Science Bowl For Middle School

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Namethe British physicist who showed an atom's positive charge was centralized inthe nucleus (as opposed to what was theorized in J.J. Thomson's"Plum-Pudding" Model) by firing particles at a thin sheet of gold.

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Ernest Rutherford sheet

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Namethe effect which Einstein's quantum theory of light attempts to explain.

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Photoelectric Effect

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Whatis the name given to the chaotic motion of floating particles, explained byEinstein in terms of an atomic theory of matter?

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Brownian Motion

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Whowas able to measure the charge on an electron (albeit with an 0.5% error)through his oil-drop experiment?

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Millikan

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Whatis the alternative name given to electrophiles (reactivity can be explainedusing the HSAB theory)?

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Lewis Acid

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Namethe Class of objects that absorb all electromagnetic radiation (supported andmodeled by the Stefan-Boltzmann law)

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Black Bodies

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Whatis the name given to hadrons comprised of two (2) quarks bound together?

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Mesons

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Whatis the name given to hadrons comprised of three (3) quarks bound together?

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Baryons

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Einstein'sself-termed "biggest blunder"; the name of the constant he developedto keep the universe at a steady rate (as opposed to expanding) in hisequations

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Cosmological Constant

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Namethe type of matter which includes MACHOS and WIMPs, predicted by theEinstein-de Sitter model

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Dark Matter

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Whichgas is called as triatomic pale blue gas?

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Ozone

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Whois the Author of 1960 dissertation "Physical Studies of the Planets"(later found to be flawed), and the novel Contact

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Carl Sagan

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Whatare the particles which have 1/3 the charge of an electron, and have six"flavors", each has a color, and they are never found singularly

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Quarks

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JohnB. Watson provided empirical evidence of classical conditioning (such asPavlov's experiments) when he conducted an experiment on what 11-month-oldinfant?

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Little Albert (OrAlbert B)

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Namethis scientific principle: Only two electrons can occupy a given orbital, and bothmust have opposite spins.

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[Pauli] ExclusionPrinciple

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Namethe scientist who stated Logical maxim stating that simpler explanations ofphenomena are to be preferred: expressed by Aquinas and Newton

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Occam's Razor

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Whois the only person to win 2 individual Nobel prizes; famous for studying moleculesand biological chemistry (proteins)

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Linus Pauling

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Namethe scientist who proposed the scientific principle: As protons are added tothe nucleus to build up the elements, electrons must also be added to thelowest energy orbital

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Aufbau Principle

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Whoproposed the theory that “The electrostatic force between two ions in an ionicbond; states that the force of attraction or repulsion of two ions is directlyproportional to the product of their charges and inversely proportional to thesquare of the distance between them (law)”

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Coulomb's Law

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WhoWon Nobel Prizes for research with semiconductors and superconductivity

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John Bardeen

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Namethe Professor at University of Chicago who developed radiocarbon dating in 1949

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Libby

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Namethe Forms around a black hole and is made of material being sucked towards theevent horizon

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Accretion Disk (ThankYou, Stargate)

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Insteadof forming a black hole, a star may become this if it has insufficient mass

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Neutron Star(Remember This Because Of Jimmy Neutron, He Has Insufficient Mass Because He'sSo Small)

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Correctedby Maxwell, who added displacement current into the equation. Name this law,named after its discoverer (who also is the namesake of the SI unit of current).

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Ampere's Law

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Namethis quantity (1.4 solar masses), which is the point at which white dwarfsbecome supernovae

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Chandrasekhar Limit

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Nameof an alloy of tin and copper

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Bronze

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Whatis the limit to which we can know the position and momentum of a particle at agiven time.

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[Heisenberg]Uncertainty Principle

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Namethe unit of electricity signaling speed equal to one pulse per second

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Baud

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Characterizedby an oxygen atom linking 2 hyrdocarbon groups - epoxides are cyclic compoundsof?

