, orbit adjustment and attitude control. Each Draco thruster is capable of generating 90 pounds of force in the vacuum of space.
Dragon's THRUST IN VACUUM400 N / 90 lbf
400
This is a type of economic system in which decisions are guided by the changes in prices that occur as buyers and sellers interact.
Market Economy
A market economy is an economic system in which economic decisions and the pricing of goods and services are guided by the interactions of a country's individual citizens and businesses. There may be some government intervention or central planning, but usually this term refers to an economy that is more market oriented in general.
Key Takeaways
- In a market economy, most economic decision making is done through voluntary transactions according to the laws of supply and demand.
- A market economy gives entrepreneurs the freedom to pursue profit by creating outputs that are more valuable than the inputs they use up, and free to fail and go out of business if they do not.
- Economists broadly agree that market-oriented economies produce better economic outcomes, but differ on the precise balance between markets and central planning that is best for a nation's long-term wellbeing.
400
What do Kepler's Laws describe?
Kepler's Laws describe the motion of the planets
In astronomy, Kepler's laws of planet motion are three scientific laws describing the motion of planets around the Sun, published by Johannes Kepler between 1609 and 1619. These modified the heliocentric theory of Nicolaus Copernicus, replacing its circular orbits and epicycles with elliptical trajectories, and explaining how planetary velocities vary. The laws state that:
Figure 1: Illustration of Kepler's three laws with two planetary orbits.
- The orbits are ellipses, with focal points F1 and F2 for the first planet and F1 and F3 for the second planet. The Sun is placed in focal point F1.
- The two shaded sectors A1 and A2 have the same surface area and the time for planet 1 to cover segment A1 is equal to the time to cover segment A2.
- The total orbit times for planet 1 and planet 2 have a ratio
- The orbit of a planet is an ellipse with the Sun at one of the two foci.
- A line segment joining a planet and the Sun sweeps out equal areas during equal intervals of time.
- The square of a planet's orbital period is proportional to the cube of the semi-major of its orbit.
400
Which Book is the movie Contact based on?
Carl Sagan
Carl Edward Sagan (/ˈseɪɡən/; November 9, 1934 – December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer, planetary scientist, cosmologist, astrophysicist, astrobiologist, author, and science communicator. His best known scientific contribution is research on extraterrestrial life, including experimental demonstration of the production of amino acids from basic chemicals by radiation. Sagan assembled the first physical messages sent into space: the Pioneer plaque and the Voyager Golden Record, universal messages that could potentially be understood by any extraterrestrial intelligence that might find them. Sagan argued the now-accepted hypothesis that the high surface temperatures of Venus can be attributed to and calculated using the greenhouse effect
400
The rough estimate of the amount of Americans living in poverty is about ____ Million.
Around 37 Million, 12% of the population
500
What is the fastest space craft?
New Horizons
New Horizons is an interplanetary space probe that was launched as a part of NASA's New Frontiers program. Engineered by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) and the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), with a team led by S. Alan Stern, the spacecraft was launched in 2006 with the primary mission to perform a flyby study of the Pluto system in 2015, and a secondary mission to fly by and study one or more other Kuiper belt objects (KBOs) in the decade to follow, which became a mission to 486958 Arrokoth. It is the fifth space probe to achieve the escape velocity needed to leave the Solar System.
On January 19, 2006, New Horizons was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station by an Atlas V rocket directly into an Earth-and-solar escape trajectory with a speed of about 16.26 km/s (10.10 mi/s; 58,500 km/h; 36,400 mph). It was the fastest man-made object ever launched from Earth.[6][7][8][9] After a brief encounter with asteroid 132524 APL, New Horizons proceeded to Jupiter, making its closest approach on February 28, 2007, at a distance of 2.3 million kilometers (1.4 million miles). The Jupiter flyby provided a gravity assist that increased New Horizons' speed; the flyby also enabled a general test of New Horizons' scientific capabilities, returning data about the planet's atmosphere, moons, and magnetosphere.
500
Who does WTO stand for? hint: It is related to international trade
World Trade Organization
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an intergovernmental organization that is concerned with the regulation of international trade between nations. The WTO officially commenced on 1 January 1995 under the Marrakesh Agreement, signed by 123 nations on 15 April 1994, replacing the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), which commenced in 1948. It is the largest international economic organization in the world.
The WTO deals with regulation of trade in goods, services and intellectual property between participating countries by providing a framework for negotiating trade agreements and a dispute resolution process aimed at enforcing participants' adherence to WTO agreements, which are signed by representatives of member governments:fol.9–10 and ratified by their parliaments. The WTO prohibits discrimination between trading partners, but provides exceptions for environmental protection, national security, and other important goals.Trade-related disputes are resolved by independent judges at the WTO through a dispute resolution process.
The WTO's current Director-General is Roberto Azevêdo, who leads a staff of over 600 people in Geneva, Switzerland
500
What is Z-number in Physics?
Atomic number or Proton number
The atomic number or proton number (symbol Z) of a chemical element is the number of protons found in the nucleus of every atom of that element. The atomic number uniquely identifies a chemical element. It is identical to the charge number of the nucleus. In an uncharged atom, the atomic number is also equal to the number of electrons.
The sum of the atomic number Z and the number of neutrons N gives the mass number A of an atom. Since protons and neutrons have approximately the same mass (and the mass of the electrons is negligible for many purposes) and the mass defect of nucleon binding is always small compared to the nucleon mass, the atomic mass of any atom, when expressed in unified atomic mass units (making a quantity called the "relative isotopic mass"), is within 1% of the whole number A.
500
What is the name of Ellie's sponsor and where was his staying at the end of the film?
Hadden. He lived in Mir, the Russia International Station.
500
Give a historical example of a purely democratic state
Athen