PEMDAS
STEM History
Life Science
Physical Science
STEM in Pop Culture
100
In what direction do you solve an equation, like: 6×3÷2
What is "Left to right"?
100
She said, 'Chimpanzees have given me so much. The long hours spent with them... have enriched my life beyond measure’.
Who is Jane Goodall?
100
Which organelle is considered the “powerhouse” of the cell?
What is the mitochondria?
100
What is the third planet from the sun?
What is Earth?
100
Moo Deng belongs to this kingdom, which is also the largest of the five kingdoms.
What is the Kindgom Animalia (or animal kingdom)?
200
Simplify 2+3×(4−2)
What is 8?
200
She is the only woman who has received two Nobel Prizes for her work in physics.
Who is Marie Curie?
200
Organize these items in order of increasing complexity: Organ systems, tissues, organs, cells, organelles
Organelles, cells, tissues, organs, organ systems
200
Banned from use in medical thermometers in 2012, this is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature.
What is mercury?
200
This movie is famous for its incorporation of valid black-hole physics and just celebrated its 10th-year anniversary.
What is "Interstellar"?
300
Simplify 10−6+2×(8÷4)2
What is 12?
300
This Austrian monk and gardener is considered to be the "Father of Modern Genetics."
Who is Gregor Mendel?
300
What does DNA stand for? (Get as close in spelling as possible)
What is deoxyribonucleic acid?
300
Newton’s 2nd Law states that force is equal to the product of mass and which other quantity?
What is acceleration?
300
This famous black physicist graduated with his Ph.D. in Astrophysics but later went on to host and appear in numerous TV programs, such as PBS’s Nova ScienceNow.
Who is Neil deGrasse Tyson?
400
Simplify (2+3) × [42 ÷ (6−2)]−5
What is 15?
400
She is the first woman (and black woman!) to travel to space after working in the Peace Corps and earning three degrees (two undergraduate, one medical).
Who is Mae Jemison?
400
Which answer does NOT demonstrate why water is essential for life?
A) Water has high thermal heat capacity, resisting boiling
B) Water is slightly polar
C) Water molecules demonstrate cohesion and adhesion
D) Water molecules are formed by covalent bonds
What is D) Water molecules are formed by covalent bonds
400
What is the only letter that does not appear on the periodic table of elements?
What is letter J?
400
This famous actress from “The Big Bang Theory” has her Ph.D. in neuroscience from UCLA.
Who is Mayim Bialik?
500
Simplify the expression {23×[10−(6÷3)]}÷(6+2)+8
What is 16?
500
What is the study of how environmental and behavioral factors change the chemicals around genes, which in turn affects how genes work?
What is epigenetics?
500
A measure of “randomness,” the second law of thermodynamics states that this property of the universe is always increasing.
What is entropy?
500
This person is one of the two REAL inventors of the Tesla. (Name either person.)
Who are Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning?