Science Funnies
What did one tectonic plate say when he bumped into the other?
Sorry, my fault
Inventor of the metal detector, the telephone, and the photophone – the first device to carry the human voice using light.
Alexander Graham Bell
What telescope was founded in 2021 and cost $10 billion?
James Webb Telescope
Which common shark lives in salt and fresh water?
Bull Shark
Three types of rocks?
Metamorphic, Igneous and Sedimentary
What did the biologist wear to impress his date?
Genes
Founded quantum mechanics when he remodeled the atom so electrons occupied ‘allowed’ orbits around the nucleus while all other orbits were forbidden; architect of the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics.
Niels Bohr
What is bigger - the sun or the moon?
Sun
What are baby sharks called?
Pups
A naturally occurring, inorganic, crystalline substance having a definite chemical composition is
What type of fish is made out of 2 sodium atoms?
Tuna (2 Na)
Improved the agricultural economy of the United States by promoting nitrogen-providing peanuts as an alternative crop to cotton to prevent soil depletion.
George Washington Carver
Which galaxy is our closest neighbor?
Andromeda is 2.5 million light years away.
What is the gestation period of dolphins?
9-17 months
The tanning rays of the sun are called
Ultraviolet Rays
Why is it bad to trust atoms?
They make up everything
The father of modern microbiology; transformed chemistry and biology with his discovery of mirror-image molecules; discovered anaerobic bacteria; established the germ theory of disease; invented food preservation by pasteurization.
Louis Pasteur
How fast does sound travel in space?
Sound doesn't travel in space because sound waves do not propagate in empty space.
How do dolphins sleep?
With one eye open and half their brain asleep
How old is earth?
~4.5 billion years
What did one cell tell his sister cell when she stepped on his toe?
Ouch! That is mitosis!
The father of modern science
Galileo
Which unlucky Apollo lunar landing was canceled after an oxygen tank exploded?
Apollo 13
What is the largest type of dolphin?
Orca or Killer whale; it may be referred to by some as a whale, but the rules of taxonomy still classify them as a dolphin
Dwayne Johnson's nickname is what?
The Rock