Senior Science Quiz Final 2010
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Senior Science QuizFinal 2010
Round 1
What term is used to describe the variety of life on earth?
How many micrometers in a kilometer?
Name the Austrian monk
who did pioneering work
on the mechanism of
heredity.
Identify this molecule
BCG is used to immunise against which disease?
The mass of gemstones and pearls is commonly measured in which units?
Round 2
Name the ‘cuddle hormone’ linked to mother-baby bonding or ‘love’.
Identify the chemical used to remove CO2 in flask 1?
To demonstrate respiration
Infrared light has a wavelength that is too long or too short to be
visible for humans
George Johnstone Stoney, is associated with which subatomic particle?
Acetone is found in nail varnish remover.
Name an isomer of acetone
Name the technique used to separate DNA fragments using an electric current applied to a gel matrix.
Round 3Crossword
Round 4
Mark Zuckerberg is credited with developing which global phenomenon?
Nappy rash is caused by the decomposition of urine into this chemical. What is it called?
Identify these microscopic cells
Convert 0.4g/L into ppm
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Name this protein
Name the American scientist who determined the charge on the electron
using oil drop experiment
Round 5
Robert Edwards won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 2010.
For which development?
Name this distribution curve that shows how the energies of particles varies at a particular
temperature.
Hadron particles can be divided into two families,
Mesons are one name the other
Name the two Irish Scientists who put forward the
Cohesion-Adhesion Theory
Write in order of increasing boiling point these four
compounds
butanol butanal butane
butanoic acid
Identify two compounds found in unpolluted air
Round 6
She discovered the mysterious element radium and led the way to a new era for medical knowledge and
the treatment of diseases. Who is she?
Which element is common to each of these substances?
Marble
Glucose
Methane
This salt gives a lilac flame colour and a brown ring with freshly prepared iron (II) sulphate and a few drops of sulphuric acid. Identify it.
Name the English scientist widely credited as a pioneer of vaccines
In World War II, silica gel was used to keep penicillin dry, nowadays you find it in a new leather handbag or with new shoes. For which phase of chromatography is it used?
If the pressure on 300 litres of gas is doubled, what according to Boyle’s law is the new volume?
Round 7
Down’s Syndrome is caused by an extra copy of which chromosome?
Catalytic cracking of dodecane results in three products.Given pentane and 2-methyl-propene, name the other alkene.
Malaria is caused by a parasite Plasmodium. Name the vector host used to transmit it.
Acetylsalicylic acid is taken in low doses by suffers of angina to prevent blood clots. It is more commonly known as what?
What physical phenomenon was responsible for the Galloping Gertie
disaster?
Pick the odd one out
* Tooth decay
* Appendicitis
* Food poisoning
* Influenza
* Pneumonia
Round 8
Which transition metal was the centre of controversy in the film Erin Brockovich?
A harmless pill given to patients in a control group.Name it?
Prolonged bed rest can cause tiredness because active cell organelles are converted into an inactive form. Name the cell organelle.
Give the IUPAC name of polystyrene
This apparatus is used to demonstrate
which law in physics?
TLC is used to separate dyes taken from fibres in forensics.
What is TLC?