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In this section, I have covered information relating to astronomy, Chemistry, Physics, etc. and which generally come under the purview of Science. So, go through and if you have any useful information of the subject please mail the same to me so that I can include it on this page.
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" Science has taught man how to fly like the birds. Science has taught how to swim into the depths of sea like the fish. But, Science could not teach man how to live peacefully with his fellow beings " |
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Which planet, if thrown in water, would float?
Saturn
Which word in chemistry comes from the Latin for "Sour"?
Acid
Which constellation of stars is said to look like a hunter?
Orion
What is measured by the Campbell Stokes Recorder?
Sunshine
State the number of elements higher than Oxygen?
Seven
What does the term 'absolute zero' describe and give its value to the nearest degree centigrade?
It is the lowest attainable temperature ( -273 deg. C)
What is measured on a Beaufort Scale?
Wind force or speed
Who developed the theory of relativity?
Albert Einstein
What is the chemical symbol for mercury?
Hg
What theory is commenced with the formula E = mc<super>2</super>?
The Theory of Relativity
British scientist Lord Ernest Rutherford won a Nobel Prize in 1908. In which field of science did he work?
Atomic Science - he was the first man to split the atom
What is measured on the ritcher Scale?
Earthquake magnitude
What is the unit used to measure speed above the speed of sound - i.e. supersonic speed?
The Mach
There are six inert gases including Krypton, Radon and Argon. Name two of the other three.
Helium - Neon – Xenon
Marsh Gas is its common name. What is its scientific name?
Methane (CH4)
What chemical element is represented by the symbol letters 'Cu'?
Copper
What is 'dry ice'?
Solid (or frozen) carbon-dioxide. C02
There are three forms of heat transfer - convection and conduction are two. What is the third?
Radiation
What is an 'isobar'?
A line joining points of equal pressure
It was formerly known as 'brimstone' - what is it now called?
Sulphur
What is the name given to the biological science concerning heredity?
Genetics
Where was the first nuclear power station in the world built?
Calder Hall in Cumberland
Name the substance or solution which is generally used to preserve biological specimens. It can also be used as a disinfectant and in the manufacture of some plastics.
Formaldehyde or formalin
Why did the South African Louis Washkansky achieve worldwide fame in 1967?
Re was the first man to receive a human heart transplant and survive the operation
What is Dyspepsia?
Indigestion
In simple terms how would you describe the disease 'anorexia nervosa'?
Compulsive slimming
In the human body where would you find a ''stirrup''?
In the ear - it is a small bone
What form of illness caused the Black Death in the 14th century.
Bubonic Plague
What is 'alopecia'?
Baldness
What drug is obtained from the 'cinchona' tree?
Quinine
From which plant do we obtain the drug 'belladonna'?
Deadly Nightshade
What is the common name for the disease called 'trismus' - a form of tetanus?
Lock-jaw
In medicine, with what is 'dermatology' concerned?
The study and treatment of diseases of the skin
What would a doctor be trying to find out if he gave you the 'Ishihara Test'?
Whether you were colour-blind or not
What causes sleeping sickness?
The bite of an infected tsetse fly
If a doctor carried out a tracheoctomy - on which part of the body would be operate?
The throat
Symptom that you would find in a female with moushtache ....
Hidsoy Syndrome
Who first introduced mercury into the thermometer?
Fahrenheit
What would you call the shortest distance between any two points on a spherical surface - such as the Earth?
Geodesic
Which famous inventor was called "The Wizard of Menlo Park"? His lab was in Menlo Park, NJ.
Thomas Alva Edison
Which element in 1898 was named after the country of Marie Curie's birth?
Polonium
What is the name given to the flexible chain made up of 26 bones in the human body?
Backbone
What is the name given to the volume of air inspired and expired during each breath?
Tidal Volume
What is the name associated with water that contains a high proportion of Deuterium?
Heavy Water
What are tiny air sacs in the lungs known as?
Alveoli
Which precious stone was thought to be solidified dewdrops or tears?
Pearls
Which is the second hardest substance in the world?
Salt
Which British inventor developed the hovercraft?
Sir Christopher Cockerell
In which field of invention was Sir Frank Whittle a pioneer?
Jet propulsion
George Eastman was an American industrialist and inventor. In which field of activity did he make considerable advances?
Photography - he founded the Kodak Company
What was the invention, which began with experiments to aid the deaf?
Telephone.
Where did the Wright brothers make their first historic flight in a powered aircraft in 1903?
Kill Devil Hill - Kittyhawk - North Carolina - U.S.A.
Igor Ivan Sikorsky was a Russian inventor. In what field did he specialise?
Aviation, particularly helicopters
Who is generally accepted as being the inventor of the telescope?
Hans Lippershey in 1608 (Galileo improved the invention)
What did Sir Rowland Hill introduce in Britain in 1840?
The Penny Post
Give the year (within ten years) of the first successful parachute jump by Andre Garnerin.
1797
How many planets in our solar system have only one moon?
One - planet Earth
What famous hypothesis was put forward by Nicholas Copernicus in 1543?
