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AHS Science
quiz bowl science questions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| HCL | Hydrochroic acid |
| H2SO4 | Sulfuric acid |
| H2CO3 | Carbonic acid |
| HC2H3O2 | Acetic acid |
| HNO3 | Nitric acid |
| HCOOH | Formic acid |
| HBr | Hydrobromic acid |
| HClO4 | Perchloric acid |
| H3PO4 | Phosphoric acid |
| H2CrO4 | Chromic acid |
| moon Titania | Uranus |
| moon Titan | Saturn |
| moon Triton | Saturn |
| moon Miranda | Uranus |
| moon Io | Jupiter |
| moon Deimos | Mars |
| moon Oberon | Uranus |
| moon Ganymede | Jupiter |
| moon Callisto | Jupiter |
| Tethys | Saturn |
| Phobos | Mars |
| SI Electerical resistance | Ohm |
| SI Luminous intensity | Candela |
| SI Frequnecy | Hertz |
| SI Force | Newton |
| The planets between which the asteroid belt is found | Mars and Jupiter |
| The planet with the shortest period of revolution | Mecury |
| The only planet on which a day is longer than a year | Venus |
| The largest moon in the solar system | Ganymede |
| The outermost Jovian planet | Neptune |
| The planet around which Maranda and Ariel revolve | Uranus |
| The planet with the highest recorded surface temperature | Venus |
| The largest known asteroid in the solar system | Ceres |
| The planet with the tallest mountain | Mars |
| The two moons that revolve around Mars | Deimos and Phobos |
| Stars And Costellations Betelgeuse | Orion |
| Stars And Costellations Sirius | Canis Major |
| Stars And Costellations Vega | Lyra |
| Stars And Costellations Altair | Aquilla |
| Stars And Costellations Pollux | Gemini |
| Stars And Costellations Alderbaran | Taurus |
| Stars And Costellations Rigel | Orion |
| Stars And Costellations Procyon | Canis Major |
| Stars And Costellations Spica | Virgo |
| Stars And Costellations Deneb | Cygnus |
| Stars And Costellations Canopus | Cygnus |
| Stars And Costellations Canopus | Carina |
| Term for the family of compounds that are composed of oxygen and another element | Oxides |
| Term for any positively charged ion | Cation |
| Name for the principle which states that disturbed systems adjust themselves in order to minimize the disturbance | Le Chatelier |
| Meaning of the acronym EMF | Electromotive force |
| Ultimately, this Zaire-born disease liquefies interal organs | Ebola Virus (Hemorrhagic Fever) |
| Caused mostly by animal bites, symptoms include convulsions, drooling, and a loss of muscle function | Rabies |
| This stiffening, paralyzing, potentially fatal disease is that shich President Franklin Roosevelt suffered. | Polio |
| Also known as variola, it now only exists in storage at two labs in the entire world. Before its declared eradication in 1980 it was an often fatal disease | Smallpox |
| Ultimately, this Zaire-born disease liquifies internal organs | Ebola Virus (Hemorrhagic Fever) |
| Caused mostly by animal bites, symptoms include convulsions, drooling, and a loss of muscle function | Rabies |
| This stiffening, paralyzing, potentially fatal disease is that which President Franklin Roosevelt suffered | Polio |
| Also known as variola, it now only exists in storage at two labs in the entire world. Before its declared eradication in 1980 it was an often fatal disease. | Smallpox |
| The study of the heart, its functions, and diseases | Cardiology |
| Abnormally high blood pressure | Hypertension |
| Any blood vessel that carries blood from some part of the body back toward the heart | Vein |
| The adjective used to describe a heart defect present at birth | Congenital |
| Secretes prolactin, oxytocin, and growth hormone | Pituitary gland |
| Contains expansion folds called rugae | stomach |
| Connect the kidneys to the bladder | ureters |
| Sperm are stored here before entering the vas deferens | epididymis |
| Part of the brain that coordinates skeletal muscle movement | cerebellum |
| Largest and strongest chamber of the heart | left ventricle |
| largest artery in the body | aorta |
| Tube that elads from the uterus to the exterior of the female body | vagina |
| Produces lipase and amylase and secretes insulin | pancreas |
| Endocrine gland in teh neck that regulates metabolic rate | thyroid gland |
| Connects the larynx to the bronchi | trachea |
| This term refers to any region in which organisms interact with their environment. | Ecosystem |
| It is the sum total of an organism's utilization of biotic and abiotic resources in its environment. | Niche |
| This adjective descrives a lake with high rates of biological producitivity and nutrient cycling. | Eutrophic |
