Science Trivia Questions
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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
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