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ULTIMATE SCIENCE CLUB QUIZ
ULTIMATE SCIENCE CLUB QUIZ
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1
What dinosaur is this?
T-Rex
Brachiosaurus
Hadrosaurus
Spinosaurus
2
What is the name of a planet that is not gravitationally bound to any star?
Terminium planet
Subspace planet
Rogue planet
Borg planet
3
What is the name of cells other than neurons in the CNS?
Splendenus cells
Cygninus cells
Glial cells
Pterois cells
4
19. CRISPR was discovered while observing _____.
bacteria edit viral DNA from their genome
viruses edit bacterial DNA from their genome
plants edit bacterial DNA from their genome
plants edit viral DNA from their genome
5
How does change in amplitude affect waves?
The smaller the amplitude the higher the sound
The larger the amplitude the softer the sound
The larger the amplitude the louder the sound
The smaller the amplitude the louder the sound
6
Where is the Mariana trench located ?
Southern Pacific
Northern Pacific
Eastern Pacific
Western Pacific
7
What phenomenon allows Borax crystals to form?
Supersaturation
Dilution
Titration
Chromatography
8
What is unique about flames in microgravity?
They do not produce soot
They float around
They appear cool to the touch
They appear randomly
9
This equation is used to estimate how many alien societies exist and are detectable. It's known as the ______ equation.
Einstein
Drake
Fermi
Newton
10
Which toxin is known to cause damage to the Cardiovascular system?
Cytotoxins
Myotoxins
Neurotoxins
Hemotoxins
11
What was the
first
use of motion capture?
Physics: Simulating an asteroid impact
Entertainment: To make a human look 10 feet taller
Chemistry: tracking movement of particles
Life sciences: gait analysis
12
How does the brain develop?
Left to right
Back to front
Front to Back
Right to left
13
The word amphibian means _______________
backbone
one of fire
gills
double life
14
In the Prisoner's Dilemma, which is the best outcome?
2
3
1
4
15
What is Psychogenic pain?
Centralized pain without real tissue damage
Caused, increased, or prolonged by mental, emotional, or behavioral factors
Caused by stimulation of sensory nerve fibers that respond to stimuli
Caused by damage or disease affecting any part of the nervous system
16
Which of these scientists believed in Parallel Universes?
J R R Tolkien
Albert Einstein
Stephen Hawking
Issac Newton
17
When is the Milky Way expected to collide with Andromeda?
In 8 million years
In 8 billion years
In 4 million years
In 4 billion years
18
What is the name of the process that involves taking small doses of toxin to develop immunity?
Mithridatism
Somnambulism
Gradvis
Immunitatis
19
What is the function of DNS?
resolves IP address into easily recognizable names
top level domain
cloud computing
wireless point
20
Which axis is pitch?
The purple axis
The red axis
None of these
The yellow axis
21
What is Neuropathic pain?
Caused, increased, or prolonged by mental, emotional, or behavioral factors
Caused by stimulation of sensory nerve fibers that respond to stimuli
Caused by damage or disease affecting any part of the nervous system
Centralized pain without real tissue damage
22
What was the name of the ship that discovered the Mariana trench?
USS Enterprise
HMS Solent
HMS Challenger
HMS Bedford
23
What is the disorder "amusia" more commonly known as?
Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Tone deafness
Insomnia
Delirium
24
Which toxin in snake venom is known to target muscle cells?
Myotoxins
Hemotoxins
Cytotoxins
Neurotoxins
25
Which axis is yaw?
The yellow axis
The red axis
The purple axis
None of these
26
Which does "ragdoll physics" simulate in video games?
Simulates the interaction of a physical body with its geometric environment
Simulates the realistic motion of cloth, such as a shirt, cape, or flag
Simulates gravity, momentum, and inertia
Simulates the motion of many small things emitted from a common source
27
What does CRISPR stand for ?
Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats
Cellar regularly infected short palindrome repeats
None of the following
Clustered regularly interspaced short palindrome repeats
28
Why did reactor 4 explode in Chernobyl
It exploded out of no where
The people who ran it pressed the wrong button
There was a power increase
none of the above
29
What are viruses that contain RNA instead of DNA sometimes called?
Bacteria
Proteins
Capsids
Retroviruses
30
How did the 'red forest' near Chernobyl get its name?
It caught fire and was red hot
The radioactive energy energy made everyone see things red
It's always sunny
The radioactive reaction turned the plants red
31
How do fiber optic cables work?
Radiation
Vibrations
Seismic Waves
Light
32
The compound eyes are made up of what?
hair
a lot of tiny eyes
skin
many hexagonal lenses
33
Ocelli are ________ some insects have
balance cells
photoreceptors
chemoreceptors
thigmoreceptors
34
What is the ‘Great Filter’ theory?
There is a giant coffee filter at the center of the universe
42
Planets that have water: tend to host life more readily
Aliens have not visited us: deadly evolutionary step we're yet to reach
35
What do you call the fear of needles or injections?
Trypanophobia
Trypophobia
Claustrophobia
Agoraphobia
36
When a mineral breaks cleanly due to planes of weakness, it is called
Hardness
Cleavage
Fracture
Density
37
How much longer will Chernobyl be uninhabitable?
