Physics
What is the force that opposes motion between two surfaces in contact?
Friction
What is the most abundant gas in Earth's atmosphere?
Nitrogen
What is the powerhouse of the cell?
Mitochondria
How many planets are in the solar system?
8 planets
What is the name of the spaceship in Star Trek?
USS Enterprise
What is the speed of light in a vacuum?
3.00 × 10⁸ m/s
What is the chemical symbol for lead? (Bonus 200 if you can explain how, it got that)
Pb
In ecology, what is the term for the maximum population size an environment can sustain indefinitely?
Carrying Capacity
What is the name of the deepest point in the Earth's oceans, located in the Mariana Trench?
Challenger Deep
In Star Wars, what is the name of the energy field that Jedi can manipulate?
The Force
Which physicist developed the three laws of motion?
Issac Newton
What type of bond forms when electrons are shared between atoms?
Covalent Bond
Chlorophyll and carotenoids.
What is the name of the protein that makes up the majority of hair, nails, and the outer layer of skin?
Keratin
Who wrote The War of the Worlds?
H.G. Wells
What is the term for the bending of light as it passes through a medium?
Refraction
What is the term for a reaction that absorbs heat?
Endothermic
What is the enzyme responsible for catalyzing the reaction that adds nucleotides to a growing DNA strand?
DNA Polymerase
What is the name of the process by which nitrogen is converted into ammonia by bacteria?
Nitrogen fixation
In Dune, what is the substance that extends life and enables space travel?
Spice/Melange
What is the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle about?
Position and momentum trade-off
What is Avogadro's number, approximately?
6.022 × 10²³
When did the cretaceous period end?
66 million years ago
In geology, what is the name of the boundary between Earth's crust and mantle, located around 35 km below the surface?
Mohorovičić discontinuity
What is the term for the hypothetical device that enables faster-than-light travel?
Warp Drive