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Ether

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Namethe scientist who wrote "On Floating Bodies," "Method ofMechanical Theorems", and "The Sphere and the Cylinder"

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Archimedes

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Namethe Type of atom which is unstable, whose propogation with in unpaired electionis stopped using antioxidants (found by Gomberg in 1900 at U of M)

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Free Radicals

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Whatis the point at which a mixture of 2 or more elements has a lower melting pointthan any of its constituents. (A mixture at this point will freeze coherentlyat a given temperature)

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Eutectic Point

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Whatis the method of Psychology: that produces hypermnesia, in which "repressed"memories might be recalled. Coined by James Braid, popularized by FriedrichMesmer

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Hypnosis

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Namethe element that is also known as Protium, discovered by Henry Cavendish

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Hydrogen

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Namethe term known as the lambda (that's an L), temperature threshold for itsoccurance can be found on a graph of specific heat capacity versus temperature,property of helium-4

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Superfluidity

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Givethe names for the first and second numbers in a blood pressure reading

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First: SystolicSecond: Diastolic

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Whodiscovered EM waves

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Hertz

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Whodeveloped the Law of Partial Pressures

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Dalton

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Whatweather phenomenon causes more deaths in the U.S. annually than any otherexcept lightning?

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Tornadoes

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What is given to wood whose normalcells have been replaced with mineral deposits?

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Petrified Wood

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Unlike rodents, the rabbit has how many incisorteeth?

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Four

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To what familiar fruit is the plantain similar?

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Banana

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What U.S. President was recognized as aworld authority on American game animals?

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Theodore Roosevelt

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How many men have walked on the moon?

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Twelve

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In what country does the greatest number oftornadoes occur?

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United States (Central AndSoutheastern Portions)

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What wonder drug was used for threeyears by the Army and Navy before becoming available to the general public in1944?

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Penicillin

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Whichsea is the saltiest natural lake and is also at the lowest elevation on theface of the earth?

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The Dead Sea

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Thescarab, worshipped by the Egyptians, is what type of beetle?

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Dung Beetle

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Wcloud at ground level is called what?

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Fog

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Whatinvention in about 1450 A.D. revolutionized communication and the world?

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The Printing Press

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Whatis the name for the new technology whereby a glass fiber carries as muchinformation as hundreds of copper wires?

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Fiber Optics (Opto-Electronics)

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Whatmammal lays eggs?

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Platypus

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Linseedoil comes from what plant?

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Flax

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Whatis the name of the largest North American terrestrial rodent, distinguished byits spiny covering?

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Porcupine

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Linenis made from what plant?

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Flax

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Whatis arachnology?

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StudyOf Arachnids (Accept: Study Of Spiders Or Scorpion Or Relatives Of Spiders)

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Whatis another name for the Paleolithic Age?

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The Stone Age

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Whatnocturnal animal group makes up one-fourth of all mammals species?

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Bats Or Chiroptera

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Whatis the name of the whale that has a long protruding tusk?

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Narwhal

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Howmany time zones are there on Earth?

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Twenty-Four

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Whatland mammal holds the record for the greatest age?

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Man

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Whatis the better known name for the deadly poison prussic acid?

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Cyanide Or Hydrogen Cyanide

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Whatcolorless, pungent gas is often dissolved in water to yield a solution that isused as a biological preservative?

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Formaldehyde

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Whatis the rest mass of a photon?

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Zero

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Whatyellow metal is an alloy of copper and zinc?

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Brass

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Whatis the name given to the process, discovered by Goodyear, of adding sulfur toheated rubber?

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Vulcanization

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Usedprimarily in fertilizers, which element is never found free in nature eventhough it makes up about 2.5% of the earth's crust?

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Potassium

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Whatelement, whose symbol derived from the Latin for "liquid silver", hasbeen found in Egyptian tombs from 1500 B.C.?

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Mercury

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Whatpoisonous alkaloid is extracted from tobacco leaves and widely used as aninsecticide?

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Nicotine

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Whatis the name for steel alloyed with chromium?

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Stainless Steel

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Tablesugar, from sugar cane or beet, is what type of sugar?

