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The Periodic Table
Physics
Biology
Astronomy
Rocks and Minerals
100
The chemist who arranged the known elements (at the time) into the first "periodic table".
What is Dimitri Mendeleev
100
Einstein's energy-mass equation.
What is energy (E) equals mass (m) times the speed of light (c) squared
100
The scientific name for DNA.
What is deoxyribonucleic acid
100
The ISS' full name.
What is the International Space Station
100
The name of the rock that floats.
What is pumice
200
The name of the group on the far right of the periodic table.
What are the noble gases
200
Which one of these varies on different planets - mass, weight, or both?
What is weight
200
Number of adult teeth.
What is 32
200
The number of days it takes the moon to orbit the Earth.
What is 27.3 days (27-28)
200
The softest mineral.
What is talc
300
The elements in the alloy bronze.
What is tin and copper
300
The measure of disorder in the universe.
What is entropy
300
The number of lobes in the liver.
What is 4
300
The year that Halley's comet will return in.
What is 2061
300
Emerald and aquamarine are varieties of ________.
What is beryl
400
The element that takes its name from the German word meaning "devil's copper".
What is nickel
400
A particle of nuclear radiation that is a vital component of smoke detectors.
What is the alpha particle
400
Chemical "messengers" that got their name from the Greek word "horman".
What are hormones
400
The diameter of the Milky Way (in light-years)
What is 100,000 ly
400
Corundum comes in two varieties __________ and __________ .
What are ruby and sapphire
500
The element that has been associated with Parkinson's disease.
What is manganese
500
The six flavors of quarks.
What are up, down, top, bottom, strange, and charm
500
The average lifespan of a red blood cell.
What is four months
500
The phenomenon in which galaxies traveling away from us look redder than they actually are.
What is red shift
500
A mineral that can fluoresce under UV lights and can come in purples, violets, greens, yellows, and pinks.
What is flourite