Science &
Space
Space
The name of the boundary around a black hole beyond which nothing can escape
What is the event horizon?
The value of pi rounded to three decimal places
What is 3.142?
What “HTML” stands for
HyperText Markup Language
This shape is commonly used in bridges because it distributes force efficiently
What is a triangle?
The term for energy sources that can naturally replenish over time
What are renewable resources?
The type of electromagnetic wave which has the shortest wavelength
What are gamma rays?
The next 3 numbers in the sequence: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13…
What are 21, 34, 55?
The term for finding and fixing errors in code
What is debugging?
The name for a model built to test a design idea
The layer of Earth made of moving plates that cause earthquakes and volcanoes
What is the crust/tectonic plates?
The law which states that energy cannot be created or destroyed
What is the Law of Conservation of Energy?
A rectangle has an area of 72 cm² and a width of 8 cm. Its length is ___
What is 9 cm?
Computer part that processes instructions and runs programs
What is the CPU (Central Processing Unit?)
What is compression?
The main greenhouse gas produced by burning fossil fuels
What is carbon dioxide?
The term for the apparent bending of light as it passes through different materials
What is Refraction?
The probability of rolling a sum of 7 with two standard dice
What is 1/6?
The term for a program designed to damage or disrupt a computer
What is malware?
A force that resists motion between two surfaces rubbing together
What is friction?
The instrument that measures the strength of earthquakes
What is a seismograph?
The type of energy is stored in food and batteries
What is chemical energy?
The name of a function where the output doubles at a constant rate
What is exponential growth?
The difference between RAM and storage
RAM is temporary memory used while running programs, while storage keeps data long term
The type of bridge that is supported by cables hanging from towers
Phenomenon that occurs when coral reefs lose their coloured algae because of warming oceans
What is coral bleaching?