| Wild fires are common in the PacificWest especially in California where these fires are aided by a weather condition in which dry heated winds blow across the central part of California. In some cases these winds can reach up to 60 miles per hour. What is the name associated with these dry hot winds? | Santa Anna Winds |
| What is the scientific name for the Northern Lights? | Aurora Borealis |
| Spelunker is someone who explores what? | Caves or Caverns |
| What is a train of gears that rotates at different speeds? | A differential |
| What are the long cracks or crevasses on the moon called? | Rills |
| Necromancy refers to communication with what? | The Dead |
| What constellation is the hunter? | Orion |
| What is the name of agricultural science that deals with crops and soils? | Agronomy |
| Geologist have discovered that North America is moving Southwest one inch a year. This is due to what geological process? | Plate Tectonics |
| Name the device that stores electrical energy in the form of an electrical charge? | Capacitor |
| He said "The three tyrants are the external world, superego and the id." Identify the Austrian creator of psychoanalysis who made this statement? | Sigmund Freud |
| The most abundant rock in the earth's crust is known as what? | Granite |
| Name the first communication satellite which was launched in 1961? | Telstar |
| What is the term for the molecular attraction or joining the surfaces of two dissimilar substances? | Adhesion |
| Believed to be rapidly spinning neutrons stars adn emitting a burst of energy at regular intervals, what is the name of these stars? | Pulsars |
| Name one of the two planets in our solar system that have no natural satellites? | Mercury, and Venus |
| In astronomy a star that gives out bursts of waves of energy is called what? | Pulsar |
| What subphylum would you classify arthropods with a hard outer shells with no bones and paired jointed lymbs? | Crustanceans |
| What is the common name for the animals known as cetations? | Whales |
| Name the Swiss psychologist that believes all races share a collective unconscienceness? | Carl Jung |
| Identify the SI unit used to measure power? | Watt |
| The two most observable elements in the known universe are Hydrogen and what? | Helium |
| AIDS is referred to as a retrovirus called HIV. What does HIV stand for? | Human Immune -Deficiency-Virus |
| Name Saturn's largest moon? | Titan |
| The largest natural satellite in our solar system circles, Jupiter, name it? | Ganymede |
| What type of symmetry is found in a starfish? | Radial |
| Scientists classify spiders based on different characteristics, true spiders are a suborder of this classification, what is the other suborder of spiders? | Radial |
| Scientists classify spiders based on different characteristics, true spiders are a suborder of this classification, what is the other suborder of spiders? | Tarantula |
| The micro carbon in pencil is not really lead, what is it? | Graphite |
| What is scientific name of a white blood cell? | Leukocytes |
| What word means a fear of strangers of foreigners? | Xenophobia |
| Lowest sea tide, occurs twice a month? | Neep Tide |
| What is the Genius name for Redwoods? | Sequoia |
| What is then ame of Saturn's largest moon? | Titan |
| In the human body, the anatomical term for the body part that connects the mouth and noise is called what? | Pharynx |
| What chemical is missing from leaves in autumn? | Chlorophyll |
| Derived from the ancient Egyptians what is the two letter sign for prescriptions? | Rx |
| Edward Jenner developed the first recognized vaccine to guard against what disease? | Smallpox |
| What term is the term for a widespread epidemic; the Black Plague was one the Spanish Flu of 1918 was another? | Pandemic |
| After the sun and moon, this planet is the brightest object in our night sky name it? | Venus |
| Which part of the body usually has the thickest skin? | Sole of the Foot |
| She coined the phrase "radioactivity" and later died from it. Name the scientist? | Maria Curie |
| Who discovered penicillin when stray spore wandered into his petri dish? | Alexander Fleming |
| What vegetable made Gregor Mendel famous? | Peas |
| In 1934 he split the atom without realizing it? | Enrico Fermi |
| Fission splits a nucleus, but this process combines nuclei, name this process? | Fusion |
| This process is the opposite of evaporation and is vapor changing to a liquid, name it? | Condensation |
| Who developed the theory that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction? | Sir Issac Newton |
| What was the primarly the subject of art of John James Audubon? | Birds |
| Name one of the definite finger pattern of a fingerprint? | Laurel |
| What is an isolated hill or mountain that has a table-like top and steep sides? | A mesa |
| Name the science for writing in secret code? | crytography |
| Highly ionized gases that separate positively and negatively charged particles is known as what? | Plasma |
