Science Trivia Questions
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What substance is absent in an anhydrous compound?
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water
What sense does audiology deal with?
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hearing
What is the term for a completely empty volume of space that physics states cannot be perfectly created?
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vacuum
What relative measurement exceeds 100% at supersaturation?
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humidity
What sweet substance is xylose, which is found in woody structures like straw and corncobs, classified as?
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sugar
What type of light, abbreviated as UV, are quartz lenses more effective for than glass lenses?
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ultraviolet
What does the 'SO' in SONAR stand for?
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sound
What is the name of the galaxy that contains all the stars visible to the naked eye?
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milky way
What did Janice's science fair project, which included the layers mesosphere and thermosphere, focus on?
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atmosphere
What celestial body is primarily responsible for charging the batteries of nearly all artificial satellites?
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sun
What element does the symbol Pu represent, commonly used as fuel in nuclear reactors?
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plutonium
What is the common name for the curved, pointed organ located within a scorpion's tail?
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stinger
Which force is responsible for keeping objects from floating away from Earth?
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gravity
Which element is named after the Greek word for 'rainbow' and is known for its multi-colored compounds?
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iridium
What is the name of the hydrated ferric oxide (Fe2O3) substance that can often be found on cars?
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rust
What impure type of carbon known as bort is used for cutting instead of jewelry?
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diamond
According to Scientific American's website, what color does bruised fruit turn, as explained in their 'Ask the Experts' column?
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brown
What element, symbolized as Co, is used in paints and varnishes and is also essential for a good diet?
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cobalt
According to Fleischmann's, what carbon dioxide-producing substance contains about 280 billion cells per ounce?
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yeast
How many carbon atoms does a molecule of carbon dioxide contain?
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1
What is the major force responsible for the weight of a body on Earth?
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gravity
What is the name of the wedge-shaped glass object that creates different colors when white light passes through it?
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prism
What is the study of animals that, along with botany, forms the two main branches of biology?
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zoology
In chemistry, what is the term for a designation like K2CO3?
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formula
In which field of science is William Herschel notably famous, aside from his minor contributions to composing?
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astronomy
On a temperature scale, what does 'C' stand for other than centigrade?
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celsius
Which PBS host determined that the high temperatures on Venus are caused by the greenhouse effect?
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carl sagan
What is the science that was once a branch of philosophy dealing with the mind and is now considered the study of behavior?
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psychology
Which planet is studied in the field of areology?
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mars
What is the process called where a liquid is boiled and then its vapor is condensed back into a liquid?
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distillation
What is the current term for the study of psychic phenomena, which was once called psychical research?
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parapsychology
What unit of electromagnetic energy can you get by changing one letter in 'phonon'?
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photon
What branch of science deals with matter, energy, optics, acoustics, and thermodynamics?
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physics
What is the winter equivalent of estivation, a sleeplike stage during summer?
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hibernation
What branch of physics, derived from the Greek word for 'to hear', studies how sounds behave in environments like halls?
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acoustics
What is the science of creating extremely low temperatures called?
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cryogenics
Which element, in addition to carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, is present in all amino acids?
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nitrogen
Which object is used in the simplest form of spectroscope to split the spectrum?
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prism
What does an atom lose to become a cation, which is a positively charged ion?
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electron
What unit in the metric system is equivalent to the mass of 1 cubic centimeter of water?
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gram
In biology, what is the mature form of an ootid?
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egg
What is the field that studies the properties and production of sound in physics?
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acoustics
In 1675, what did Danish astronomer Olaus Roemer first measure the real speed of?
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light
What substance extracted from the bark of the cinchona tree is used to fight malaria?
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quinine
What is the study of the nature and behavior of light and the title of an Isaac Newton treatise?
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optics
What is the branch of physics that focuses on the study of the production and properties of sounds?
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acoustics
What metal, symbolized by Cd, is used in rods to slow down reactions in nuclear reactors?
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cadmium
What branch of biology focuses on the study of organism development from fertilization to birth?
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embryology
What is the unit of power that is named for a famous Scottish engineer and is equal to 1 joule of work done per second?
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watt
In which field were Howard Carter and Heinrich Schliemann two of the most famous names?
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archaeology
What term refers to any liquid used to conduct current inside a cell or battery?
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electrolyte
Which scientist wrote 'A Brief History of Time,' for which a new illustrated edition was published in 1996?
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stephen hawking
What does a fertilized ovule develop into in botany?
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seed
What is the chief component of natural gas, also known as marsh gas?
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methane
What is the branch of science that deals with the behavior of light?
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optics
What scientific process describes the change from gas to liquid, which is considered the opposite of evaporation?
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condensation
What device do chemists use to separate solids from liquids or different liquids from each other through whirling motion?
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centrifuge
Which -ology in pharmacology focuses on the effects and treatment of poisons?
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toxicology
What term abbreviated as 'atm' is related to pressure and is not applicable in a vacuum or in a restaurant on the moon?
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atmosphere
Which branch of science concerned with the study of sound do concert hall designers focus on?
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acoustics
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