Science & Technology trivia questions
2055 multiple-choice Science & Technology trivia questions with four options and the answer.
- This computer engineer and co-founder of Apple Computer is often credited with developing the first mass-market home computers.
- Which was the first version of Microsoft Windows to support Plug and Play?
- If the optimal body habitus for hot climates is tall and slender, what is one possible condition explaining pygmies?
- Which of the following is correct?
- Which of the following modern diseases evolved as a protection against malaria?
- Which of the following primates is the closest related to humans? (That is, this primate has more DNA in common with humans than any other living creature does.)
- Dark skin contains melanin, which is a dark pigment in the skin. The purpose for melanin is to protect the skin from harmful effects of ultraviolet sunlight, which include skin cancer. What evolutionary advantage does light skin have?
- The Arecibo Observatory, located approximately 12 miles south-southwest from Arecibo, Puerto Rico, is notable for owning the worlds largest single-aperture telescope of this type.
- The main purpose of the observatory located on the north shore of Big Bear Lake in the San Bernardino Mountains, California is studying what?
- The Hubble Space Telescope in orbit around the Earth has become one of the most important telescopes in the history of astronomy since its launch in 1990. It doesnt work in which one of these wavelength regimes?
- Which of the following historical sites did not serve as a kind of observatory in the past?
- Which of these islands is known as the location of numerous important world observatories?
- This observatory, located at Mauna Kea, Hawaii, uses two telescopes equipped with adaptive optics.
- The Very Large Array (VLA) is a radio astronomy observatory located on the Plains of San Augustin, USA, consisting of what number of separate radio antennae?
- NASAs Chandra space observatory launched on July 23, 1999 uses what type of telescopes?
- Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory is a complex of astronomical telescopes and instruments, located on the territory of which country?
- All planets, comets and asteroids orbit around the Sun. What percentage of the Solar Systems mass does the Sun account for?
- This tasteless, colorless and odorless chemical element makes up most of the Suns volume (approx. 92%).
- The surface temperature of the Sun is 5,780 K, which makes it white. Why does the Sun appear yellow from the surface of the Earth?
- The Sun is a main sequence star and as such generates energy by this process, joining hydrogen nuclei together into helium.
- This commercially available non-toxic gas makes up 25% of the Suns mass. It is used in deep diving to reduce the effects of narcosis.
- What is referred to as the solar apex?
- Ancient Greek astronomer Aristarchus was the first person to present the theory that the sun is at the center of the solar system (heliocentrism). However in the 16th century, this Polish astronomer was first to formulate a scientifically based heliocentric study.
- Most cultures have a solar diety, someone who represents the Sun. Who is the chief solar diety in Hinduism?
- This is the most diverse and abundant group of organisms on Earth. Its members reproduce so fast that they can double their number as quickly as every 10 minutes.
- Which of the following is the natural habitat of the bacteria?
- The members of only one of these types of microorganisms have a cell nucleus. Which are they?
- Name the longest bone in the body.
- Name the ligament that attaches to the head of the femur and the acetabulum.
- The largest semilunar cartilages, also called the menisci, are located in this part of the body.