| In what country is the active volcano Mt. Pinatubo located? | The Philippines |
| What is the scientific name for the study of Birds? | Ornithology |
| What is the term for a shell or hard outer covering on turtles or crabs? | Carapace |
| Warm blooded vertabrates whose class is Aves are more commonly known as what? (Pronunciation eyveez) | Birds |
| What branch of science studies the aspects of liquids in motion? | Hydro Dynamics or Hydrolics |
| PVC is a strong durable plastic. What does PVC stand for? | Poly Vinyl Chloride |
| What is the term for a beam used in archtectual construction that is only supported at one end? | Cantilever |
| What is the name of the electrical devices that are made of components known as woofers and tweeters? | Speakers |
| What is the name of the heavenly bodies that are made up of ice and dust that orbit around the sun? | Comets |
| What is the term for a measurement of heat energy used to raise 1 gram of water 1 degree centagrad? | Calore |
| What is the brightest star that can be seen from the earth at night? | Sirus |
| What does the ancryonmy RADAR stand for? | Radio Dectecting and Ranging |
| Who found footprints preserved in harden volcanic ash that suggest that humanlike creatures had begun walking upright by 3,600, 000 years ago? | Mary Leakey |
| Who is the first American women in space? | Dr. Sally Ride |
| Who was the first women in space/ | Valentina Treshkova |
| In the study of anthopology, the ability of humans to walk upright is known as what? | Bipedalism |
| One of the first early hominds was discovered in 1974 by Donald Johnanson. This homindis estimated to be 3.2 millions years old. What was the nick name given to this early human? | Lucy |
| In 2000, Brigitte Senut and Martin Pickford discovered a hominid that is estimated to be 6 million years old. What is the name given to this early human? | Orrorin |
| Identify the astronomer after whom a telescope launched by a US space shuttle in 1990 was named? | Edwin Hubble |
| What term designates "the relatively flat part of a continent that slopes to a depth of about 100 fathoms and ends in a steeper descent to the ocean bottom? | Continental Shelf |
| Which disease is characterized by an extreme thirst that can't be quenched because the victim's throat is so tightly shut that it is impossible to take in liquids? | Hydrophobia or Rabbies |
| What disease is transmitted by the tsetse fly? | Sleeping Sickness |
| What disease against which Edward Jenner discovered milkmaids were protected? | Smallpox (or cowpox) |
| Probable disease that according to "The Book of Exodus" caused a plague in Egypt about 1900 BC? | Anthrax |
| Rod-shaped, anerobic bacteria that cause food poisoning and are named after a US pathologist? | Salmonella (after Daniel E. Salmon) |
| Which gaseous element, discovered by Daniel Rutherford, is present in the protoplasm of all living matter? It constitutes about 78% of the dry air by volume, and its name is derived from the Greek words meaning "saltpeter-producing" | Nitrogen |
| What is the term for the tendency of physiological system of a higher organism to maintain internal stability and chemical balance regardless of external changes in the environment? | Homeostasis |
| What type of bonding always releases cations and anions when water is added? | Ionic Bonding |
| Which scientist first proved that certain disease-causing germs can be destroyed by heat? | Louis Pasteur |
| A person on a train platform hears a higher pitch of a train whistle as the train approaches and a lower one as the train moves away. What is the phrase that designates this apparent change in pitch produced by moving objects? | Doppler Effect |
| Which term designates the fertilized egg formed when 2 haploid gametes unite during sexual reproduction? | Zygote |
| Identify the colorless, odorless, and tasteless gas that is the most abundant element on earth by weight? | Oxygen |
| Who was the first person to discover oxygen as an element? | Karl Scheele or Joseph Priestly |
| Which gas in higher concentration in exhaled air than in inhaled air? | Carbon Dioxide |
| Oceania is the name given to a group of many thousands of islands located in which body of water? | Pacific Ocean |
| Name the world's largest group of coral reefs, located off the coast of Australia? | Great Barrier Reef |
| What is the type of radiation emitted when Tritium decays to He-3? | Beta |
| What type of radiation occurs when U-92 mass 239 goes to Th-90 mass 235? | Alpha |
| What type of radiation occurs when Carbon 14 decays to nitrogen 14? | Beta |
| What type of radiation occurs when Cobalt-60 decays to Cobalt-60? | Gamma |
| What type of radiation occurs when Cesium decays to Radon, a process during which many sharp bands are emitted to the X-ray region? | Electron Capture |
| What is ascorbic acid more common name? | Vitamin C |
| Name the phylum in which sponges are classified? | Porifera |
