Biology
How many bones does an adult human have?
206
How many elements are there in the periodic table?
118
What is the bone disease that literally translates to ‘porous bones’?
Osteoporosis
Had pirates known about this vitamin, then they wouldn’t have suffered from scurvy. What vitamin is this
Vitamin C
Animals that eat both plants and meat are called what?
Omnivores
What do the mitochondria do in a cell?
It provides energy by synthesizing ATP
This type of bond involves the sharing of electron pairs between different atoms. What do you call this bond?
A Covalent bond
What is a myocardial infarction?
A Heart attack
Using feet, how long does the human small intestine measure on average
17 feet
What is the study of light
Optics
What is the rarest blood type?
AB negative
This type of cell division results in two to four daughter cells, each one with half the number of chromosomes in the parent cells. What is it called?
Meiosis
The name of this disease stems from the medieval term that means ‘bad air’. What disease is it?
Malaria
What is the cleanest burning of all fossil fuels?
a) Natural Gas
b) Coal
c) Oil
Natural Gas
True or false: sound travels faster in the air than in water
False
What is the largest known animal?
Blue whale
ATP is the molecular unit of energy that gives our body fuel on a cellular level. What does ATP stand for?
Adenosine triphosphate
What part of the body does covid affect?
The Lungs
Most of a penny is made from what type of metal?
Zinc
True or false – lightning is hotter than the sun.
True
How many hearts does an octopus have?
When you open a bottle of wine and leave it exposed to the air, the ethanol in it reacts with oxygen. This reaction forms what?
Ethanoic acid
If a person has lockjaw, what disease is he or she suffering from?
Tetanus
What are taikonauts?
Astronauts from China
Dolly was the first-ever living creature to be cloned. What type of animal was she?
A Sheep