Science
What is the chemical symbol for the element sodium?
Na
What does "CPU" stand for in computer terminology?
Central Processing Unit
What engineering discipline focuses on the design and manufacturing of mechanical systems?
Mechanical Engineering
What is the value of the derivative of ex with respect to x?
ex
In chemistry, what is the pH of a neutral solution at 25°C?
7
Which gas is most abundant in Earth's atmosphere?
Nitrogen
Which programming language is known for its use in web development and shares its name with a scripting language named after a gemstone?
Ruby
In electrical circuits, what component is used to resist the flow of current, characterized by its resistance in ohms?
Resistor
What is the name of the theorem that states the angles opposite equal sides of an isoceles triangle are equal?
Base Angles Theorem
In computer science, what sorting algorithm repeatedly steps through the list, compares adjacent elements, and swaps them if they are in the wrong order?
Bubble Sort
What is the name of the process by which cells convert glucose and oxygen into energy, carbon dioxide, and water?
Cellular Respiration
What is the name of the data structure that operates on a First-In-First-Out (FIFO) principle?
Queue
What is the term for the stress at which a material begins to deform plastically, and permanent deformation occurs?
Yield Strength
In statistics, what is the term for a distribution characterized by a bell-shaped curve, symmetric about the mean?
Normal Distribution
In physics, what law explains the relationship between voltage, current, and resistance in an electrical circuit?
Ohm's Law
In genetics, what law states that allele pairs separate independently during the formation of gametes?
Mendel's Law of Independent Assortment
In database management, what does "ACID" stand for regarding transaction properties?
Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, Durability
In thermodynamics, what cycle describes the idealized thermodynamic cycle of a heat engine that operates between two temperatures?
Carnot Cycle
What is the name of the theorem that provides a fundamental relationship between line integrals and surface integrals in vector calculus?
Stokes' Theorem
In mathematics, what is the integral of cos(x) with respect to x?
sin(x)+C, where C is the constant of integration
What is the term for the quantum mechanical property of electrons that leads to the formation of covalent bonds due to shared pairs of electrons?
Electron Spin or Spin Pairing
What is the name of the algorithm that is fundamental to public-key cryptography, based on the difficulty of factoring large integers?
RSA Algorithm
What is the name of the principle in fluid dynamics that states that an increase in the speed of a fluid occurs simultaneously with a decrease in pressure?
Bernoulli's Principle
What is the determinant of any odd-dimensional skew-symmetric matrix, and why is this the case?
The determinant of any odd-dimensional skew-symmetric matrix is zero. This occurs because the eigenvalues of a skew-symmetric matrix are purely imaginary or zero and come in pairs of λ and −λ. In an odd dimension, there is an unpaired zero eigenvalue, resulting in the determinant being the product of the eigenvalues, which equals zero.
In engineering, what is the term for the phenomenon where a periodic force has a frequency equal to the natural frequency of the system, leading to large amplitude oscillations?
Resonance