The North Pole
(Earth and Space)
Flying Rudolph (Physics)
Holiday Brews (Chemistry)
Reindeer Time! (Biology)
Eight Lights (Energy) but mainly math!
100

Climate change causes sea ice to melt which will get rid of all the glaciers the elves live on and they will go extinct like so many other species because of human actions. Which of the following is a first sign that the ocean surface is freezing and that the elves will have ice to live on? W) Slushy, thick soupy consistency of surface X) Oily appearance on surface due to needle-like ice crystals Y) Thin sheets of pancake ice radiating across surface Z) Detectable color change of sea surface from dark to white  

X) OILY APPEARANCE ON SURFACE DUE TO NEEDLE-LIKE ICE CRYSTALS

100

A reindeer starts from rest and proceeds to travel 3.6 kilometers in 1 minute while steadily speeding up. What, respectively, was the car's acceleration in meters per second squared and final speed in meters per second for this trip?  

ACCELERATION = 2, FINAL SPEED = 120

100

it is possibly that they use fluorescent lights at the north pole, which I think are the type of lights used in a lot of Hunter. What phase of matter can NOT be found in a fluorescent light that is powered on? W) Solid X) Liquid Y) Gas Z) Plasma

X) LIQUID

100

Your family is having holiday dinner. In order to begin the digestive process, which of the following menu items would require the most salivary amylase? W) Latkes X) Chicken Soup Y) Roast Goose Z) Peking Duck

W) Latkes

100

Is wax an alkane, alkene, or alkyne?

Alkane

200

What causes the aurora borealis, visible from the North Pole?

The solar wind

200

Radioactive decay has been suggested as a possible source of energy to power present production. Which of the following is NOT true regarding radioactive decay? W) In gamma decay, no transmutation occurs X) Different isotopes of the same element will decay at the same rate Y) Radioactive decay may cause an atom to lose protons or neutrons Z) Radioactive decay is a process by which unstable atoms emit ionizing particles

X) DIFFERENT ISOTOPES OF THE SAME ELEMENT WILL DECAY AT THE SAME RATE B

200

Which of the following is forbidden by the Pauli exclusion principle? W) Neutrons in a nucleus out-numbering the protons X) Triple ionization of the lanthanide series Y) The sharing of more than one electron by any two atoms Z) Two electrons in the exact same state in an atomic shell  

TWO ELECTRONS IN THE EXACT SAME STATE IN AN ATOMIC SHELL

(or two reindeer in the same position! ;))

200

Which of the following animals would NOT be classified in the phylum cnidaria? W) Portuguese man-of-war X) Ostrich plume hydroid Y) Aggregating anemone Z) Long-spined sea urchin  

Z) LONG-SPINED SEA URCHIN

(an elf and a reindeer would also not be phylum cnidaria)

200

If x, y, and z are three consecutive integers picked by three elves with x < y < z, evaluate the product (x - y)(x - z)(y - z)?

-2

300

If there were people on Saturn, presumably they would also celebrate holidays on Saturn. Which of the following statements regarding Saturn is NOT true? W) It has a 29-year orbit around the Sun X) Its rotational axis is tilted 27° with respect to the orbital plane Y) Its seasons are about twice as long as corresponding seasons on Earth Z) Its rings are aligned with its equator  

Y) ITS SEASONS ARE ABOUT TWICE AS LONG AS CORRESPONDING SEASONS ON EARTH

300

Light passes through a rectangular slit in an empty box-shaped present and produces a small spot of light on a screen at the back of the box. What is located between the slit in the box and the screen? W) A concave lens X) A convex lens Y) A prism Z) A flat piece of glass  

W) A CONVEX LENS

300

What two monosaccharides would make up lactose, a common sugar in milk, which is a main ingredient in hot cocoa? 

galactose and glucose

300

A colony of bacteria is growing on Santa' sleigh. Which of the following can NOT produce genetic variation in a bacterial population? W) Transduction X) Transformation Y) Meiosis Z) Conjugation  

Y) MEIOSIS

300

The sum of six integers chosen on each of the first six nights of Hanukkah (this is my preferred spelling but you don't have to agree) is what percentage of the average of the six integers?

600%

400

Consider ocean water underlying sea ice at the north pole with cold air above the sea ice. The rate at which heat flows out of ocean water is which of the following? W) Directly proportional to the temperature difference between the air and the water X) Directly proportional to the thickness of the ice layer Y) Constant once ocean water reaches -5° Celsius Z) Increased by the snow cover on top of the ice

W) DIRECTLY PROPORTIONAL TO THE TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE AIR AND THE WATER

400

Light with a frequency of 7.5 x 10^14 hertz from a holiday light string strikes a plate. What is this light’s wavelength, to the nearest 100 nanometers?  

400

400

At a particular temperature T and pressure P, carbon dioxide is in the vapor phase in a tank that someone is getting for the holidays as all the coal has been burned. Which of the following is NOT possible if the pressure of the vapor is increased while the temperature stays the same? W) The vapor remains a vapor X) The vapor enters the compressible liquid phase Y) The vapor enters the solid phase without entering the liquid phase first Z) The vapor enters the solid phase and then enters the liquid phase

Z) THE VAPOR ENTERS THE SOLID PHASE AND THEN ENTERS THE LIQUID PHASE

400

What if the genus of reindeers?

W. Rangifer

X. Rotifer

Y. Reindefur

Z. Raindear

Rangifer

400

3 people are playing dreidel! Assuming the dreidel has four sides like all dreidels do and there is an equal probability of the dreidel landing on any given side, what is the probability that all three people roll a shin? (shin is one of the four sides of the dreidel)

1/64

500

Daily Double!!

If the elven planet of Rivendell (shh I know it's not a planet and also the wrong type of elves for the holiday but play along with it) has a semimajor axis of 4au, what is it's orbital period?

8

500

If Rudolph has a mass of 50kg, is flying at 10m/s, is 50m above the ground, and crashes into a house and imparts all of his kinetic and gravitational potential energy into the house, how much energy does he impart (assuming g=10)?

27500

27500=2500+25000=.5*50*(10^2)+50*50*10



500

Some elves decide to play a prank on you. They create a mixture of two elements, then tell you they have discovered a new element. They show you that this element has properties of both metals and nonmetals. Over time, however, it simply shows the properties of metals. Which of the following properties would the “new element” lose over time? W) Brittleness X) Ability to conduct heat Y) Magnetic attraction Z) Shine  

W) BRITTLENESS

500

Reindeer moss is a common plant nearbyish the north pole, and contains both mitochondria and chloroplasts. All except which of the following are true of both mitochondria and chloroplasts? W) Both have their own genetic material separate from the cell nucleus X) Both divide at the same time as the cells in which they are found Y) Both use chemiosmosis to power energy conversions Z) Both reproduce through binary fission

ANSWER: X) BOTH DIVIDE AT THE SAME TIME AS THE CELLS IN WHICH THEY ARE FOUND

500

In a class of 29 elf children, 20 children have a dog and 15 have a cat. What are the minimum number and maximum number, respectively, of children that could have both a dog and a cat?

MINIMUM 6, MAXIMUM 15