Science Carnival 2024 Quiz Bowl

10. The products of photosynthesis are

8. Each of the following is a cell organelle except for

3. Bees must collect nectar from approximately how many flowers to make a kilogram of honeycomb?

4. When a comet's orbit brings it close to the Sun, it forms a tail.  A comet's tail points in which direction?

9. Why is a fuse used in an electrical circuit?

2. The virus strain that caused the COVID-19 pandemic of the 21st century

6.  Who was the only woman awarded the Nobel Prize twice. One in physics and one in chemistry?

2. Which statement explains why aluminum is used in the manufacture of aircraft?

14. Who discovered the electron?

1. Iron rusts when exposed to air. Which two substances in air cause iron to rust?

1. A force of F acts on an object moves distance d in the direction of the force. What is the work done on the object?

6. X-linked red-color blindness is a recessive trait.

13. Who discovered the method of destroying disease-producing bacteria in beer and milk by heating the liquid?

5. At what point are the Celsius and Fahrenheit scales equal?  ___ degrees

5. “Plumbism” is poisoning caused by

What environmental concept explains why the black asphalt feels hotter than nearby grass in sunlight?

14. The first American Astronaut to ORBIT the Earth was:

13. Which planet has a tilt of 98\degreespinning almost perfectly perpendicular to the direction of its orbit?

10. Outside of one of two identical shiny metal containers is painted dull black.

10. In normal conditions, blood pressure in a human adult is

15. Which disease can be caused by a lack of vitamin C?

8. A beam is at its center. Two masses are suspended at equal distances from the pivot. Which statement is correct?

1. Name the rover that landed on Mars on February 18, 2021

9.  If an ice cube melts in a cup of water, what happens to the water level?

6. In what state of matter does sound travel the fastest?

9. A woman is searching for her father and she has type O blood. Which blood type can she eliminate from her search?

3. The velocity of a moving car is constant during part of a journey. What is the acceleration during this time?

11. What is the name of the first atomic-powered submarine?

8. Drinking soda instead of water triggers cell dehydration. This is due to the process of osmosis where water moves

12. The world's largest flower is the

5. Uranium-238 has a half life of 4.5 billion years. How much of 1 kg of Uranium-238 would remain after 9 billion years?

4. One of the potential health effects of exposure to high levels of noise is called tinnitus, which is a / an

12. Plants get their nitrogen from

7. Which diagram shows the child exerting the least pressure on the ground?

11. What is the technique by which lasers are used to photograph objects and reproduce them in three dimensions?

2. The Greenhouse Effect is caused primarily by which of the following processes?

7. If an individual is a dendrochronologist, what would she count?

3. Water flows through a pipe at constant rate, where the cross sectional area decreases, the velocity of the fluid

15. Superconductivity is a material property associated with

7. A pendulum suspended from ceiling of a train is observed to hang at an angle of 10 degrees to the right of vertical.