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MS General Science
Quiz bowl style General Science middle school
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| name this biological polymer that comes in transfer and messenger varieties, produced in transcription from DNA. | RNA |
| For 10 points, name this law often written as F equals ma. | newton's second law |
| what natural disasters that can include three hundred mile-per-hour winds and a rotating funnel cloud of debris? | tornado |
| name these highly-ordered solids with a regular and repeating structure, such as diamond and quartz. | crystals |
| what protein structures that grow from the skin | hairs |
| identify this doubly-eponymous “fifth state of matter.” | Bose-Einstein Condensates [or BECs] |
| name this trigonometric function calculated “opposite over hypotenuse”. | sine |
| what kind of dangerous tidal wave that devastated Japan in 2011? | tsunami |
| name this radiation, which is used by a kitchen appliance of the same name to quickly heat food. | microwave |
| name these electron-housing probability regions which come in s, p, d and f varieties. | orbitals |
| name this simplest aromatic molecule with formula C6H6. | benzene |
| When these (*) cnidarians [nye-DAY-ree-ans] are exposed to temperature change, their calcium carbonate shells may undergo bleaching, the loss of their characteristic bright colors. Atolls are ring-shaped structures formed by colonies of these animals. | coral |
| name this effect which governs how a perceived frequency changes depending on the relative velocity of the source. | Doppler effect |
| name this branch of mathematics studied in Euclid’s [yoo-klid’s] Elements, which opens by defining objects like points, lines, and angles. | geometry |
| points, identify this paired organ which produces urine. | kidneys |
| Einstein’s theory of special relativity relies on a four-dimensional model that fuses three-dimensional space with this quantity. Velocity is computed by dividing distance traveled by | time |
| The Deepwater Horizon rig spilled nearly 5 million barrels of this fossil fuel | crude oil/ petroleum |
| Mycelium networks provide nutrients to members of this kingdom such as ergot, a type of mold | fungi |
| name this element with atomic number 8, a breathable gas in its diatomic form | oxygen |
| blood flukes and tapeworms are what type of organism that obtains food from a host, harming it in the process? | parasites |
| Foods like sauerkraut and sourdough bread are created using this process, which is driven by microorganisms like yeast. | fermentation |
| name this quantity, symbolized S, which measures the amount of disorder of a system | entropy |
| These events create a “shadow zone,” indicating that the Earth has a liquid outer core; the secondary waves created by these events do not reach the shadow zone, while their (*) P-waves do. | earthquakes |
| Identify this phylum that contains sea cucumbers, sea urchins, and sea stars. | Echinodermata |
| All known perfect numbers have this property, as does exactly one prime number. | even |
| This quantity measures the average kinetic energy of substances, so its lowest (*) possible value can be found at absolute zero, around -273 degrees | temperature |
| abyssal plains, where chemo-synthetic microbes, tube worms, and corals are supported by hydrothermal vents that open through this structure. | ocean floor |
| Mayon, (#) a strato-type of this structure in the Philippines, is nearly perfectly conical. Explosions in these structures can cause tephra, which is classified by size into lapilli, pyroclastic blocks, and (*) ash | volcanoes |
| These structures are periodically lost in abscission by deciduous plants, where photosynthesis often occurs | leaves |
| Solid or liquid propellants power, for 10 points, what projectiles that include the German V-2 and NASA’s Saturn V [five]? | rockets |
| Give this term for a collection of stars and other celestial matter, famous examples of which include Andromeda | galaxies |
| This value is defined as the ratio between the circumference and the diameter. The so-called "circle constant" is, for ten points, what irrational number | pi |
| name this property, the ability of one compound to dissolve in another. | solubility |
| Euclid showed that there are infinitely many of these numbers. | prime number |
| name this country where Sir Isaac Newton wrote the law of gravity. | England/UK/Great britain |
| name this method for separating solutes into mobile and stationary phases whose name comes from the Greek translation of “color writing”. | Chromatography |
| Cosmic rays are primarily this particle that contains one down quark and two up quarks, and their quantity determines atomic number. | proton |
| Kuiper [KYE-per] Belt object, whose orbit occasionally brings it closer to the Sun than Neptune. Styx, Kerberos, and Charon orbit, for 10 points, what dwarf planet that | pluto |
| name this diverse invertebrate phylum that includes clams, snails, and octopuses | mollusks |
| name these particles, first discovered by James Chadwick, that are located in the atomic nucleus and lack charge. | neutrons |
| name this boson responsible for providing mass and colloquially referred to as the "God particle". | Higgs Boson |
| This organelle’s inner membrane increases the surface area available for chemical reactions to occur by (*) folding over itself. The electron transport chain synthesizes ATP in, for 10 points, what cell organelle | mitochondria |
| what particle that determines the atomic number of elements, a positively charged particle found in the nucleus of atoms? | proton |
| name this physical quantity, the rate of change of velocity, symbolized a. | acceleration accept 'a' before mention |
| Heart rate is regulated by, for 10 points, what hormone responsible for the “fight or flight” response? | adrenaline |
| They are also emitted during beta decay and argon has 8 valence ones. For 10 points, these are what negatively charged particles that orbit the nucleus in atoms. | electrons |
| Ernest Rutherford discovered the atomic nucleus after firing alpha particles at a thin sheet of this metal | gold |
| identify this ubiquitous law that can be used to find the pressure, volume, temperature, and/or the amount of a certain phase of matter. | ideal gas law |
| name these compounds which decrease the pH of solutions, and are contrasted with bases. | acids |
| name these molecules composed of many repeating subunits, or monomers. | polymers |
| An astronomical unit is equal to Earth’s mean distance from | sun |
| Mostly calm within the eye, for 10 points, name these tropical cyclones with wind speeds above 75 miles per hour and names like Joaquin, Sandy, and Katrina. | hurricanes |
| four haploid cells are produced during what type of cell division, contrasted with mitosis? | meitosis |
| name this object-oriented programming language, developed by James Gosling, which shares its name with an island in Indonesia and is not related to a similarly-named “Script.” | Java |
| This (#) scientist may have missed his chance at a Nobel Prize due to a feud with Svante Arrhenius . This scientist’s prediction of the densities and melting points of eka-silicon and eka-boron was confirmed by the discovery of (*) germanium and gallium. | Dmitri Mendeleev |
| A sprinkling of iron filings can be used to show the lines of, for 10 points, what kind of attractive field? | magnetic field |
| The second half of cellular respiration and the synthesis of ATP take place in, for 10 points, what organelle, nicknamed the “powerhouse of the cell?” | mitochondria |
| Exposure of this metal to polluted (*) air will cause a black sulfide layer known as tarnish to form, and it follows only platinum and gold as the precious metal of choice for coins and jewelry. Name this element with atomic number 47 and symbol Ag. | silver |
| Goldbach’s conjecture states that all even integers greater than 2 can be expressed as sum of two of these numbers. For 10 points, identify these numbers that can be used to factor larger numbers and have no divisors other than 1 and itself. | prime numbers |
| he predicted gallium and germanium. This theory was developed while writing his Principles of Chemistry as he tried to classify the weights and valences of elements. For 10 points, name this Russian chemist who developed the Periodic Table of the Elements | Dmitri Mendeleev |
| Along with graphite, this mineral is an allotrope of carbon. For 10 points, name this mineral with a hardness of ten on the Mohs scale, the hardest known material. | diamond. |
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