| What is the gramatical term for weakly stressed syllables, especially those preceding strong stresses, are dropped from the beginning of a word. It is most common in the dialect of Southern United States. Some example includes tater for potato, skeeter for mosquito, possum for opossum? | Aphesis |
| In some textbooks the ocean is considered the largest biome, and it is divided into 2 environments. Which term beginning with the letter B. designates the kind of environment found on the floor of the ocean? | Benthic Environment |
| Name the spice derived from the dried bark of a tropical plant and ground to a powder or sold as rolled pieces of bark called "quills" | Cinnamon |
| What term is used in biology to designate the characteristic in higher orders of animals of having definite left and right sides that are mirror images of each other? | Bilateral Symmetry |
| Who was the first astronomer to discover evidence for the expanding of the universe and size of the known universe? | Edwin Hubble |
| What astronomer discovered evidence of microwave background radiation for the Big Bang Theory? | Arno Penzias or Robert Wilson |
| What astronomer discovered the planet of Uranus? | Sir William Herschel |
| What name is given to the process by which glucose is metabolized by yeast in the absence of air? In this process, the products not recycled by the cell are carbon dioxide and ethanol? | Fermentation |
| Which theory, advanced by Greek philosopher Democritus and Leucippus, states that matter is composed of particles that are so small and so indestructible that they cannot be divided into anything smaller? | Atomic Theory of Matter / or Discontinuous |
| What is the phylum in which insects are classified? | Arthropoda |
| Which of the following labels indicates a pH of 10: acidic, basic, nonalkaline, or neutral? | Basic |
| Name the American pioneer of rocket science whose classic report, "A method of Reaching Extreme Altitudes," was published in 1919. This scientist launched the first liquid-fueled rocket in 1926. | Robert Goddard |
| Name the 17th Century German scientist and geographer who wrote the 5-volume work Kosmos, an account of the physical universe. The cold ocean current off the West Coast of South America in named for him? | Baron Alexander Von Humboldt |
| Name the cellular structures containing genes that physically carry hereditary information? | Chromsomes (accept nucleus) |
| Name the term beginning with the letter C used in physics to designate the molecular force that acts to unite the molecules within a substance? | Cohesion |
| On which ship was Charles Darwin the chief naturalist from 1831 to 1836? | HMS Beagle |
| In computer science, which term designates the measurement, in bits per second, of the time it takes for a computer to transfer data? | Baud |
| Which organic compound, obtained mainly form the galls, or unnatural growths of oak tree leaves, derives its name from the French word "Tan", meaning "bark or an oak"? | Tannic Acid or Tannin |
| Which acid is associated with buttermilk? | lactic acid |
| Which acid is associated with Vinegar? | Acetic Acid |
| Which acid is associated with Automoble Batteries? | Sulfuric Acid |
| Which acid is associated with Vitamin C? | Ascorbic Acid |
| What type of cell uses electical energy to produce a chemical change? | Electrolytic cell |
| In either a electrolytic cell or voltaic cell what type of chemical change occurs at the anode when there is a loss of electrons? | Oxidation |
| What element, measured at 1 atmosphere of pressure and in an ion concentration of one molar, serves as the standard for calculating electrode potentials? | Hydrogen |
| How many constellations are recognized by the international Astronomical Union? | 88 |
| Which part of the atmosphere, located from 50 to 400 miles above the earth, contains a high concentration of electrically charged particles, that are responsible for reflecting radio signals? | Ionosphere |
| Name this constituent of the vitamin B complex used in the treatment of anemia and recommended for women of childbearing age to cut risk of birth defects? | Folic Acid or Bc |
| Name this colorless gas, NO2 found to play a key role in digestion, blood pressure regulation, and immune and nervous systems? | Nitric Oxide |
| Name the defoliant officially acknowledged as the cause of 5 recognized diseases suffered by Vietnam veterans? | Agent Orange |
| Name this widely used water purification chemical that environmentist want banned in the Great Lakes because of the pollution it is causing? | Chlorine |
| Luis Alvarez came to his conclusion that a huge object had hit the earth after he discovered in a thin layer of clay in Italy a greater than usual amount of an element, number 77, which is abundant in comets, meteorites, and asteroids? | Iridium |
| Identify the bone disease resulting in conditions called bowlegs, knockedknees, and rosary ribs that occurs mostly in children under 3 years of age? | Rickets |
