LGBTQ STEM History
The first American woman in space.
Who is Sally Ride?
Particle with a negative charge.
What is electron?
Studied the behavior of dogs using food and a bell
Who is Pavlov?
This flows through wires.
What is current/electricity?
Solve for x:
0.5x + 2 = 2x - 4
What is x=4?
This American pediatrician became the highest-ranking openly transgender government official in U.S. history.
Who is Dr. Rachel Levine, the Assistant Secretary for Health for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services?
This law states that energy cannot be created or destroyed
What is Conservation of Energy?
This psychologist invented the Hierarchy of Needs, a motivational theory in psychology comprising a five-tier model of human needs.
Who is Maslow?
This branch of engineering designs, develops and tests aircraft and spacecraft.
What is Aerospace Engineering?
This theory uses this formula: a^2 + b^2 = c^2
What is Pythagorean Theorem?
A field of medicine that Florence Nightingale was a founder for.
What is modern nursing?
This stands for "c" in the "E=mc^2" equation
What is Speed of Light?
This region of the brain that is important in motor control, latin for "little brain"
What is the cerebellum?
A material that can be both a conductor and an insulator.
What is semiconductor?
Square root of -1
What is i?
Invented ARM processor and the first computer sold by British technology company.
Who is Sophie Wilson?
This type of radiation involves free electrons and/or positrons
What is Beta Radiation?
Term used when a boy develops an unconscious infatuation towards his mother, and simultaneously fears his father to be a rival.
What is the Oedipus complex?
Ratio of applied stress to the body's change in shape
What is Modulus of Elasticity (AKA Young's Modulus?)
The probability of choosing a red or a face card out of a standard 52-card deck.
What is 32/52?
This neurobiologist's work focused on the interaction between neurons and glial cells; he also wrote "The Autobiography of a Transgender Scientist."
Who is Dr. Ben Barres?
This law states that the EMF inside a conductor depends on the change of the magnetic flux going through it
What is Faraday's Law?
A social experiment in which participants were placed in a simulation to study authority and powerlessness in a prison environment.
What is the Stanford Prison experiment?
This field in Biomedical Engineering develops solutions and devices to assist individuals with disabilities
What is Rehabilitation Engineering?
d/dx (cos(x))
What is -sin(x)?