Science Trivia

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What company in the 1970's developed the high-tech concept of a mouse clicking graphical icons to open programs, but dropped the idea, allowing Apple to adopt it as the basis of the Macintosh?

8

If you drop an object from the top of a tower, how many feet will it fall in the first second?

3

Which planet was named after the Roman god of war?

6

For what purpose was the Archimedean screw devised?

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Shaped like a flat disk, it's about 100,000 light years in diameter, and about 10,000 light years thick. What is it?

13

The study of handwriting as a means of analyzing character is called what?

3

What is the name of the organic molecule that carries oxygen in the blood, and gives blood its red color?

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This American physician and army surgeon proved in 1901 that yellow fever is caused by a virus transmitted by mosquito. A medical center outside Washington, D.C. is named for him. Who is he?

12

What do we call an organism that lives on a host which it usually injures?

9

Does light travel more quickly through water or through air?

2

What common item contains a hammer, an anvil, and a stirrup?

10

3 kinds of acids: a. Aspirin is known as what kind of acid? b. Vitamin C is known as what kind of acid? c. LSD is known as what kind of acid?

11

German physicist Gabriel Fahrenheit, in the early 18th century, called 32 degrees the freezing point of water. And 0 degrees on his scale represented the freezing point of what mixture?

5

The length of one earth day is approximately 24 hours (actually 23'56). Which planet in our solar system has the longest day, equivalent to about 244 earth days?

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What is the approximate distance from the surface fo the earth to the center of the earth? Closer to 4,000, 7,000 or 10,000 miles?