Who is credited with the invention of the modern periodic table?
Mendeleev
What does a person need more: food or sleep?
Sleep.
Without food a person can live for about a month, while the longest recorded sleepless period is 11 days
How many kilometers are there in 12300 meters?
12,3 kilometers
How many states do we have in Russia?
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85
Which ocean animal never stops swimming even while asleep?
Shark
If you fill a glass to the brim with ice water and the ice melts, what will happen?
The water level will drop slightly as the ice melts.
Which lung is smaller: left one or right one and why?
Left lung is a little smaller because it shares space in the left side of the chest with the heart.
A car travels 240 m in 1 minute. What is the speed of the car in m/s?
4 m/s
Name 4 countries of the UK.
England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Which domestic animal was the first?
Goose (duck)
The symbol Ag stands for which element?
Ag stands for argentum, which is an old name for silver.
Which brain, left or right, is responsible for logic, mathematics and languages?
Left
What makes the river flow?
The power of Gravity
What continent is the driest on earth other than Antarctica?
Australia
How many penguins does polar bear eat in a day?
None. Polar bears do not eat penguins. They live on the different poles.
Polar bears live on the North Pole, penguins live on the South Pole.
Which of these elements is a nonmetal?
Sulfur is a nonmetal. It's yellow and lacks a metallic luster.
This hormone is called "The Molecule of Happiness" or "Feel-good Hormone" because it is released during pleasurable moments (like successful learning, eating foods with high levels of sugar or looking at a funny picture) and creates a feeling of delight
a) Insulin c) Adrenaline
b) Dopamine d) Somatotropin
b) Dopamine
Why do air bubbles go up in the water?
Because water is heavier then air.
(The DENSITY of water is higher then the DENSITY of air)
Where do people blast each other with water to celebrate Easter?
Poland
What legs do the giraffe have longer - front or back?
They are same
Which letter doesn't appear on the periodic table?
J
90% of human genes are identical to the genes of this animal.
Mouse
А) It will open B) It will close C) Nothing will happen
A) It will open
What country has a square flag?
Switzerland
A fox can live with the other animal in one hole. Which one?
Badger