20,000 years
200 years
forever
100 years
38
What was the name of the first lab model launched (ISS)?
Apollo
Hope
Destiny
Mrs. Waldroupe
39
What is timbre?
Whether it is quiet or loud or somewhere in between
High and low notes.
The way the musical sounds and silences are put together in a sequence.
The type of sound: harsh, gentle, dry, warm, or something else
40
What is Nociplastic pain?
Centralized pain without real tissue damage
Caused by stimulation of sensory nerve fibers that respond to stimuli
Caused by damage or disease affecting any part of the nervous system
Caused, increased, or prolonged by mental, emotional, or behavioral factors
41
Dinosaurs are classified as either Saurischia or Ornithischia. Saurischa means ____ and Ornithischia means ____.
Bird-hipped, reptile-hipped.
Fish-hipped, bird-hipped
Bird-hipped, fish-hipped
Reptile-hipped, bird-hipped
42
What is the name of the bacteria used in artificial snow?
Mycoplasma fermentans
Haemophilus ducreyi
Pseudomonas syringae
Eikenella corrodens
43
__________ survived an iron rod being shot through their brain
Travis Mills
Jeryl Flynn
Phineas Gage
Archer Fulton
44
Monty Hall Problem: should you switch your door choice?
Yes. Switching leads to a ⅔ chance of picking correctly.
No. Switching leads to a ⅔ chance of picking incorrectly.
Yes. Because, why not?
No. Switching has no impact on your choice.
45
What was this insane man Enrico Fermi referring to?
His teacher. He is lost on a field trip.
His friends. Timmy is sitting with cooler kids now.
42
Aliens. If they're so likely, where are they?
46
What "intermolecular force" gives snowflakes their shape?
Ion-dipole force
Temporary dipoles
Hydrogen bonds
Dipole-dipole forces
47
Which does "particle physics" simulate in video games?
Simulates the realistic motion of cloth, such as a shirt, cape, or flag
Simulates the motion of many small things emitted from a common source
Simulates gravity, momentum, and inertia
Simulates the interaction of a physical body with its geometric environment
48
How does the wood frog prevent itself from dying while frozen?
It pulls its eyes into its head to avoid cellular damage
It eats endotherms as a tadpole in order to inherit warm-blooded genes
It floods itself with glucose
It sheds its skin before winter
49
What is a Parallel Universe?
A universe like ours that we cant see, which mirrors our worlds outcomes
A universe like ours we can see, which is filled with parallel lines
A universe like ours that we cant see, where events have different outcomes
A universe like ours that we can see, where events in our world don't occur
50
The majority of minerals are
Silicates
Non-silicates
Sulfides
Oxides
51
In rigid body dynamics, what is a rigid body?
An idealization of a body that does not deform or change shape
An object that stays in the same position
An animation of explosions, fire, smoke, or dust
A body deforms when it collides with another object
52
Where was CRISPR discovered in the wild?
All of the above
In bacteria as a defence against viruses
And a human respiratory system
on the skin of an apple
53
How much radiation leak in chernobyl
200 tons
2 tons
8 tons
400 tons
54
What is the name of the crater of the asteroid that killed all the dinosaurs?
Vesta Crater
Ida Crater
Chicxulub Crater
Eros Crater
55
What is Nociceptive pain?
Centralized pain without real tissue damage
Caused by stimulation of sensory nerve fibers that respond to stimuli
Caused by damage or disease affecting any part of the nervous system
Caused, increased, or prolonged by mental, emotional, or behavioral factors
56
Which does "cloth modeling" simulate in video games?
Simulates the motion of many small things emitted from a common source
Simulates the interaction of a physical body with its geometric environment
Simulates the realistic motion of cloth, such as a shirt, cape, or flag
Simulates gravity, momentum, and inertia
57
How many trips did it take to assemble the ISS?
206
138
136
127
58
Which animal is usually used in the production of anti-venom?
Monkeys
Rats
Bats
Horses
59
A vaccine helps our bodies create
community
a mutiny
immunity
fancy clothes
60
Who invented the first plasma ball?
Nikola Tesla
Alan Turing
Albert Einstein
Benjamin Franklin
61
COVID-19 mRNA vaccines are given in the __________.
Deltoid
Gluteus maximus
rectus abdominis
Vastus Lateralis
62
What is plasma made up of?
gas and solid
solid and atoms
atoms and discharged atoms
atoms
63
What is autoignition temperature?
Lowest temperature in which a compound will ignite/spark if given fuel
The temperature it takes for gasoline to catch fire
Lowest temperature that combustion will occur due to air alone
The term for the spontaneous combustion of a house
64
What is Plasma?
the kinetic energy of a substance from a liquid
A state of matter that starts as a gas then becomes ionized
The capacity to do work
the change of a substance from a liquid to a gas
65
What was the first word sent over the internet?
"Lucy"
"Hello"
"Test"
"Login"
66
Which axis is roll?
