Which of Newton's 3 laws of motion is summed up by the statement 'For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.'?
Newton�s 3rd Law
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When it was created in the 1960's, this piece of technology was called the 'X-Y Position Indicator for Display Systems'. What is it known as today?
A Mouse
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In Fahrenheit, at what temperature does water freeze?
32 degrees fahrenheit
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What does the acronym USB stand for in computing terms?
Universal Serial Bus
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True or false, Jupiter has over 70 moons?
TRUE
It has between 80 and 95 by current counts
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In the human body what is the hallux more commonly known as?
Big toe
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What does a phlebotomist collect?
Blood
It is the term for someone collecting blood for samples/testing in medicine.
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What did Joseph Priestley discover in 1774 (even though it had been around forever)?
Oxygen
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If you were to expose liquid water to the vacuum of space, what would happen to it?
- Boil
- Freeze
- Not be affected at all
Boil
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What is Calcium Carbonate more commonly known as?
Chalk
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Which famous scientist was born on Christmas Day in 1642?
Sir Isaac Newton
in the Julian calendar, in the Gregorian calendar used today, his birthdate would be January 4th, 1643
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What is the name for a triangle that has all of its side different lengths?
Scalene
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What planet in our solar system has the strongest gravity?
Jupiter
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What hormone does the pancreas produce?
Insulin
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Which Gland in the human body regulates metabolism?
Thyroid
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What did Alessandro Volta invent in 1800 that you will all be using regularly in your day to day lives even today?
The Battery
known at the time as a voltaic cell
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An Astronomical Unit is defined as the mean distance between the centres of which 2 objects?
Earth and Sun
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Introduced by Edward Jenner In 1796, what was the first successful vaccine to be developed?
Smallpox
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How many planets in our solar system are not named after a Roman god or goddess?
1 - Earth
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Which branch of physics is devoted to the study of heat and its related phenomena?
Thermodynamics
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Tuberculosis affects which part of the body?
The Lungs
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What is the correct scientific name for laughing gas?
Nitrous Oxide
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What does AM stand for in AM radio?
Amplitude Modulation
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The nucleus of an atom is made up of what 2 subatomic particles?
Proton and Neutron
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What, in the human body, is affected by the disorders known as Thalassemias?
Blood
Thalassemias cause abnormal hemoglobin production, a common symptom is Anemia.
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What name is given to a biological process that sets itself naturally to a 24 hours cycle?
Circadian Rhythm
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The molecule DNA is described as having which shape?
Double helix
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