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Sucrose Or Disaccharide Or Saccharose

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Namethe first woman to travel in space.

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(Valentinw) Tereshkova

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Whatis the name given to the invasion of warm surface waters off the Peruvian coastthat has been identified with strange climactic effects in recent years?

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El Ni¥O

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Occasionally,a bad cold will cause a decrease in a person’s hearing ability. What is thename of the tube that becomes blocked to cause this problem?

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Eustachian Tube (Pron: Yu-Sta-Shen)

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Namethe general type of mammal that gives birth to undeveloped young that are kept inpouches.

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Marsupial

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Ina musical instrument that produces a fundamental note, what would thewavelength of the second harmonic be relative to the fundamental?

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Wavelength Would Be One-Half TheFundamental

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Whatis the subdivision in the Plant Kingdom comprising over 20,000 species ofMosses and Liverworts?

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Bryophytes (Pron: Bri-Eh-Fites)

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Namethe medical term given to the inflammation of infection of the mucous membranesof the nose.

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Rhinitis

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Wutomobilecatalytic converters cause the carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons which resultfrom incomplete combustion to be converted into what two substances?

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Carbon Dioxide (Co2) And Water (H2o)

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Thefollowing are the names of man-made structures in the United States. Identifythe type of structure. Hungry Horse, Yellowtail, Dworshak, Don Pedro, Cougar,Glen Canyon, Grand Coulee and Hoover. Name the type of structure.

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Dams

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Whatcompound is a common component of air pollution, but is essential in the upperatmosphere to protect life on earth?

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Ozone

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Whatis osteoporosis?

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ItIs Loss Of Calcium From Bones

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Namethe phase of quartz consistently found in meteorite impact craters, but rarelyfound in non-meteorite-related geological formations.

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Stishovite

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Atwhat point are the Celsius and Fahrenheit scales equal?

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-40 Degrees

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Usingthe fewest names of the members of this family, identify the tree family whichincludes among its members the: Fink, myrtle, turkey, jacks, laurel, white,live and pin. Name the tree family.

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Oak

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Usingthe fewest names of the members of this family, identify the tree family whichincludes among its members the: Pignut, scarit, mockernut, bitternut, black andshagbark. Name the tree family.

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Hickory

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Usingthe fewest names of the members of this family, identify the tree family whichincludes among its members the: Chinese, cut-leaved, manchurian, persian,english, black and american. Name the tree family.

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Walnut

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Namethe famous mathematician/physicist who was born in the year Galileo died.

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(Isaac) Newton

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Thislarge bird of prey is related to the eagle. The bird is found on all continents.Three species, the swallow-tailed, white-tailed and the Mississippi are foundin North America. What creatures travel in gaggles?

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Geese

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Membersof the order Apodes, these elongated slender fishes are without pelvic fins andin some species lack pectoral or median What is a shark's skeleton made of?

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Cartilage

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Whatcreature do the Galapagos Islands take their name from?

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Tortoise

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Whatis the only venomous British snake?

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Adder

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Whatis shed when you desquamate?

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Skin Or Epidermal Cells

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Whatare the only places that dogs have sweat glands?

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Nose And Paws

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Whatbody function are rats unable to do which makes them extra vulnerable topoison?

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Vomit

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NameTHREE TECHNIQUES for removing particulates from flue gas produced from thecombustion of coal?

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(1)Electrostatic Precipitation (Esp), (2) Fabric Filter Or Baghouse (3) WetScrubbers, (4) Mechanical Collectors Or Cyclones

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NameTWO sorbents which are used in conventional wet scrubbing processes to removeSO2 produced by combusting coal.

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(1)Lime, (2) Limestone, (3) Sodium Sulfite Or Naco3 Or Naoh

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NameTHREE gaseous components produced when coal is combusted.

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(1)Co2, (2) So2, (3) Nox, (4) H2o

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Themajority of the U.S. electricity generating plant use what thermodynamic cycle?

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Rankine

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Whichcontinent has the largest known deposits of coal?

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NorthAmerica