| Which word derived from the Latin word meaning "southern" and the Greek word meaning "ape" identifies the earliest group of human-like creatures according to anthropologists? | Australopithecus |
| Name the term for any of a family of 2-legged primates including all human, extinct and living? | Hominid |
| Name the term meaning "skillful" or "handy" that designates the oldest type of human being? | Homo Habilis |
| The scientific observation of weather is considered to have begun about 1600 when an Italian scientist measured air temperature with a theomometer he invented. Name him? | Galileo |
| There are only two types of Monotremes in existence, one is the platypus what is the other? | Echidna |
| Nickname of John Merrick, a grotesquely deformed Englishman who suffered from an affliction formerly diagnosed as neurofibromatosis? | The Elephant Man |
| What name is given to the DNA molecule's basic constituent, any of the various compounds that consist of a sugar, a phosphate group, and nitrogen base and determine the genetic code? | Nucleotide |
| Which term is used in physics to name the phenomena that causes 2 oscillators with the same frequency to interact so that the vibrations in one will produce sympathetic vibrations in the other? | Resonance |
| Name the most recent era on the geologic time scale. This era, which began about 65 million years ago is sometimes called the "Age of Mammals"? | Cenozoic Era |
| What space probe launched by the space shuttle Atlantis in May 1989 to map the planet Venus? | Magellan |
| Phobias take many forms. Which word derived from the Greek for "market place" designates "an abnormal fear of being in open or public spaces? | Agoraphobia |
| Name one of the 4 stages of mitosis? | Metaphase, Anaphase, & Telaphase |
| What is the unit of measure for the size of nails used in construction? | Penny or Gage |
| Red Giant, Red dwarf, white dwarf, refer to what astronomical bodies? | Stars |
| On your radio dial, what does AM stand for? | Amplitude Modulation |
| Which gland secrets tears? | Lacrimal Gland |
| What is the name given to the leafy portion of a plants embryo? | Cotyledon |
| Name the highly toxic alcohol that is used in antifreeze to prevent freezing in radiators? | Ethylene Glycol |
| What term in mechanics is used to measure the lift of 150 pounds per second? | Horse Power |
| Which part of the conic sections describe the path in which the planets orbit the sun? | Ellipise |
| What is the name of a weasel when its fur is white? | Ermine |
| What chemical substance is produced by mammals in response to viral infection was first discovered by scientists in 1957? | Interferon |
| What phlyum is considered the largest phylum in the animal kingdom, it represents nearly 5% of all the animals that have ever been described? | Arthropoda |
| What mammal other than a platypus lays and incubates eggs? | Echidna |
| What is the most common cause of anemia? | Iron Deficiency |
| What common name is given to insects belonging to the order lepidoptera? | Butterflies and Moth |
| What is the Moon's furthest point from the earth called? | Apogee |
| What is Valentina Tereshkova most known for? | First Women in Space |
| What is the term for the point in which a object in orbit around the sun is closest to the sun? | Perihelion |
| What is the name for the surgerical procedure in which a surgeon uses giant stapling device to close up most of a patience's stomach? | Gastroplasty or Gastric Stapling |
| Who proposed a heliocentric theory of the universe? | Copernicus |
| What does an odometer measure? | Total distance traveled or mileage |
| What is the name of the fault that runs through the state of California and other Pacific Northwestern States? | San Andreas Fault |
| What determines the height of a tsunami wave? | The slope of the continental shelf and depth of water as the wave travels to the shore? |
| What was the first metropolitan area to be hit by the 2004 tsunami wave that occured in the Indian ocean? | Banda Ache |
| What is a full grown male deer called? | Stag (Buck indicates a male but not necessary full grown) |
| Name the New York doctor who developed the first effective inoculated vaccine to prevent polio? | Jonas Edward Salk |
| What is the technical name for the tear glands? | Lacrimal Gland |
| Heisenberg's uncertainty principle was concerned with the relation between the position and momentum of what? | sub atomic particles or protons and electrons |
| In cellular cyctoplasm what is the term for the rod like structures that produce energy? | mitochondria |
| What is the process in which iron rusts? | Oxidation |
| What order of mammals carry their young in a pouch? | Marsupials |
| What is the formula by which one can use to calculate momentum? | Mass X Velocity |
| What is the name for the scientific study of fungi? | Mycology |
| Air changes form at -190 degrees centigrad, what form does it take? | Liquid |
What was the name of America's first earth orbiting space station from 1973-1979?
