Science NHS Jeopardy #2

Scientific Fields

100

Paleontology is the study of this

What are Fossils?

200

The study of the atmosphere and weather

What is Meteorology?

300

Myology is the study of this

What are Muscles?

400

The study of poisons

What is Toxicology?

500

An entomologist studies this organism

What is an Insect?

Scientists

100

This scientist published The Origin of Species

Who is Charles Darwin?

200

This scientist developed vaccinations and the process of pasteurization

Who is Louis Pasteur?

300

This scientist discovered the constant 96,500 Coulombs per mole of electrons

Who is Michael Faraday?

400

This scientist discovered that black holes emit radiation

Who is Stephen Hawking?

500

This is the only person to have won Nobel Prizes in 2 different scientific fields (Physics & Chemistry)

Who is Marie Curie?

Daily Life

100

People often slip on ice because there is little this between their shoes and the ice

What is friction?

200

Water vapor in the air directly turns into frost on your windshield, undergoing this phase change

What is Deposition?

300

The table salt you season your food with has this chemical formula

What is NaCl?

400

If you traveled to the largest desert in the world, you'd be traveling to this continent

What is Antarctica?

500

You have type B- blood and need a blood transfusion. A donor needs to be one of these 2 blood types in order to donate to you

What is B- and O-?

Numbers

100

The value of water on the pH scale

What is 7?

200

A shark has this many bones

What is 0?

300

Water covers approximately this percent of Earth's surface

What is 71%?

400

It takes this many minutes for the sun's light to reach Earth

What is 8?

500

Fahrenheit and Celsius are equal at this temperature

What is -40?