Chemistry
Which chemical causes the burning sensation when eating chillies?
Capsaicin
What is the process a cell undergoes to split into two genetically identical child cells?
Mitosis
What do you call a nuclear reaction where a subatomic particle splits into different pieces?
Nuclear Fission
During which period did dinosaurs first emerge?
Triassic period
What is the world's tallest grass?
Bamboo
A cation is a positively charged ion; what is the corresponding five-letter term for a negatively charged ion?
Anion
What glands that aid in digestion are found under the tongue and inside your cheeks and lower jaw?
Salivary Glands
What is considered to be the smallest known particle in the universe?
A quark
The velociraptor in Jurassic Park was more closely based upon what other close relative?
Deinonychus
What is the botanical name for the male reproductive organ in flowering plants?
Stamen
The law of which 17th century British chemist defines the proportional relationship between the pressure and volume of a gas?
Robert Boyle
What is the name of the regulating process in which equilibrium is the ultimate goal in an organism?
Homeostasis
What type of energy is stored in an object that is lifted off the ground?
Gravitational potential energy
What is the name of the largest known dinosaur measuring 85 ft in length and weighing between 48-50 metric tons?
Dreadnoughtus
Angiosperms and Gymnosperms are both seed-bearing plants, Angiosperms develop their seeds in flowers, what is the object that Gymnosperms develop in?
Cones
What is the lightest element?
Hydrogen
Your metatarsals are the primary bones found in your feet, the metacarpals are found in what limb?
Hands
What is the primary reason that the Moon’s gravitational pull is stronger than the gravitational pull of the Sun upon the Earth?
Distance
The dinosaur Dracorex hogwartsia was a pachycephalosaurus that was named after a fictional school from which book series?
Harry Potter
Which of these does not fit within the category of a tree nut; Chestnuts, Hazelnuts, Acorns, Cashews.
Cashews are drupes
True or false: Pure water can freeze and boil at temperatures other than 0 C and 100 C?
True
Enzymes are proteins which speed up chemical reactions within the body. What is the name of the enzyme that promotes the breakdown of the sugars within milk and other dairy products?
Lactase
A manometer is an instrument for measuring what?
Pressure of a closed system
Leonard is the name of the most complete fossilized dinosaur with over 90% of its body covered in skin and what species of dinosaur?
Brachylophosaurus
What is the primary difference between an animal and plant cell?
Rigid cell wall of cellulose