| Skylab
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Which female scientist made major contributions to the discovery of DNA even though Watson and Crick got all the credit?
| Rosalind Franklin
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Give the more common name for "talipes" and abnormal condition of the foot, usually present at birth. In this condition, the foot is bent downward and inward so that the person can walk only on the toes or on the outside foot
| Clubfoot |
Identify the 2 cosmological systems debated in Galileo's "Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems". A Greek astronomer developed one of them, and a Polish atronomer, the other
| Ptolemaic adn Copernican systems |
Name that astronomers give to the theoretical 90% of the universe that cannot be seen?
| Dark Matter
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Ancient Greek astronomer who in about 150 BC first classified stars according to brightness?
| Hipparchus
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Term used to designate the measure of brightness of a celestrial object?
| Magnitude
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Unit used to measure the distance of stars that is equal to the distance of a star whose annual parallax is one second of arc or about 3.26 light years?
| Parsec |
Scientific unit named for a Swedish physicist and equal to one ten-millionth of a millmetter, used for measuring wavelengths of light?
| Angstrom |
Two Scientists with whom Anotine Becquerel shared the 1903 Nobel Prize for physics for the discovery of natural radioactivity?
| Pierre and Marie Curie
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Delicate instrument used to detect and measure the strength of an electric current?
| Galvanometer or ammeter
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What is the astronomical distance equal to 9.5 times 10 to the 12th power km?
| A Light -Year
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What is the full name for what is sometimes called a linac, a device for accelerating charged particles in a straight line through a vaccum tube?
| Linear accelerator |
Type of wave, like a sound wave, in which the individual particles vibrate back and forth in the same direction the wave is traveling?
| Longitudinal wave |
A reaction that occurs and absorbs heat from the surroundings is said to be which type of reaction?
| Endothermic
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Identify the phrase used to designate the way the moon seems to grow and then become smaller during a month?
| Wax and wane
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Name for any rhyme or formula that helps one remember, such as the name ROY G. BIV as a memory device for colors of the spectrum?
| Mnemonic Device or Mnemonic
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Name the highly poisonous and explosive element with 15 known isotopes whose mass numbers run form 232 to 246?
| Plutonium
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Which glands of a calf or lamb would a person be eating if sweetbreads were served as the main course? One of these glands is the site where T cells are developed, and the other secrets glucagon and insulin into the blood?
| Thymus gland or pancreas |
Give the term used in geology to designate the process of change in the form and composition of rock and heat, moisture, and pressure?
| Metamorphism
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In computer terminology, a single binary digit will be either 1 or 0. What do we call such a single digit?
| A Bit
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What is the technical term for the voice box?
| Larynx
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Name the inherited disease characterized by a lifelong defect in blood clotting mechanism?
| Hemophilia
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What pigment do human abinos lack?
| Melanin
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This cloven-footed animal belongs to the family of suidae and is both domestic and wild. What is the animal?
| Pig
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DNA is composed of Four nitrogenous bases with the initials A T C and G. Name any one of them?
| Adenine, guanine, Thymine, and Cytosine
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The Sumerians charted these star groups first, but the Greeks name them. What are these star groups called?
| Constellations
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How many constellations are there in night sky of the celestial sphere?
| 88
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This ancient scientist gave his name to the Earth-centered theory of the Universe?
| Ptolemy
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What is the process by which all humans change food into heat, energy, and living tissue?
| Metabolism
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Device in which nuclear energy is used to produce heat to generate electricity?
| Reactor
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What is the only group of gases with which oxygen does not form compounds?
| Noble Gases
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Name the temperature above which vapor can not be liquified no matter what pressure is applied?
| Critical Temperature
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In thermodynamics, another name for heat content is enthalpy, What symbol is used to show a change in enthalpy?
| Delta H
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Name given to elements on the periodic table characterized by the filling of an inner d electron orbital as the atomic number increases?
