What is the 6th planet in our solar system?
Saturn
Inorganic compounds do NOT contain...
Carbon
What is the tallest building in the world?
Burj Khalifa
When an object is free-falling, its acceleration is...
9.81m/s2
What type of selection is breeding dogs?
Artificial Selection
The Sun is composed mainly of which two gases?
Hydrogen & Helium
The ratio of the actual yield to the theoretical yield is known as the...
Percent Yield
What massive dam slowed down the Earth’s rotation?
The Three Gorges Dam
What type of vibration is a playground swing?
Transverse
What is the balanced chemical equation of photosynthesis?
6CO2 + 6H2O → C6H12O6 + 6O2
What is Kepler’s First Law?
Planets/Celestial objects will have an elliptical orbit
What quantity is conserved in every chemical reaction?
Mass
What lightweight yet strong metal is used to build aircrafts?
Aluminum
A standing wave is formed by waves of frequency 256 Hz. The speed of the waves is 128 m/s. The distance between the nodes must be...
0.250m
What are the six kingdoms of animal classification?
Archaea, bacteria, protist, fungi, plant, animal
A star will appear blue when it is...
Moving towards the Earth
In the following balanced equation, how many moles of aluminum are needed to form 3.70 moles of aluminum oxide, Al2O3?
7.40 moles
What prevents Taipei 101 from swaying?
A massive pendulum that acts as a tuned mass damper.
Two forces are acting on a 5.00 kg mass. One of the forces is 10.0 N south and the other is 13.0 N north. The magnitude of the acceleration of the mass is...
0.6m/s^2
The gene combination of two dominant genes or two recessive genes is...
Homozygous
What is unusual about the orbits of Neptune and Pluto?
Pluto is sometimes nearer to the Sun than Neptune
The correct name for...
2,2–dimethyl hexane
The space shuttle Challenger unfortunately had an accident after launch. What caused this accident?
An O-ring failure causing an external tank explosion
When is the acceleration of mass ‘A’ the greatest if it is attached to a spring with simple harmonic motion?
At the equilibrium point.
What property makes phospholipids the ideal organic molecule to make up the cell membrane?
Phospholipids have hydrophobic and hydrophilic ends, so cells can live in an aqueous environment and still carry out all their functions.