MACC Jeap 8.2

Directed A

100

How many liters are in one cubic meter?

10³

Read One Thousand

200

What is the chemical formula for calcium phosphide?

Ca₃P₂

300

What is the long, hair-like extension of a nerve cell that carries a message away from the cell body to the next nerve cell?

Axon

400

What is the portion of the brain in the back of the head between the cerebrum and the brain stem that is responsible for the coordination of movement and balance?

Cerebellum

500

The hardness of a steel file is 6.5 on Mohs hardness scale. What two minerals would this fall between?

Orthoclase feldspar and quartz

Directed B

100

What is the spherical halo of material surrounding the solar system, out to a distance of about 50,000 AU, where most comets originate called?

Oort Cloud

200

What quantity is found by dividing the difference of the final velocity and initial velocity, the quantity divided by the change in time?

Accelleration

300

Which types of elements have properties intermediate between those of metals and nonmetals?

Metalloids

400

If one millimeter equals 10⁷ Angstroms, what is the area of one square meter in Angstroms?

10²⁹

500

If one meter equals 10⁶ microns, what is the value of one kilometer in microns?

One billion

Silly Billy

100

I am a constant struggle against motion, converting your kinetic energy into heat. What am I?

Friction 

200

I have a positive attitude but I am trapped inside a tiny nucleus forever. What am I?

Protons

300

I am the measure of disorder in the universe, and I am always increasing. What am I?

Entropy

400

I can speed up a chemical reaction without ever being consumed by it. What am I?

Catalysts

500

I hold the blueprint of life in a double helix, but I never leave the nucleus. What am I?

DNA

Toss Up A

100

Alnitak, Alnilam, and Mintaka are three stars in which famous constellation?

Orion

200

What value is equal to mass times velocity?

Momentum

300

What is an aliphatic hydrocarbon that consists of at least one double bond?

Alkene

400

What nitrogen base, in RNA but not DNA, pairs with adenine?

Uracil

500

What country is the driest in the world were some places haven’t seen rain in over 500 years?

Chile

Toss Up B

100

What layer of the atmosphere is closest to the Earth and contains most of the weather phenomenon?

Trophosphere

200

How many elements occur naturally on Earth?

90

300

What are two different molecules with the same molecular formula called?

Isomers

400

What is the organ that nourishes the developing fetus in the uterus?

Placenta

500

What scale is used to measure wind force?

Beaufort