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1
On a roller coaster, what is the name of the force that keeps you in your seat during loops?
Gravity
Kinetic
Centripetal
Frictional
2
The elements of the Periodic Table are classified into what three broad categories?
Water, plant and metal based
Metals, nonmetals, and metalloids
Hot, cold, and neutral
Earth, wind, fire
3
What does the acronym STEM stand for?
Science, Technology, Education and Medicine
School, Teachers, Education and Mangement
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
School, Teaching, Engineering, and Mathematics
4
Who patented the first incandescent light bulb and is commonly referred to as its inventor?
Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas Edison
Benjamin Franklin
Nikola Tesla
5
What are the three states of matter?
Light, sound, ultraviolet
Earth, wind, fire
Solid, liquid, gas
Hot, cold, wet
6
Where do earthquakes occur?
Along rivers and streams
Between urban and rural areas
In the middle of the Earth's plates
Along the Earth's fault lines and plate edges
7
Which of the following shapes in
not
a parallelogram?
Rectangle
Square
Trapezoid
Rhombus
8
What does the abbreviation CAD stand for?
Computer Aided Design
Chief Architecture Design
Computer Art Drawings
Complex Assisted Drawings
9
Which is an example of a bridge we commonly use today?
Adjoining
Swaying
Suspension
Flotation
10
What is the award given for accomplishments in physics, chemistry, and other areas?
Nobel Prize
Pulitzer Prize
GRAMMY Award
Academy Award
11
All magnets have two distinct poles called?
Positive and Negative
North and South
East and West
Charged and Not-charged
12
Pompeii, an ancient city in Italy, was destroyed by what natural disaster?
Volcanic eruption
Blizzard
Earthquake
Hurricane
13
Why do golf balls have dimples?
To better grip the putting tee
To help the balls fly farther through the air
To look durable and long-lasting
To help golfers find them on the putting green
14
In a website URL-such as www.Google.com-what do the letters WWW stand for?
Web Words World
What Where Why
World Wide Web
Wide Wonderful World
15
Which number represents pi (π), rounded to the nearest hundredth?
3.14
3.15
3.01
3.24
16
Benjamin Franklin's famous kite and key experiment led to important advances in understanding?
Air
Water
Light
Electricity
17
Who was one the co-founders of Apple Inc?
Bill Gates
Mark Zuckeberg
Charles Babbage
Steve Jobs
18
What common periodic element makes up 47% of the Earth's crust and core?
Neon
Oxygen
Helium
Kypton
19
What is the name of the following formula:a
2
+b
2
=c
2?
Quadratic Formula
Slope-Intercept Form
Pythagorean Theorem
Hypotenuse-Leg Theorem
20
In mathematics, a fraction represents___________.
None of the options
Parts of a whole
The sum of the parts
An entire object