| Transition metals or Transition elements |
| What name for a single-celled protozoan is also used in its adjective form to describe something with an indefinite shape or something perpetually changing? | Amoeba (ameba; its adjective form is amoebic)
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What do we call a hole in the earth's crust that spouts thousands of gallons of boiling warter under pressure?
| Gyser
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On what continent is the majority of the earth's freshwater found?
| Antarctica
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Crystals are classified according to what arrangement of their faces?
| Symmetry
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Traveling at, or near the speed of light these subatomic particles have no electrical charge or measurable mass, what are they?
| Neutrinos
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What does one call a change in the frequency of sound, light, or wave caused by the relative motion of the sources of the waves frequency?
| Doppler Effect |
Name the constant which determines the relationship between the distance to a galaxy and its velocity of recession due to the expansion of the Universe?
| Hubble Constant |
Decimal numbers that never repeat are known as what type of numbers?
| Irrational numbers
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Of what is Tofu made?
| Soy or Soy beans
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Name the branch of philosophy that studies human conduct and morality?
| Ethics
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The anciet Chinese symbol of two opposites and complemantary forces in nature one light, one dark is known as what?
| Yin and Yang
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SPAM is the common term for unnecessary email, SPIN is the SPAMMING of instant messages, no marketers send internet phone calls through email, what is the anacroynm for these unnecessary messages submitted by internet phones?
| SPIT |
| This cluster of three stars can be seen from earth as one star and is earth's nearest neighbor outside the solar system name this astronomical body? | Alph Centauri (star) |
| What kind of number greater than two has more than two factors? | Composite number |
What is the chemical symbol for lead?
| Pb
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How many bits are there in a bite?
| 8
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Name a metal that provides fuel for nuclear power stations?
| Uranium
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What are the elementary particles that make up protons and neutrons?
| Quarks
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Pitch of a sound is an effect of what physical property?
| Frequency
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What is the natural process in which the atoms of one molecule get mixed with the molecules of another?
| Diffussion
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Phobos and Deimos are two moons of what planet?
| Mars
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Because strenous exercise rapidly uses up oxygen in muscle cells, the pyruvic acid formed in glycolysis is converted into what kind of acid?
| lactic (acid)
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By which process doe certain autotrophs produce organic compounds from inorganic molecules by using the energy released by the oxidation of ammonia, nitrates, sulfides, and iron instead of energy from the sun?
| Chemosynthesis |
During glycolysis, the 4 hydrogen atoms given off in the formation of a pyruvic acid are joined to a co-enzyme called NAD. What does the letters NAD stand for?
| Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide |
Which type of respiration does not require oxygen?
| Anaerobic
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Which term is used in biology to designate the clear, thick protoplasm that fills the space between cell membrane and the nucleus?
| Cytoplasm
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Which state is the site of the Lowell Observatory, founded in the city of Flagstaff by a Massachusetts-born astronomer?
| Arizona
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In DNA and RNA, the nitrogenous base in addition t adenine and guanine?
| Cytosine
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Which word derived from the French for "to raise" designates "an embankment built alongside a river to prevent high water from flooding bordering land?
| Levee
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Which 2-word term beginning with D is used to designate "a method of finding the position of an aircraft or ship without astronomical observations, as by using compass readings and other previously recorded data?
| Dead Reckoning |
| Leaves contain long tubelike structures called veins. Which term designates the arrangement of the veins in a leaf blade? | Venation |
In which body system would you find the Islets of Langerhans?
| Endocrine System (pancreas)
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Name the green stone prized by the Chinese for its beauty and medicinal properties.
| Jade
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What ingredient in tonic water is used to treat malaria?
| Quinine
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What ingredient do manufactures often add to salt to prevent goiter?
| Iodine
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Name the muscle below the lungs, which is the main power source of breathing?
| Diaphragm
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Sea mammals living in cold waters boast a thick layer of this, once used in cosmetics?
| Blubber
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This whale is the largest living creature?
| Blue Whale
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These fungi are the cause of almost all plant-related deaths in the United States?
| Mushrooms
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In 1883, approximately 75 cubic miles of rock disappeared in a single explosion that was heard over one eigth of the Earth's surface. This explosion, with the estimated force of a 500 megaton hydrogen bomb, blew up what Indonesian Island?
| Krakatoa |