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Science Bowl
Science Bowl study questions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What weather phenomenon causes more deaths in the U.S. annually than any other except lightning? | Tornadoes |
| What is given to wood whose normal cells have been replaced with mineral deposits? | Petrified wood |
| Pollination by birds is called | ornithophily |
| Unlike rodents, the rabbit has how many incisor teeth? | Four |
| What percent of fire-related deaths are due to smoke inhalation rather than burns? | 80% |
| To what familiar fruit is the plantain similar? | Banana |
| What U.S. President was recognized as a world authority on American game animals? | Theodore Roosevelt |
| How many men have walked on the moon? | 12 |
| The fastest-running terrestrial animal is: | Cheetah |
| In what country do the greatest number of tornadoes occur? | United States |
| What wonder drug was used for three years by the Army and Navy before becoming available to the general public in 1944? | Penicillin |
| Which sea is the saltiest natural lake and is also at the lowest elevation on the face of the earth? | The Dead Sea |
| The scarab, worshipped by the Egyptians, is what type of beetle? | Dung Beetle |
| As you go down into a well, your weight: | Decreases Slightly |
| A cloud at ground level is called what? | Fog |
| What invention in about 1450 A.D. revolutionized communication and the world? | The Printing Press |
| What is the name for the new technology whereby a glass fiber carries as much information as 100 copper wires? | Fiber optics |
| What mammal lays eggs? | Platypus |
| Linseed oil comes from what plant? | Flax |
| Bees must collect nectar from approximately how many flowers to make 1 pound of honeycomb? | 20 million |
| What is the name of the largest North American terrestrial rodent, distinguished by its spiny covering? | Porcupine |
| Albacore is a type of: | Tuna |
| The only species of cat that lives and hunts in groups is: | Lion |
| Linen is made from what plant? | Flax |
| What is arachnology? | Study of arachnids (spiders or scorpions) |
| What is another name for the Paleolithic Age? | The Stone Age |
| What nocturnal animal group makes up one-fourth of all mammals species? | Bats |
| What is the name of the whale that has a long protruding tusk? | Narwhal |
| How many time zones are there on Earth? | 24 |
| What land mammal holds the record for the greatest age? | man |
| What is the better known name for the deadly poison prussic acid? | cyanide |
| What colorless, pungent gas is often dissolved in water to yield a solution that is used as a biological preservative? | Formaldehyde |
| What is the rest mass of a photon? | 0 |
| What yellow metal is an alloy of copper and zinc? | Brass |
| What is the name given to the process, discovered by Goodyear, of adding sulfur to heated rubber? | Vulcanization |
| Used primarily in fertilizers, which element is never found free in nature even though it makes up about 2.5% of the earth's crust? | Potassium |
| What element, whose symbol derived from the Latin for "liquid silver", has been found in Egyptian tombs from 1500 B.C.? | Mercury |
| What poisonous alkaloid is extracted from tobacco leaves and widely used as an insecticide? | Nicotine |
| What is the name for steel alloyed with chromium? | Stainless Steel |
| Table sugar, from sugar cane or beet, is what type of sugar? | Sucrose |
| Which prefix is often used with scientific terms to indicate that something is the same, equal or constant? | ISO |
| The study of phenomena at very low temperatures is called: | Cryogenics |
| The branch of medical science which is concerned with the study of disease as it affects a community of people is called: | Epidemiology |
| The study of how people use tools to perform work and how people physically relate to their working environment is called: | Ergonomics |
| Name the first woman to travel in space. | Tereshkova |
| What famous scientist and inventor participated in the invention of the Aqua-Lung? | Jacques Cousteau |
| Superconductivity is a material property associated with: | A loss of electrical resistance |
| A type of plastic that is biodegradable has been in the news lately. The ingredient that makes it biodegradable is: | cornstarch |
| Who was the marine biologist and author of Silent Spring who wasone of the first people to warn of the dangers of pesticides like DDT? | Rachel Carson |
| If a metal can be drawn into wires relatively easily it is called: | ductile |
| What is the name given to the invasion of warm surface waters off the Peruvian coast that has been identified with strange climactic effects in recent years? | El Nino |
| Occasionally, a bad cold will cause a decrease in a persons hearing ability. What is the name of the tube that becomes blocked to cause this problem? | Eustachian tube |
| Name the general type of mammal that gives birth to undeveloped young that are kept in pouches. | marsupial |
| In a musical instrument that produces a fundamental note, what would the wavelength of the second harmonic be relative to the fundamental? | Wavelength would be 1/2 of the fundamental |
| In which country was a method for making rust-resistant iron discovered in the fifth century B.C.? | India |
| Cystitis is the infection of which of the following? | Urinary bladder |
| Name the medical term given to the inflammation of infection of the mucous membranes of the nose. | Rhinitis |
| Wutomobile catalytic converters cause the carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons which result from incomplete combustion to be converted into what two substances? | Carbon dioxide and water |
| At room temperature, most elements are in which phase of matter? | solid |
| The per capita birth rate of a population is known as its: | natality |
| Who is called the Father of the Nuclear Navy? | Hymen Rickover |
| The science of weights and measures is called: | metrology |
| The following are the names of man-made structures in the United States. Identify the type of structure. Hungry Horse, Yellowtail, Dworshak, Don Pedro, Cougar, Glen Canyon, Grand Coulee and Hoover. Name the type of structure. | Dams |
| Which of the following is primarily composed of calcium carbonate? | Oyster shells |
| What compound is a common component of air pollution, but is essential in the upper atmosphere to protect life on earth? | ozone |
| Water flows through a horizontal pipe at a constant volumetric rate. At a location where the cross sectional area decreases, the velocity of the fluid: | Increases |
| What radioactive element is routinely used in treating hyperthyroidism, and in reducing thyroid activity? | Iodine-131 |
| What is osteoporosis? | Loss of calcium from bones |
| Yeast, used in making bread is a: | fungus |
| The Statue of Liberty is green because of: | oxidized copper |
| Name the phase of quartz consistently found in meteorite impact craters, but rarely found in non-meteorite-related geological formations. | stishovite |
| what point are the Celsius and Fahrenheit scales equal? | -40 degrees |
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