STEM 1
what is the name of the part of the human skeleton which protects our brain?
The Skull
True or False:
We know for a fact that there was once oceans on Mars.
TRUE!!!
How many days did it take to get to the Moon in 1969?
3 Days
Why are we choosing to try and colonize Mars and not the Moon?
The Moon does not have an atmosphere or the Moon has too thin of an atmosphere
Where does water evaporate to?
The air
Let f(x) = x2 +6x +1, and let R denote the set of points (x,y) in the coordinate plane such that f(x) + f(y) <= 0 and f(x) - f(y) <= 0. The area of R is closest to
25
What is the name of the air humans breathe?
Oxygen
STEM stands for...
Science
Technology
Engineering
Mathematics
What year did Neil Armstrong step on the Moon?
A.) 1969 B.) 1869 C.) 1968 D.) 1868
A.) 1969
We age faster in space
True or False
False. We age slower
Which is the biggest member of the cat family?
Tiger
A graph is symmetric about a line if the graph remains unchanged after reflection in that line. For how many quadruples of integers (a,b,c,d), where |a|, |b|, |c|, |d| <=5 and c and d are not both 0, is the graph of y = (ax+b)/(cx+d) symmetric about the line y = x?
1292
Who was the first man to ever walk on the moon?
Neil Armstrong
How many months will it take to get to Mars?
6 Months
What type of spacecraft went to the moon?
A. Space Shuttle B. Rocket C. Flying Saucer
B. Rocket
What is the hottest planet in our solar system and why?
Venus, because of its thick atmosphere
What molten rock comes from a volcano after it has erupted?
LAVA
What is the standardized system of symbols and letters used in physics to represent physical quantities, often utilizing the Greek alphabet alongside standard English letters ?
Notation
Why do things fall when you drop them?
gravity
What is the farthest planet from the sun?
Neptune
What is the main reason we are going to Mars?
Overpopulation
Solar power generates power from what source?
The sun
What is the name of the air that humans exhales and plants need for photosynthesis to occur?
Carbon Dioxide
What programming platform has 'beautiful output' when writing scientific papers?
LaTex
which organs do fishes use to breathe?
Gills
What is the boiling point of water?
100 degree celsius or 212 degrees Fahrenheit
Who was the second man on the moon?
Buzz Aldrin
What is the name of the government organization that put the first person on the Moon?
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Which scientist proposed the three laws of motion?
Issac Newton
What is a sequence of instructions or code being repeated until a specific end result is achieved? (Think about physics)
The iterative process of computer modeling
What are the three states of matter?
Liquid, solid and gas
What 2 country's raced to the South Pole in 1911? Which country was first?
Norway and England
Norway was first
What are the names, in order, of the four rocky planets?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
What term beginning with C is a software-development tool that translates high-level language programs into the machine-language instructions that a particular processor can understand and execute?
A Compiler
What is the earth's only natural satellite?
The Moon
What is the physics approach that is typically used for engineering and the basis for the AP Physics C exam?
Heinrich and Wresinic Approach