5/5 Quiz Bowl

Question 1

What is the word used to describe the appearance of an individual without regard to its hereditary constitution?

Accepted Answer

phenotype

Question 2

Which Apollo moon mission was the first to carry a lunar rover?

Accepted Answer

15

Question 3

What is the name of a material that will not carry an electrical charge?

Accepted Answer

Insulator

Question 4

In the first stage of photosynthesis, light energy is used to:

Accepted Answer

spilt water

Question 5

What metal is the best conductor of electricity?

Accepted Answer

Silver

Question 6

Humans and Chimpanzees share roughly how much DNA?

Accepted Answer

98.8%

Question 7

Which of the oceans is the deepest?

Accepted Answer

Pacific

Question 8

Into which of the following acids is glucose broken down in the first stage of carbohydrate metabolism?

Accepted Answer

pyruvic acid

Question 9

What is the heaviest internal organ of the body?

Accepted Answer

Liver

Question 10

The chromosomes responsible for characteristics other than sex are known by which of the following terms?

Accepted Answer

autosomes

Question 11

The name of the process by which oil glands in mammalian skins secrete oils is:

Accepted Answer

holocrine secretion

Question 12

What is desquamation the scientific term for?

Accepted Answer

skin peeling

Question 13

What does DNA stand for?

Accepted Answer

Deoxyribonucleic Acid

Question 14

Which of the following diseases has been eradicated from the world?

Accepted Answer

smallpox

Question 15

T or F: Lightning is hotter than the surface of the sun?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 16

The two myofilaments of muscle are called?

Accepted Answer

actin and myosin

Question 17

In a plasma membrane, which of the following provides a general barrier to the movement of molecules?

Accepted Answer

lipids

Question 18

As far as our present knowledge extends, hormones are NOT found in which of the following substances?

Accepted Answer

nucleic acids

Question 19

At what temperature are Celsius and Fahrenheit equal?

Accepted Answer

-40

Question 20

What do the letters in laser stand for?

Accepted Answer

Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation

Question 21

What name is given to the number of protons found in an atom?

Accepted Answer

Atomic Number

Question 22

What letter does not appear on the periodic table?

Accepted Answer

J

Question 23

What was the first vaccine to be developed against a contagious disease?

Accepted Answer

Smallpox

Question 24

Order the taxonomic breakdown of living things from least specific to most specific:

Accepted Answer

kingdom. phylum, class, order, family, genus, species

Question 25

What modern-day country was Marie Curie born?

Accepted Answer

Poland

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5/5 Quiz Bowl

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