Math
Chemistry
Physics
Biology
Astronomy
NASA
100

Name each part of PEMDAS


() x2 * / + - 

100

What are the two types of chemical bonds?

Ionic and Covalent

100

The Newton in SI units is the unit of force (our equivalent to pounds). What notable fruit weighs exactly 1 Newton

An Apple

100

The body is made of these microscopic units

Cells

100

How many planets are in the solar system?

8

(Rip Pluto)

100

What NASA mission was the first to land on the moon?

Apollo 11

200

This function describes the rate of change of another function

A derivative

200

Fritz Haber turned this common gas into ammonia fertilizer for the first time and quadrupled the worlds population as a result.

What is Nitrogen

200

What are the units of acceleration? (Any units accepted)

Distance/Time2

200

What is the driving principle of evolution?

Bonus: Who discovered it?

Survival of the fittest

Charles Darwin

200

There are 3 factors a planet needs to be habitable. Name two of them

Bonus: Name all 3


Liquid water, Atmosphere, Magnetic Field

200

On 4/12/1981, NASA launched this reusable spacecraft for the first time


Bonus: Revealed after

The Space Shuttle


Any name

300

What mathematical object contains both a value and a direction?

A Vector

300

A fire needs 3 things to keep burning, what are they?

Oxygen, heat and fuel

300

What organization owns the Large Hadron Collider that discovered the Higgs Boson in 2012?

CERN

(European Organization for Nuclear Research)

300

This animal has survived all 5 mass extinction events, and can even survive in space.

A Tardigrade

300

What type of galaxy is the milky way galaxy?

A Spiral Galaxy

300

NASA uses large pools to help simulate what?

Zero gravity

400

What does

pi

 represent?


Ratio between circles diameter and circumference 

400

What famous scientist couple discovered radioactivity?

The Curies

400

What does c stand for in Einstein's famous equation E=mc2?

Bonus: What is the name of the equation

Speed of light

Energy-Mass Equivalence


400

What does the endocrine system control?

Hormones

400

What are the two major sources of the radiation in our solar system (1/2 points for each)

The Sun and Galactic Cosmic Rays (radiation from interstellar space)

400

This NASA mission had an oxygen tank explode while in space and the mission and had to be aborted. Miraculously, the whole crew survived. 

Apollo 13

500

What is the approximate value of 1/0?

Bonus: Revealed after correct answer

Infinity

Zero

500

Combine Hydrochloric acid (HCl) and Sodium hydroxide (NaOH) and you will get what?

Salt Water

500

The Standard Model of particle physics fully describes 3 of the 4 fundamental forces. What one does it not describe?

Bonus: What theory does describe it?

Gravity

General Relativity

500

What are the 4 most abundant elements in the human body?

Double bonus: Name them in order

1. Oxygen

2. Carbon

3. Hydrogen

4. Nitrogen

500

What are the large regions of space dust where stars form called?

A Nebula

500

6 Rovers have landed on Mars. Name as many of them as possible (1/6 for each)

Curiosity, Perseverance, Sojourner, Spirit, Opportunity, Zhurong

650

In math, i represents the imaginary number. What is the value of i?

sqrt(-1)

650

This chemical property is the reason why water and oil do not mix, and why water is good at dissolving things

Polarity

650

In physics, velocity is the rate of change of position and acceleration is the rate of change of your velocity. What is the rate of change of acceleration called?

Jerk (m/s3)

650

What are the only two mammals that lay eggs?

(1/2 credit for each)

Echidnas and Platypus 

650

Galaxies are held together by this invisible substance, that even physicists today don't know much about 

Dark Matter

650

These twin spacecrafts are the furthest manmade object from Earth, having fully left the suns influence

Voyager 1 and 2