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WSTEM Science Trivia Night!
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A #science #trivia quiz made for a #fun #interactive general #womeninSTEM meeting
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1
Pollination by birds is called:
Autogamy
Anemophily
Entomophily
Ornithophily
2
What famous scientist and inventor participated in the invention of the Aqua-Lung?
Thomas Edison
Leonardo da Vinci
Jacques Cousteau
Isaac Newton
3
The study of poisons is called:
Oncology
Phrenology
Toxicology
Ergonomics
4
Superconductivity is a material property associated with:
Frictionless liquid flow
Cooling a substance without a phase change
A loss of thermal resistance
A loss of electrical resistance
5
Which prefix is often used with scientific terms to indicate that something is the same?
Quasi-
Mega-
Iso-
Meta-
6
In which country was a method for making rust-resistant iron discovered in the fifth century?
Babylon
Sumeria
India
Egypt
7
What is the symbol for Silver?
Au
Si
Ag
Sv
8
The Statue of Liberty is green because of:
Green stone
Oxidized brass
Oxidized copper
Steel painted green
9
At room temperature, most elements are in which phase of matter?
Liquid
Solid
Plasma
Gas
10
The ingredient that makes a certain plastic biodegradable is:
Cornstarch
Leather
Petroleum
Vegetable oil
11
The per capita birth rate of a population is known as its:
Population density
Carrying Capacity
Natality
Mortality
12
The only species of cat that lives and hunts in groups is:
Leopard
Jaguar
Lion
Cougar
13
The study of how people use tools to preform work &how people physically relate to their work:
Engineering
Ergonomics
Agronomy
Physiology
14
What range of frequencies are usually referred to as audio frequencies for humans?
10,000 to 30,000 Hertz
0 to 20 Hertz
20 to 20,000 Hertz
200 to 200,000 Hertz
15
The fastest running terrestrial animal is:
Man
Cheetah
Lion
Jaguar
16
As you go down a well, your weight
Decreases
You no longer have a weight
Weight changes?
Increases
17
Albacore is a type of:
Tuna
Shell-fish
Meteroroid
Marble
18
Where does sound travel faster; water or air?
Water
Air
They are the same speed in both
Neither
19
Cystitis is the infection of which of the following?
Urinary Bladder
Pancreas
Liver
Lung
20
The science of weights and measures is called:
Metrology
Meteorology
Morphology
Mineralogy
21
The earliest experiments on chromosome theory and inheritance were developed by?
Charles Sternak
Gregor Mendel
Jonas Stalk
Robert Oppenheimer
22
The study of phenomena at very low temperatures is called:
Crystallography
Heat transfer
Morphology
Cryogenics
23
Who was one of the first people to warn of the dangers of pesticides like DDT?
Rachel Carson
Marlin Perkins
Charles Darwin
Jacques Cousteau
24
To reverse the direction of rotation of a 3-phase AC induction motor, do one of the following:
None of the above
Change the frequency of the applied AC power
Reverse any two of the three-phase connections
Operate the motor below the stall torque at very high slip
25
N2O, commonly called laughing gas, has been a matter of concern to environmentalists because:
It is thought to cause cancer at low concentrations
None of the above
It produces photochemical smog
It is a greenhouse gas
26
The branch of medicine concerned with the study of disease as it affects a community is called:
Paleontogy
Oncology
Epidemiology
Pathology
27
Who is called the Father of the Nuclear Navy?
Robert Oppenheimer
Hymen Rickover
Edward Teller
Chester Nimitz
28
A cyclone is an engineering device that is used to:
Transport
Control switching devices
Model fractals
Segregate particles
29
How far is the moon away from earth?
204,850 km away
376,600 km away
702,035 km away
528,305 km away
30
Bees must collect nectar from approximately how many flowers to make 1 pound of honeycomb?
20 million
10 thousand
2 million
50 million
