Einstein's Challenge Science Games Day 2015

Question 1

Comparing your mass on Earth to your mass on the Mars, it is:

Accepted Answer

The same

Question 2

The nearest large galaxy to the Milky Way is:

Accepted Answer

The Andromeda galaxy

Question 3

Isotopes of the same elements have a different number of what?

Accepted Answer

Neutrons

Question 4

Which statement about plant and animal cells is true?

Accepted Answer

Both use mitochondria to produce energy

Question 5

Olympus Mons is the large volcanic mountain on which planet?

Accepted Answer

Mars

Question 6

On which of the following plants did Gregor Mendel perform his classical experiment

Accepted Answer

Pea

Question 7

Which of the following radioactive elements is used in household fire detectors?

Accepted Answer

Americium

Question 8

A negative charged plastic rod is close, but not touching a neutral metal sphere.The result is

Accepted Answer

Attracted by the rod

Question 9

What is the name of NASA’s most famous telescope in orbit around Earth for 25 years?

Accepted Answer

Hubble Telescope

Question 10

K is the symbol for what element

Accepted Answer

Potassium

Question 11

A leech survives by feeding off the blood of other, larger beings. This is known as:

Accepted Answer

Parasitism

Question 12

The word “planet” comes from the Greek word “planets” meaning

Accepted Answer

Wanderers

Question 13

What is a “mole” in chemistry?

Accepted Answer

6.02 X 10^23 particles

Question 14

The year is based on

Accepted Answer

The Earth’s revolution

Question 15

What wave characteristic determines the loudness of a sound?

Accepted Answer

amplitude

Question 16

What is the scientific term for a ‘cold-blooded’ animal?

Accepted Answer

A poikilotherm

Question 17

The bending of light rays when they enter a different medium is known as:

Accepted Answer

Refraction

Question 18

The four original space shuttles are named Columbia, Endeavour, Discovery, and…

Accepted Answer

Atlantis

Question 19

Which property is described by the statement that aluminium can be bent into various shapes?

Accepted Answer

Malleability

Question 20

A family has seven boys and one girl. What is the chance that the next child will be a girl?

Accepted Answer

50 Percent

Question 21

Which of the following best describes the term “constellation”

Accepted Answer

Stars that form a shape or pattern

Question 22

What is dry ice?

Accepted Answer

Solid Carbon Dioxide

Question 23

Who was the first women in space?

Accepted Answer

Vantina Tereshkova

Question 24

Which of the following is composed of nervous tissue?

Accepted Answer

The spinal cord

Question 25

What is the most abundant element in the universe?

Accepted Answer

Hydrogen

Question 26

What is the substance cells use as an immediate source of energy?

Accepted Answer

Adenosine triphosphate

Question 27

What is the correct name for the compound common salt, and what kind of compound is it?

Accepted Answer

Sodium chloride and an ionic compound

Question 28

Bulbs, A, B & C, are connected in parallel and turned on. If light bulb B is removed?

Accepted Answer

Bulb A and C will stay on with the same brightness

Question 29

What is the name of the pigment-containing organelles in autotrophs that collect light energy?

Accepted Answer

Chloroplasts

Question 30

Which of the following is a NOT a scalar quantity?

Accepted Answer

Force

Question 31

A clock designed to tick each second, is moving past you at a uniform speed.To you the clock is

Accepted Answer

Ticking slowly

Question 32

On the moon a feather and a hammer are dropped at the same time.Which will hit the ground first

Accepted Answer

Both

Einstein's Challenge Science Games Day 2015

Questions 32

Einstein's Challenge Science Games Day 2015

Questions 32