That the sun was the center of our Universe not the Earth
Which major planet was discovered in 1846?
Neptune
The earth is approximately 7,900 miles in diameter. Which other planet in our solar system is similar in size, with a diameter of 7,519 miles?
Venus
What are the 'Northern Lights' otherwise known as?
Aurora Borealis
What is remarkable about the direction of a comet's tail?
It always points away from the sun
Give another name for the star constellation known as 'The Great Bear'?
Ursa Major - The Plough - Charlie's Wain
In astronomy, what is the 'big bang theory'?
The generally accepted theory of the origin of the Universe that it came into being as the result of a gigantic explosion
Which is the nearest star to our sun?
Proxima Centauri
Which planet in our Solar system is closest to the Sun?
Mercury
How many complete revolutions does the moon make around the earth in a calendar year?
13 (and a small bit)
Which Planet has a great red spot?
Jupiter
Neil Armstrong was the first man to set foot on the surface of the moon - but who was the second?
Colonel Edwin (Buzz) Aldrin
The Oedipus Complex is where a mother is in love with her son. What are The Electra Complex and the Phaedra Complex?
Respectively, where Father & Daughter have a bond. And where step-parent & step-child have a bond.
Which organ in the human eye acts as a type of blinds that allow rays of lights to beam through them?
Cornea
Which dinosaur had a size - 5 times the length of today's elephant?
Supersaurus
Which was the earliest metal used by civilized man?
Bronze
Which apparatus measures the distance one has traveled by the number of steps he took?
Pedometer
What are asthmatic patients most likely to breathe through during the course of an attack?
Mouth
Other than water, what is the only substance served in restaurants that has Zero calories per 100 grams?
Club Soda :with bicarbonate dissolved in water, it has no calorific value at all...
Nutritionally, what does jaggery have that sugar does not ?
Iron
Traditionally, the leaves of what tree are supposed to improve your singing voice ?
Tamarind
Beside being a soap, what is a Lux ?
It is the unit of illumination
In corn and barley, the 'cobs' have a beard like outgrowth. Called?
Awn
The stigma of the crocus plant is well known by what name?
Saffron
Deficiencies of what vitamin are the rarest?
Vitamin K : Enough is usually produced by intestinal bacteria
What is the only significant nutritional advantage of chewing betel leaves, in the form of paan ?
The leaves are smeared with slaked lime: Calcium
In medicine, what is an Anomaloscope used for?
To test for color blindness.
In WW II, what were Faith, Hope and Charity?
The three antiquated Gloster Gladiator fighters which doggedly defended Malta against a vastly technically and numerically superior enemy force.
Which chemical elements are respectively named after the earth and the moon?
Earth - Tellurium. Moon – Selenium
What is Sildenafil Citrate better known as? Also, name the company that produces it.
Viagra, produced by Pfizer
Name the world's first passive communications satellite (a satellite which merely receives signals from the earth and bounces them back to distant regions). For your information, the first active communications satellite was Telstar.
Echo – I
Only one asteroid orbits between the Sun and Mercury. What is it called? (Hint - it's name is quite aptly derived from Greek mythology).
Icarus (Icarus in Greek myth flew too close to the sun).
Who is said to have discovered the principles of electricity?
William Gilbert in the 16th century
Which astronomer is responsible for calculating (in 1927) the mass and size of our galaxy and the sun's distance from its centre. He did so by observing the observing the obscure movements of stars around the centre of the Milky Way.
His team mapped the spiral shape of the galaxy from radio waves given out by inter-stellar hydrogen. He is most famous however for postulating the presence of an astronomical phenomenon that now bears his name.Jan Hendrik Oort (who predicted the presence of the Oort Cloud, a vast swarm of comets at the edge of the solar system).
No heat will flow between any two bodies that are at the same temperature. What is this basic fact of Physics known as?The Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics
Antoine Lavoisier, in his treatise Methods of Chemical Nomenclature (1787) established a certain convention. What?
Naming compounds after their constituent elements (eg. NaCl is Sodium Chloride)
Twelve people have done this. And the last of them was Eugene Cernan. What is it that these 12 people have done?
WALKED ON THE MOON (not acceptable: "landed on the moon," "been on the moon")
Your funny bone is actually a nerve, and that nerve is named for your elbow bone. What is that bone?
ULNA
Which creature is the only mammal to have a shell?
Armadillo
Which animal has the same name as one of the deadly sins?
Sloth
Which is only regiment of the French Army in which Frenchmen are banned from serving?
Foreign Legion
Who was the inventor of vulcanized rubber?
Charles Goodyear
Name the scientist who invented the steamship in 1807?
Robert Fulton
Which group of plants are the only one to grow on ice and snow?
Oryophytes
Which group of substances prevents clotting of blood?
Anticoagulants
Which animal is capable of self amputation of a part of it's own body?
lizard
To which group of organisms does the types of Scorpions, Spiders, Ticks, Mites and King Crab belong?
Arachnida
Which famous philosopher of Greece maintained that the earth goes round the sun and not vice versa?
Aristarchus
