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 |