Biology
Who is the “Father of Taxonomy”?
Carolus Linnaeus
What layer of Earth's atmosphere contains most of the ozone layer?
Stratosphere
Who was awarded a Nobel Prize in 1911 for the discovery of the radioactive elements, radium and polonium?
MARIE CURIE
What quantity has both magnitude and direction?
Vector
What phenomenon causes a prism to separate white light into its component colors?
Dispersion
Which stage of meiosis is responsible for separating homologous chromosomes while sister chromatids remain together?
Anaphase I
What type of plate boundary occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other?
Divergent boundary
What is the maximum number of electrons that can occupy an s orbital?
TWO
An object moves at constant velocity. What is its acceleration?
Zero
What SI unit is used to measure electrical resistance?
Ohm
Usually, the largest organelle in the animal cell is ____________________.
the nucleus
During which period, in the earth's history, did MOST dinosaurs become extinct?
CRETACEOUS
Which noble gas has the highest melting point ?
A) argon B) krypton C) xenon D) radon
D) radon
If the net force on an object doubles while its mass remains constant, what happens to its acceleration?
It doubles
What principle states that an observed quantity cannot be simultaneously known with unlimited precision in certain pairs, such as position and momentum?
Heisenberg uncertainty principle
Which law states that alleles segregate independently of each other during gamete formation?
Law of Independent Assortment
Diamond and graphite are polymorphs of which elements?
CARBON
After carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, the next most abundant element in proteins is:
NITROGEN
A ball is thrown vertically upward. At the highest point of its path, what is its instantaneous velocity?
Zero
What type of electromagnetic radiation has a shorter wavelength than visible light but longer wavelength than X-rays?
Ultraviolet radiation
Which process results in the formation of sperm cells?
Spermatogenesis
Which of the following is the only element which i "mined" from the sea?
A) copper
B) magnesium
C) uranium
D) zinc
magnesium
What is the element represented by the symbol Sn?
TIN
Two objects of different masses are dropped simultaneously in a vacuum. Which reaches the ground first?
They reach it at the same time
What phenomenon occurs when a massive object bends the path of light passing near it?
Gravitational lensing