| In this type of symbiotic relationship, one organism is helped while the other is unaffected. | Commensalism |
| the sister chromatids move to opposite ends of the cell | anaphase |
| Chromatin condenses to form chromosomes | prophase |
| the chromosomes align themselves on an imaginary line at the center of the cell | metaphase |
| two new nuclear envelopes begin to form before a cleavage furrow develops | telophase |
| Give the chemical formula for Sodium Chloride | NaCl |
| Give the chemical formula for Nitrous Oxide | N2O |
| Give the chemical formula for Aluminum Oxide | Al2O3 |
| Give the chemical formula for Sodium Nitrate | NaNO3 |
| Upper bone of the leg | femur |
| Breast bone | sternum |
| Collective name for the eight wrist bones | carpals |
| Lower jaw bone | mandible |
| Name for the first cervical vertibra | atlas |
| Upper bone of the arm | humerus |
| Bone of the lower arm that points to the little finger | ulna |
| Smaller posterior bone of the lower leg | fibula |
| The two upper jaw bones | maxillae |
| Heel bone | calcaneus |
| Name for the last four vertebrae fused together; the tailbone | coccyx |
| Moon- Io | Jupiter |
| Moon-Titan | Saturn |
| Moon-Phobos | Mars |
| Triton | Neptune |
| The comparison of the density of a mineral to the density of water | specific gravity |
| Metallic element in the mineral known as "cinnabar" | Mercury |
| The process in which the percentage of a metal in an ore is determined | assaying |
| The name of the metallic element in the mineral sphalerite | Zinc |
| A lack of clotting factor VIII (8) causes unstoppable bleeding in this disorder. | Hemophilia |
| Red blood cells may change shape, causing them to get stuck in caapillaries, in this disease. | Sickle cell |
| The lungs and pancreas produce unusually thick mucus that is hard to break up in this disorder. | Cystic fibrosis |
| Characterized by a red spot on the retina, this disease causes fatty accumaltions on the nerve cells of the brain, causing blindness, paralysis and then death in young children. | Tay-Sachs |
| Disease associated with a woman named MaryMallon | Typhoid Fever |
| Disease known as the "kissing disease" | Mononucleosis |
| Disease in which the gums become loose around the teeth | Gingivitis |
| Condition in which a person binge eats and then purges the food | Bulimia |
| Condition caused when fluid pressure builds up in the eye | Glaucoma |
| Affliction in which children are socially withdrawn. | Autism |
| Term for low blood sugar | Hypoglycemia |
| Brief stoppage of breathing while sleeping. | Sleep Apnea |
| Virus disease that first appeared in Zaire in 1976. | Ebola |
| Swelling of the thyroid gland due to a deficiency in iodine | Goiter |
| Common name for Hansen's Disease or Father's Damian Disease | Leporsy |
| The tendency of a substance to move down its concentration gradient from an area of greater concentration to an area of lesser concentration. | Diffusion |
| A gap between neurons where they communicate with each other | Synapse |
| An oxygen-binding protein in muscle cells | Myoglobin |
| A phenotype in which both alleles are expressed in a heterozygote | Co-dominant |
| He created the first modern periodic table | Dmitri Mendeleev |
| These metals are in group 1, the first column of the periodic table | Alkali metals |
| These substances zig-zag along a line from boron to polonium. | Metalloids |
| This term refers to elements 57 through 71 | lanthanides |
| Members of groups 3 to 12 are all classified as this type of metal | transition metals |
| These nonmetals are in group 17 of the table | halogens |
| Elements 89 to 103 fall under this category | actinides |
| These inert substances are in group 18, the last column of the table. | nobel gases |
| Group 2 contains this group of somewhat reactive metals | alkaline earth metals |
| Term for all elements greater than atomic number 92. | transuranium elements |
| Number of periods in the periodic table | 7 |
| Winning the 1954 Nobel Prize in Physics and the 1962 Nobel Peace Prize, this anti-nuclear weapons advocate is the one of four scientists to ever win two Nobel Prizes | Linus Pauling |
| Defined mathematically as the negative logarithm of the concentration of Hydrogen ions, its is the measure of the acidity or alkalinity of a substance | pH |
| The name for the anion PO4^+3 | Phosphate |
| This is the type of bond that holds together amino acids in proteins | Peptide Bonds |
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