Science 1
What is a two-dimensional model of the earth called?
Map
What part of the human eye contains receptors that detect light?
The Retina
The measure around a circle is known as what?
Circumference
How many gallons are in 20 quarts?
5
According to the Gospel of Matthew, where does Jesus’s first public sermon take place?
The Mount
What are the two kinds of energy?
Potential and Kinetic
What is the name for the pure substances that make up all living things on Earth?
Elements
What number is an improper fraction always greater than?
One
What is the smallest prime number?
2
According to the Gospels, what is the unique literary genre Jesus employs to preach his message?
The Parable
The diffusion of water through a selectively permeable membrane is called what?
Osmosis
What is the term for a substance that has a value greater than 7 on the pH scale?
A Base/Alkaline substance
What is the name of the branch of mathematics that deals with the relationship between the sides and angles of triangles?
Trigonometry
What is the sum of -7 plus 5?
-2
What was the Ark of the Covenant made of?
Acacia Wood
What two scales do we use to measure earthquakes?
The Mercalli and Richter Scales
What cellular organelles are found on the outside of the Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum?
Ribosomes
Who is known as the "Father of Geometry"?
Euclid
What is the Least Common Multiple of 8 and 48?
48
In Genesis 7-8, Noah, his family, and all the animals were shut inside the ark for about how long?
What are the two major kinds of nucleic acids?
DNA and RNA
What does the term "heterotroph" mean when referring to a biotic organism?
The organism eats other organisms for food/cannot produce its own food
What digit did Arab mathematician al-Khwarizmi give to the West around 800 A.D.?
Zero
What number was the Ancient Babylonian Number system based on?
60
Paul was shipwrecked on what island?
Malta