Science & Technology trivia questions
2055 multiple-choice Science & Technology trivia questions with four options and the answer.
- What is the constellation Ursa Major commonly known as?
- Which of the following is NOT a constellation of the Zodiac (the ring of constellations that the sun passes through each year)?
- What large and obvious summer asterism do Vega, Deneb, and Altair form?
- In what year did 23-year-old American Clyde Tombough discover Pluto, or Planet X, as it was termed then?
- Which of these statements is NOT true about Pluto?
- Spectroscopic analysis revealed that Plutos surface is composed mainly of this element.
- Which is the wrong statement about the features of Plutos orbit?
- What is unusual about Plutos three known moons compared to other moons in the Solar System?
- What feature would Pluto develop if placed as near to the Sun as Earth is?
- The reclassification of Pluto as a dwarf planet in 2006 caused the emerging of what?
- How do viruses reproduce?
- In virology, what does the term vector refer to?
- Virus fossils from several thousand years ago show what about the origin of viruses?
- When infected by a virus, the bodies of animals and humans start producing a special hormone - interferon. How does interferon help the organism fight virus infections?
- Which of the following is not one of the defense mechanisms against viruses in humans?
- Which stage of the virus life-cycle restricts it to infecting only a certain species (or group) of organisms?
- Which of these is not one of the methods used by viruses to make the host cell release the newly produced viruses?
- Approximately how many trees does it take to make one ton of paper?
- The first week of June, 2007 was Recycle Now week in England. Which of these events was featured in its program?
- In 2002, a college research team built a 42-foot bridge across the Raritan River. What were the beams for the bridge made from?
- The boat Earthrace made an attempt to break the record for a circumnavigation of the Earth. It also made voyages to promote the use of bio-fuels. Which of these is one of the substances used to make the bio-diesel, that powers the boat?
- On January 31, 2008, China announced that it will recycle these to resurface roads.
- Which of these companies recycled old sneakers to make tennis courts?
- Isao Miyoshi is a very clever recycler from Japan. What did he recycle?
- Fiberfill is used to make ski jackets. What can be recycled to make enough Fiberfill for one ski jacket?
- Approximately how much paper does the average American use in one year?
- Approximately what percentage of Americas waste is paper?
- Carbon dioxide is a very common pollutant. Approximately how much carbon dioxide is produced by the average American each year?
- Luiz Bispo built a floating house for about $170. How is his house able to float?
- In Mannheim, Germany, people began recycling this.