The country that became the 4th country to reach the moon and the first to reach the lunar south pole (the dark side) in July 2023 with the launch of their moon lander.
a) Japan
b) Argentina
c) India
d) France
e) Singapore
What is India?
The model of the atom in which electrons were embedded in a positively-charged mass was known by what nickname?
What is the plum pudding/raisin bun model
Term for a fluid’s resistance to flow
What is viscosity?
Which organelle is responsible for the process of cellular respiration?
What is Mitochondria?
The technique/behaviour used by whales to navigate their environment without light.
What is echolocation?
The aquatic mammal that has been the subject of 100s of incidents involving ramming into and breaking rudders off ships in the Strait of Gibraltar.
What is an orca?
The element symbol of this element is Sm
What is Samarium?
The full form of LASER
What is light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation?
What is the suffix that indicates a molecule is an enzyme?
What is -ase?
This planet’s orbit was unable to be correctly calculated until after Einstein published general relativity
What is Mercury?
The submersible created by the underwater exploration company OceanGate that imploded during a dive to the Titanic on June 18 2023.
The Titan
The discoverers of radium.
Who are the Curies?
Force is to torque as mass is to ______
What is the ratio of C:H:O in carbohydrates?
What is 1:2:1?
An alloy of copper and zinc.
What is brass?
The carnivorous dinosaur discovered by scientists to have lips.
What is the Tyrannosaurus-Rex?
The formula for heavy water
What is D2O
In particle physics, this property is a half-integer for fermions and an integer for bosons.
What is spin?
What is it called when chromosomes fail to separate during mitosis/meiosis?
What is Nondisjunction?
The defining factor of the rarest blood type.
What is the lack of Rh antigens?
The first approved CRISPR-Cas9 therapy, called Casgevy, treats this disease.
What is sickle-cell disease or beta-thalassaemia.
The law of thermodynamics that best applies to the universe's heat death.
What is the second law of thermodynamics? The entropy of the entire universe, as an isolated system, will always increase over time
This type of particle carries away 99% of the energy of a supernova
What is a Neutrino?
What were Mendel's three laws?
What is Law of Dominance & Uniformity, Law of Segregation, Law of Independent Assortment?
How often do neutron stars collide?
What is Every 50,000 years?