Life Science
Earth Science
Christmas!
Physics
100
The genetic material of the cell, a double helix.
What is DNA?
100
ID the rock
What is granite?
100
The highest-grossing Christmas movie of all time
What is Home Alone?
100
A fisherman looks at a fish in the water and but when he reaches at it, the fish is below the percieved location because of this phenomenon.
Refraction
200
This common name of the insect below
What is a monarch butterfly?
No credit for "butterfly"
200
Name one non-man-made satellite (moon) of a planet that is not Earth
Range of answers: Phobos, Deimos, Io, Europa, Ganymede, Castillo, Enceledus, Titian, Triton, Nerid, etc. (Do not accept: Ceres, Pluto, Chiron, Humea, Makemake, Eris)
200
The "Christmas" drink made from milk, cream, sugar, and eggs
What is eggnog?
200
The phenomenon demonstrated in Thomas Young's double slit experiment
What is both wave and particle properties of light
300
The top layer of your skin
What is epidermis?
300
Circled in blue is a section of the Rocky Mountains. If the wind/moisture is blowing in from the west, which side of the mountain is the rainshadow desert?
[see doc for this one]
What is the East Side (Right)?
300
The number of ghosts show up in A Christmas Carol
What is 4?
300
This current used in wall outlets
Alternating Current (AC)
400
The endocrine gland that also functions as an exocrine gland
What is a pancreas?
400
This low-pressure system was spotted over the North Atlantic. What type of storm is this?
What is an Extratropical Cyclone or Midlatitude Cyclone or Wave Cyclone?
Tropical Cyclone not accepted.
400
This country traditionally eats KFC on Christmas
What is Japan?
400
The base unit for Joules
(kgm^2)/s^2
500
The name of the above:
What is a tubifex?
500
White and black smokers are typically found around each other near mid-ocean ridges. White smokers emit materials such as Barium, Calcium, and silicon. What type of minerals/compounds do Black smokers emit?
Metal Sulfides (eg, Iron Sulfide, Copper Sulfide, Zinc Sulfide)
500
This country started the Christmas tree tradition
What is Germany?
500
Calculator ready: The force and direction in which a 2000kg train moving east at a latitude of 45 degrees and speed of 0.5m/s, experiences by Coriollis force (given that there are 24 hours in day)
What is 0.1028 N, upward