Loaded Questions 5/5/22 - Science
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1. What American physicist won the Nobel Prize in 1927 for his 1923 discovery of the scattering of a photo after an interaction with a charged particle (like an electron)?
2. Developed in the 1960s, dual inheritance theory states that human behavior is the product of two evolutionary processes: genetic evolution and what evolution?
3. What Dutch computer scientist (1930-2002) is the namesake of an algorithm used to finding the shortest path from a node in a graph?
4. Trismus is the scientific name of what condition, whose last three letters is the body part that it affects?
5. British physicist Gordon Dobson is remembered for his work on what chemical compound, and names a unit that measures this compound?
6. Spanish moss and pineapples are members of what family of monocot flowering plants?
7. Which two fundamental particles are classified as massless?
8. What name is given to a 3.5% to 26% concentration of salt in water?
9. What German-Russian climatologist is best known for a climate classification where Af = Tropical rainforest climate and BWh = Hot desert climate?
10. What 16th century Swiss physician and alchemist is sometimes credited as "the father of toxicology"? Among his ideas, he proposed how to make a homunculus.
11. Quetzals are members of what family of birds, with bright colors? Their name comes from the Greek for "nibbling" as they gnaw holes in trees to make a nest.
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1. What American physicist won the Nobel Prize in 1927 for his 1923 discovery of the scattering of a photo after an interaction with a charged particle (like an electron)? Arthur Compton
2. Developed in the 1960s, dual inheritance theory states that human behavior is the product of two evolutionary processes: genetic evolution and what evolution? Cultural evolution
3. What Dutch computer scientist (1930-2002) is the namesake of an algorithm used to finding the shortest path from a node in a graph? Edsger Dijkstra
4. Trismus is the scientific name of what condition, whose last three letters is the body part that it affects? Lockjaw
5. British physicist Gordon Dobson is remembered for his work on what chemical compound, and names a unit that measures this compound? Ozone
6. Spanish moss and pineapples are members of what family of monocot flowering plants? Bromeliads
7. Which two fundamental particles are classified as massless? Gluons, photons
8. What name is given to a 3.5% to 26% concentration of salt in water? Brine
9. What German-Russian climatologist is best known for a climate classification where Af = Tropical rainforest climate and BWh = Hot desert climate? Wladimir Köppen
10. What 16th century Swiss physician and alchemist is sometimes credited as "the father of toxicology"? Among his ideas, he proposed how to make a homunculus. Paracelsus
11. Quetzals are members of what family of birds, with bright colors? Their name comes from the Greek for "nibbling" as they gnaw holes in trees to make a nest. Trogon