Science
Isaac Newton once saw an apple fall from a tree and wondered why it happened. He then happened to coin a term for this phenomenon, which is responsible for keeping objects and people on the ground. What is this term called?
What is gravity?
In programming, what do you call something that holds a value and allows you to use and change that information in your code?
What is a variable?
What do you call a weight that hangs from a string and swings back and forth, often used for studying motion and balance in engineering?
What is a penundulum?
What is the name of a polygon with 10 sides?
What is a decagon?
What is the term for a small, icy body that orbits the Sun and develops a glowing tail when it approaches the Sun?
What is comet?
What is the primary storage component of a computer where data and instructions are temporarily held for processing?
What is the CPU or the RAM?
What man-made waterway is an engineering marvel that allows for the transportation of goods and connects bodies of water, often featuring locks and artificial channels?
What is a canal?
1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21...... What comes after 21?
What is 34?
What is the layer of the earth's interior located just below the Earth's crust called?
What is mantle?
What term refers to the process of finding and fixing errors or defects in a program?
What is debugging?
What is the step-by-step method that engineers follow to make better products and systems, including figuring out the problem, coming up with solutions, and testing them?
What is the engineering design process?
If a car travels at a constant rate of 60 mph for 2.5 hours, how many hours will it take a train going at a constant rate of 100 mph to cover the same distance?
What is 1.5?
What is the rapid chemical reaction between a fuel and an oxidizing agent, often resulting in the release of heat, light, and the formation of products like carbon dioxide and water?
What is combustion?
What is the subfield of artificial intelligence that focuses on the development of algorithms and models that enable computers to learn from and make predictions or decisions based on data?
What is machine learning?
What type of engineering focuses on the design and construction of physical infrastructure such as bridges, roads, and buildings?
What is civil engineering?
What is the 5th digit of pi?
What is 9?
What is the process of programmed cell death that occurs naturally in multicellular organisms to eliminate damaged or unnecessary cells?
What is apoptosis?
What is the name of the first ever AI system created using machine learning by IBM?
What is Watson?
In mechanical engineering, what law states that the pressure of an ideal gas is inversely proportional to its volume when the temperature is held constant?
Boyle's Law
In a deck of 52 playing cards, what is the probability that the first two cards drawn are aces considering that there is no replacement?
What is 1/221?