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Major that applies physics in a biological context

Biophysics

100

Name 5 Tech CEOs

Tim Cook, Satya Nadella, Zucky, Sundar Pichai, Sam Altman, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Michael Dell

100

What is an enzyme?

Bonus what does it do to help catalyze a reaction?

Protein that catalyzes reactions

Lowers activation energy by fascilitating an optimal collision at the right orientation and velocity

100

Name 2 important scientific theories

Cell theory, Theory of evolution, Big Bang theory, (not string theory shutup)

100

Who is the secretary of the food club

Yours truly

200

Things to have on your CS student resume aside from coursework

Apps, Teaching, Clubs, Hackathons, Robotics, ML Research, Internship

200

Name 6 Silicon Valley Tech Companies

Google, Apple, Meta, Cisco, Intel, Paypal, Adobe, Linkedin, Zoom, NVIDIA, HP

200

4 types of energy in the universe?

Bonus, give examples of each.

Gravitational, electromagnetic, strong nuclear, weak nuclear.


Answers vary

200

4 Macromolecules 

Proteins, Carbohydrates, Lipids, Nucleic Acids
200

What's a group of crows called

(like the stupid greedy ones on campus)

A murder

300

Highest Paid STEM Major (Both early and mid career)

Chemical Engineering

75k, 120k (median salary)

Walter white moment 

300

What does an AI Prompt Engineer do?

The job of an AI prompt engineer is to develop a set of inputs and train the models to produce the best and desired outputs back to the user

300

What is the second law of thermodynamics.

Bonus, how many AP Classes go over this concept?

Heat always flows spontaneously from hotter to colder regions of matter thus increasing the net entropy of the universe.

3 Bio, Chem, Physics 2

300

What is String Theory?

Tries to connect 4 core forces of universe via some imaginary strings extending from everywhere

300

What is Leland's Ranking amongst California High Schools 

96th! (and look at our funding smh)

400

Name a STEM major that starts with the letter F

Forensics, Forest engineering, Food studies (Shoutout to food club)

400

Name 3 career you can do with a Degree in Physics?

Radiology, Aeronautics, Meteorology, Research, Teach it lol 

400

What's the Diffusion Equation?

Bonus, state the equation.

Fick's Law

J = DA * (C1-C2)/(∆x)

where J is moles per unit of volume

400

What does the Gallbladder do?

Stores Bile (digestive fluid) that's released into the small intestine.

400

Explain Rolle's Theorem 

if a function f is continuous on the closed interval [a, b] and differentiable on the open interval (a, b) such that f(a) = f(b), then f′(x) = 0 for some x with a ≤ x ≤ b.

500

Name 4 Courses required for EE majors (excluding calculus and GEs)

Linear Algebra, Circuit Analysis/Circuitry, Microprocessing, General Chemistry, Electricity and Magnetism, Mechanics, Continuous and Discrete time systems, Electronic Design, Signal Processing

500

Name 5 Denominations of Biology

Molecular, Genetics, Physiology, Ecology, Botany, Entomology, Virology, Parasitology, Ornithology, Histology, Mycology, Anatomy...


500

What does PCR stand for?

Bonus, name 3 stages

Polymerase chain reaction

Denaturation, Annealing, extension

500

Name 3 IMFs

Bonus, Name 3 IMF agents

Hydrogen Bonds, London dipole, Van der waals interactions, Disulfide bridges

Ethan, Benji, Luther, Mr. Secretary, Ilsa

500

How do birds learn to fly?

 (like these stupid crows)

They wing it

AAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA