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Senior Science Quiz Final 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. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Senior Science QuizFinal 2010
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Round 1
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What term is used to describe the variety of life on earth?
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How many micrometers in a kilometer?
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Name the Austrian monk
who did pioneering work
on the mechanism of
heredity.
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Identify this molecule
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BCG is used to immunise against which disease?
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The mass of gemstones and pearls is commonly measured in which units?
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Round 2
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Name the ‘cuddle hormone’ linked to mother-baby bonding or ‘love’.
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Identify the chemical used to remove CO2 in flask 1?
To demonstrate respiration
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Infrared light has a wavelength that is too long or too short to be
visible for humans
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George Johnstone Stoney, is associated with which subatomic particle?
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Acetone is found in nail varnish remover.
Name an isomer of acetone
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Name the technique used to separate DNA fragments using an electric current applied to a gel matrix.
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Round 3Crossword
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Round 4
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Mark Zuckerberg is credited with developing which global phenomenon?
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Nappy rash is caused by the decomposition of urine into this chemical. What is it called?
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Identify these microscopic cells
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Convert 0.4g/L into ppm
25
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Name this protein
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Name the American scientist who determined the charge on the electron
using oil drop experiment
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Round 5
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Robert Edwards won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 2010.
For which development?
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Name this distribution curve that shows how the energies of particles varies at a particular
temperature.
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Hadron particles can be divided into two families,
Mesons are one name the other
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Name the two Irish Scientists who put forward the
Cohesion-Adhesion Theory
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Write in order of increasing boiling point these four
compounds
butanol butanal butane
butanoic acid
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Identify two compounds found in unpolluted air
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Round 6
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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?
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Which element is common to each of these substances?
Marble
Glucose
Methane
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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.
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Name the English scientist widely credited as a pioneer of vaccines
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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?
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If the pressure on 300 litres of gas is doubled, what according to Boyle’s law is the new volume?
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Round 7
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Down’s Syndrome is caused by an extra copy of which chromosome?
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Catalytic cracking of dodecane results in three products.Given pentane and 2-methyl-propene, name the other alkene.
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Malaria is caused by a parasite Plasmodium. Name the vector host used to transmit it.
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Acetylsalicylic acid is taken in low doses by suffers of angina to prevent blood clots. It is more commonly known as what?
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What physical phenomenon was responsible for the Galloping Gertie
disaster?
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Pick the odd one out
* Tooth decay
* Appendicitis
* Food poisoning
* Influenza
* Pneumonia
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Round 8
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Which transition metal was the centre of controversy in the film Erin Brockovich?
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A harmless pill given to patients in a control group.Name it?
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Prolonged bed rest can cause tiredness because active cell organelles are converted into an inactive form. Name the cell organelle.
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Give the IUPAC name of polystyrene
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This apparatus is used to demonstrate
which law in physics?
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TLC is used to separate dyes taken from fibres in forensics.
What is TLC?