Quiz 2 2014

What chemical element is needed to make the lenses of thermal cameras? Uranium, beryllium, lithium, germanium?

Which of the following is not one of the three parts of cell theory? 1 Cell is the basic unit of structure and function in all living things, 2 cells only come from other pre-existing cells by cell division, 3call living things are made of cells, 4 all cells have similar structures, processes and functions

Desert biomes receive how much rain each year? Less than 25 cm, 50-100 cm, 26-50 cm, 100-200 cm

Zooshare will be using food waste and what else in their biogas plant at the Toronto zoo. Algae, grass clippings, wood chips, poop from zoo animals

What type of imaging do pregnant women often undergo to see their unborn babies? Mri, ct, xray, ultrasound

Which is an example of spectacular reflection? Light reflecting of a dry road, light reflecting off grass, light reflecting off a calm pond, light reflecting off snow

What is the name for the part of the flower than contains the ovary? Carpel, petal, stamen, sepal

What would you find at the center of the earth? Dinosaurs, solid iron and some nickle, an alien base, hot semi-solid rock

what is the spectroscope on an astronomical camera similar to? A motor, a prism, a mirror, a lens?

What do you need in order to break a code? Skeleton key, hammer, encryption key, lock pick

a four man bobsled team want to try different seating patterns, how many choices of patterns do they have?

What travels at 299 792 458 m/s

What is the unit used by most pressure gauges in North America to measure air pressure in tires? Pascal, bar, torr, psi

What is the order for a mine’s life cycle?

Which part of these plant parts is NOT a fruit? Peanut in it’s shell, tomato, grain of wheat, stalk of celery

An ice cream parlour has 3 flavours and 4 topings, how many different sundaes can you have with one flavour of icecream and one topping?

What do many plants in a boreal forest work together with to get the most nutrients they can out of soil? Birds, worms, squirrels, mycorrhizal fungi

Which is a biome found in Canada? Desert, tropical rainforest, boreal forest/taiga, savana

Grote Reber is the first person to have built which type of telescope? Radio, reflecting, refracting, x-ray

What does a functional MRI (fMRI) machine measure? Healing of bones, changes in blood flow in the brain, growth of the brain, changes in tumour size

What is the name of the flat part of the leaf? Petiole, lamina, node, internode

What is the term for when crust material is pushed downwards into the mantle? Obduction, extrusive, intrusive, subduction

lithotripsy is a process by which ultrasound is used to remove fat, observe blood flow, break up kidney and gallstones, look for tumours

Using a Caesar cipher and a downward shift of 5 letters what would be the cipher for house?