The yellow axis
The red axis
None of these
The purple axis
67
Moh's ________ scale is a measure of how easily a mineral can be scratched.
Cleavage
Luster
Hardness
Density
68
Name this virus
Zika
Yellow Fever
HIV
Rabies
69
Thales of Miletus discovered static electricity in Greece when he was...
Creating a door frame
Cleaning his amber
Watching a thunderstorm
Experimenting with iron
70
What is Rarefaction?
Where density is high in a sound wave
Where density is low in a sound wave
71
What is a Nash equilibrium?
A player's individual best strategy
A player's opponent's best strategy
Each player's best strategy when considering the decisions of other players
A strategy resulting from all players picking the same option
72
How do viruses enter healthy cells?
They enter through the pores
Breaking through
Scientists don't exactly know
Their "key" matches the cells "lock"
73
What was the Arecibo message?
A funky lil thing
A Native American blanket pattern said to be proof of alien visitation
A crop circle found that is sourced as proof of ancient aliens
Interstellar radio message that contained basic information of Earth
74
What is the purpose of the International Space Station?
Allow long term space stay and exploration
To provide neutral territory for all countries in space
To research Mars
To study monkeys in space
75
Which is
NOT
a way in which VFX specialists make things appear to 'glow'?
Black lights
Phosphorescent paint
Magnetospheric contortion
Chemiluminescent reactions
76
How is lift generated?
Motors (alone)
Air pressure bottom wing > Air pressure top (part of) wing
Air pressure top wing > Air pressure bottom (part of) wing
Magic✨
77
What is the Slit Scan Effect?
A CGI effect
Process of shooting an electron bean through a piece of metal
Process of putting a sliding slit between subject and photographic plane
That one VFX thing
78
Archimedes discovered the water displacement method when asked to prove that a crown was pure gold: what is this method?
Uh uh mineral stuff
Skipping a mineral as you would a stone to see its wave formation
Pouring water on the surface of a mineral and testing for flaking
Submerging an object in water and recording the change in volume
79
What is the name of this bee?
Moor bee
Hydrangea bee
Orchard bee
Holly bee
80
How many people have been to the Mariana Trench? (2020)
18 people
5 people
3 people
Only Submarines
81
The study of Parallel Universes fits best under which field of Science?
Quantum Chemistry
Quantum Biology
Physical Mechanics / Physical Physics
Quantum Mechanics / Quantum Physics
82
Who proved that two snowflakes
are
alike in 1988?
Tilly Edinger
Nancy Knight
Emmy Noether
Donna Strickland
83
Who was the first patient to receive COVID-19 vaccine?
Sam Dalt
Frey Johnson
Margaret Keenan
May Parsons
84
What percentage of the Milky Way galaxy's mass consists of dark matter?
75%
70%
50%
90%
85
The deepest part of the Mariana Trench is called?
Mariana Deep
The Voyager Deep
The Challenger Deep
Dark Deep
86
How does the blue dragon obtain its venom?
By mixing chemicals inside its body
It has no venom
By eating venomous creatures
By eating venomous plant life
87
You picked up a negative charge. Why do you get shocked when you touch a metal handle? (Definition of discharge?)
42
Electrons jump from the handle to you
Electrons jump from you to the handle
Protons jump from you to the handle
88
What are the 4 parts of the fire tetrahedron?
Oxygen, fuel, heat, chain reaction
Smoke, wood, air, soot
Oxygen, air, light, heat
Catalyst, water, air, heat
89
Toxins are actually...
Proteins
Acids
Blood
Genes
90
What is the triboelectric series? (THINK: Static electricity)
Ranking of materials in order of their ability to hold or give up electrons
Static electricity thingy madoober madoo
Ranking of materials in order of their ability to hold or give up neutrons
Ranking of materials in order of their ability to hold or give up protons
91
In what type of organisms can the CRISPR/Cas system be found naturally?
Prokaryotes
Nudibranchs
Eukaryotes
Viruses
92
Where is Earth located in the Milky Way?
The third arm
In the halo
The Orion Spur
The center bulge
93
How are chickens related to dinosaurs
DNA 🧬
They both have raptor like claws
They both had feathers
They were both small
94
Where did the name "plasma" come from?
The French word "foudre" which means lightning
The Latin "pluxmae" which means "stream of light"
The Greek "μυστήριο" which means "mystery"
The Greek word "πλάσμα" which means "moldable substance"
95
How much is the brain developed at age 3
80%
25%
50%
75%
96
What is the importance of the International Space Station?
to make it possible to test theories in space
to make it possible to live on mars
to make it possible to cook in space
to make it possible to study life in space
97
What happened to the Canary Girls after being exposed to TNT?
They began seeing visions
Their hair fell out
Their skin and hair turned yellow
They died
98
What is the lysogenic cycle?
A period of genome integration
The method by which a virus can replicate its DNA using a host cell
The ultimate cycle in the formation of a prophage
The process in which cells divide
99
How does a modem generally transmit its signal over the internet?
the mail
the internet
an Underground network system
Telephone lines or TV cable lines
100
What do insects breathe through?
Lungs
Stomata
Gills
Spiracles
