The Scientific Spirit

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. Who established the chromosome theory of heredity? Thomas Morgan Charles Darwin McClintock Gregor Mendel

2. In which field(s) can humans make use of Ultrasound? both medicine engineering neither

3. What are the following called - Koch Curve, Sierspinski Sponge, Mandelbrot Set, Julia Set? Answer: (One Word)

4. The elements which are doped in Solar Cells are - B, P P, Li B, Sb Se, Si

5. According to relativity theory, only what has an absolute velocity? Answer: (One Word)

6. A waterfall produces an even spread of all frequencies, making a hissing sound called _____ noise. waterfall water impulsive white

7. Organic compounds containing an amino group are called _____. Amides Aminos Amino acids Amines

8. The study of materials at very low temperatures is called - Hypothermism Superconductivity Thermodynamics Cryogenics

9. Which of the following is a disaccharide? Sucrose Fructose Glucose Starch

10. Which of the following is not a hominoid? Orangutan Baboon Gibbon Human

11. Which vitamin is known as Phylloquinone? Answer: (Vitamin ___(a letter))

12. Which of the following is an ungulate? Giraffe Crocodile Opossum Manatee

13. DNA molecules are polymers because they consist of chains of similar units linked together. What are these units called? Answer: (One Word)

14. How many kingdoms of living things are there?(excluding viruses!) Answer: (a number)

15. Which of the following stages in the life cycle of a star comes after the Main Sequence Period? Nebula T Tauri Type Red Giant Protostar

16. What is the length of Tycho Crater on the moon? 156km 65 km 84 km 256 km

17. In electroplating, the substance to be coated is made the _____. anode freode diode cathode

18. Specific Gravity is also known as - Weight Relative Density Gravitational Force Quantum Pull

19. How many whole numbers are there in the pH scale (not counting zero)? Answer: (a number)

20. To which kingdom of living things do amoeba and paramoecium belong? Answer: (One Word)

21. The Quantum Theory explains which effect? Doppler effect Red Shift Raman effect Photoelectric effect

22. Write the latin name of Mercury. Argentum Mercurium Hydrargyrum Aurum

23. A sound with definite frequency is called a - amplitude pitch tone timbre

24. Which of the following is a semisynthetic polymer? Kevlar Polyester Nylon Rayon

25. Solder is an alloy of - Copper, Nickel and Zinc Iron, Nickel and Chromium Lead and Tin Copper and Tin