Science & Technology trivia questions
2055 multiple-choice Science & Technology trivia questions with four options and the answer.
- Where is the femoral artery located?
- Name the anastomotic loop of vessels near the base of the brain.
- Bones in the wrists are called by what name?
- Tarsals are located in what part of the body?
- Which of the following describes the route of pulmonary circulation?
- How long on average does it take for the suns rays to reach earth?
- What animal has the broadest visual color spectrum?
- What place has the maximum amount of sunshine in the US?
- What is the largest number mentioned in the Bible?
- Which animal has the longest gestation period?
- How often does Halleys comet appear?
- How much does human hair grow in a year?
- Which natural disaster claimed the most lives during the second millennium?
- Which of the following travels at the speed of light?
- This term is commonly used to refer to a person who becomes overly upset or angry when confronted with an issue.
- This term refers to a division of the psyche dominated by the pleasure principle.
- This complex is a phase in child development characterized by jealousy and rivalry with the same sex parent.
- This syndrome or disorder occurs after a very traumatic event and has intense symptoms such as reliving the event over and over.
- Of the four nucleotides that make up Deoxyribo-Nucleic Acid (DNA), which of the following is a purine?
- Which of the following models of double-stranded DNA replication proved to be correct?
- What is the name for a unit of DNA usually consisting of regulatory regions and a protein-encoding region?
- Transcription is the process of creating what from the DNA template?
- How many nucleotides of DNA does it take to encode a single amino acid in a given protein?
- This class of enzyme can cut DNA at a specific place, making biotechnology possible.
- What is the three-letter acronym for the Nobel-winning process which allows DNA to be amplified?
- What makes retroviruses such as HIV so unusual with respect to DNA?
- When Dr. Craig Venters private company, Celera, declared that they would beat the Human Genome Project in sequencing all human DNA, what did Venter tell Dr. Francis Collins, director of the HGP?
- The Golgi apparatus found in most eukaryotic cells participates in the sorting and modification of what type of organic compounds?
- The cell has up to several thousands of these tiny organelles scattered in its cytoplasm. They are often called cellular power plants, because they convert organic materials into energy.
- Plastids are major cell organelles found in which of these groups of organisms?