STEM jeopardy game!

Physics

100

This is the force that controls our tides and orbits

What is gravity?

200

This is the force resisting the motion of surfaces sliding against each other.

What is friction?

300

"An object in motion stays in motion unless acted on by an outside force" refers to THIS property of matter

What is intertia?

400

The force that keeps an object moving in a circular path is called this.

What is centripetal force?

600

This famous cat, from a thought experiment, is both alive and dead until observed.

What is Schrödinger's cat?

Biology

100

This is the most basic unit of life

What is a cell?

200

Plants use this process to convert sunlight into energy

What is photosynthesis?

300

These organelles are known as the "powerhouses of the cell" because they produce ATP

What are mitochondria?

400

Oxygen is transported in the blood by this protein.

What is hemoglobin?

600

This cycle in cellular respiration occurs in the mitochondria and produces the most ATP.

What is the Krebs cycle (citric acid cycle)

Chemistry

100

This is the molecular formula for water

What is H2O

200

Fe is the chemical symbol for this element

What is iron?

300

This is the most abundant element in the universe

What is hydrogen

400

This is the common name for acetic acid (CH₃COOH)

*Hint: Commonly found in kitchens!*

What is vinegar?

600

This subatomic particle is made of two up quarks and one down quark

What is a proton?

Astronomy

100

This is the number of planets in the solar system

What is eight?

200

This is the hottest planet in our solar system

What is venus?

300

This is the process by which stars generate energy

What is nuclear fusion?

400

This is the closest galexy to the Milky Way

What is the Andromeda Galexy? 

600

This is the farthest man-made object from Earth

What is Voyager I?

Math

100

Solve the equation for x:

x²-4x+4=0

x=2

200

This is the quadratic formula

what is "negative b plus or minus the square root of b squared minus four ac over two a?"

300

Used to relate the length of the three sides in a right triangle, the formula: 

a²+b²=c²

is named this. 

What is pythagorean's theorem?

400

This is the symbol that represents the irrational constant: 

2.71828...

(hint: the symbol is a letter in the english alphabet!)

What is e?

600

This is the opposite of a derivative

What is an integral (antiderivative?)