Biology
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The location of the smallest bone in the human body
What is the ear?
This subatomic particle has roughly the same mass as a proton
What is a neutron?
What is 3?
The 5th planet from the Sun
What is Jupiter?
On a mission to test the difference between 3-in-1 and 5-in-1 shampoo, Ms. Labin plans to steal all the hair of every Winsor student! How many strands of hair will Ms. Labin have, to the nearest power of 10 (e.g. 1,000 -> 10^3 -> 3)?
(within 50% will be considered correct!)
What is 7?
Glycogen, starch, and cellulose are examples of this type of macromolecule
What is a carbohydrate/polysaccharide/sugar?
The metal with the lowest boiling point
What is mercury (Hg)?
This describes a quantity that has both direction and magnitude
What is a vector?
This moon phase comes directly after a waxing gibbous
What is a full moon?
The number of cells in the human body, to the nearest power of 10 (e.g. 1,000 -> 10^3 -> 3)
(within 50% will be considered correct!)
What is 13?
The first step (out of three) in each cycle of PCR
What is denaturation?
The number of elements on the periodic table (+-10)
What is 118?
The movement of this produces electrical energy
What are electrons?
The closest galaxy to the Milky Way
What is the Andromeda Galaxy?
(within 50% will be considered correct!)
What is 42?
The plant organ that a potato belongs to:
a) root
b) stem
c) leaf
d) flower
What is a stem?
A buckyball is an allotrope of this element
Bonus point (+1) for getting the formula!
What is carbon (C), C60?
The name for the property of a fluid that measures its resistance to gradual deformation
What is viscosity?
The name of the moon (of another planet) that is the only known body in the solar system with permanent liquid on its surface
What is Titan?
Under favorable conditions, the bacterium SO (short for Scientificus Olympiadum) will reproduce in 6 minutes. Assuming they don't die, how many SO bacteria can claim the same ancestor after 1 day? Give the answer as a power of 10 (e.g. 1,000 -> 10^3 -> 3).
(within 50% will be considered correct!)
What is 433?
The hormone ghrelin increases this sensation
What is hunger?
What additive gives rose gold its name?
Copper
Redemption! This term describes the rate at which work is done or energy is transferred.
What is power?
Name the 8 stellar classifications (hint! there is an acronym!)
O, B, A, F, G, A, K, M
The weight of an average cloud, in kg, to the nearest power of 10 (e.g. 1,000 -> 10^3 -> 3)
(within 50% will be considered correct!)
What is 9?