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	Normal Science & Technology Quiz *1 - What is El Nino?* The surname given to Ventura Reyes Prósper A major warming of the equatorial waters in the Pacific Ocean A particularly damaging type of hurricane The nine forms the Ebola disease can take 2 - Roughtly how long ago did the Sun form? One hundred and twenty million years ago One billion years ago Five billions years ago Twelve billions years ago 3 - What is a prion? A neutrally-charged elementary particle A protein believed to be responsible for the Creutzfeld-Jakob disease A GPS-controlled Chinese anti-aircraft missile A radio-active element used in certain atomic calculators 4 - What is a micro-kernel? A new breed of genetically engineered corn A computer operating system that provides a minimal set of services A theory in fundamental particle physics involving immutable laws A philosophical premise that says that one should have as few axioms or assumptions as possible 5 - Richard Feynman is a famous: Chemist Bioligist Physicist Engineer 6 - Who created the periodic table of the elements? Mendeleyev Avogadro Dalton Bertholet 7 - Who allegedly invented a mechanism where a pipe fitted in spiral inside a tube will raise water or grain when turned? William Gilbert William Bickford Ctesibius Archimedes 8 - What is the name of Pluto's satellite? Centaur Charon Chronos Pluto does not have a satelite 9 - Which of the following companies has not developed an 'Office suite' of programs for the Windows OS? Lotus Microsoft Corel Oracle 10 - How many pairs of chromosomes does a human usually have? 18 23 36 46 11 - What is the most abundant gas in the atmosphere? (di)Nitrogen (di)Oxygen Water Vapor Carbon Dioxide 12 - Who developed the laws of electromagnetic induction? Ohm Volta Faraday Ampere 13 - Who discovered Charon, the satellite of Pluto? Percival Lowell James Christy Clyde Tombaugh James van Allen 14 - What are the four bases found in deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)? oxygen, phosphate, ribose, cytosine purine, pyrimadine, ribose, uracil guanine, cytosine, adenine, thymine ribose, oxygen, nucleic acid, phosphate 15 - How many more times heavier is the Sun than the Earth? 35 3500 350,000 35,000,000 16 - For what accomplishment did Einstein receive a Physic Nobel Prize? The discovery of the Law of the Photoelectric Effect The Theory of Special Relativity The Theory of General Relativity The discovery of radio-activity 17 - Who first observed the moons of Jupiter? Johannes Kepler Galileo Eratosthenes Copernicus 18 - Refraction is due to: Light changing frequency Light changing speed Light changing brightness Light changing phase 19 - If a phenomenom has a periodicity of 6 miliseconds, it has a frequency of: 600 mhz 6 hz 1.66 hz 166 hz 20 - What does the first Moore's law state? The number of transistors that can be fitted per square inch doubles every 18 month The speed of microprocessors doubles every year The cost of a microprocessor is inversly proportional to the size of its market The energy needed by a processor is increased by half for every doubling of performance Homepage