SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY
QUIZ BEE
Easy
EACH QUESTION
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CORRECT ANSWER
QUESTION
1
Which of the following substances is
found in RNA molecules but not in DNA
molecules?
A. adenine
B. thymine
C. deoxyribose
D. ribose
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ANSWER:
D. ribose
QUESTION
2
Iodine is used to test for what substance
found in potatoes?
A. Starch
B. Glucose
C. Proteins
D. Carbohydrates
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ANSWER:
A. starch
QUESTION
3
What kind of energy does an unlit match
have?
A. Thermal Energy
B. Chemical Energy
C. Kinetic Energy
D. Potential Energy
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ANSWER:
B. Chemical energy
QUESTION
4
An airplane accelerates down a runway
𝟐
at 3.20 m/𝒔 for 32.8 s until is finally lifts
off the ground. Determine the distance
traveled before takeoff.
A. 1025 m
B. 1560 m
C. 1720 m
D. 1833 m
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ANSWER:
C. 1720 m
QUESTION
5
Amazon.com does offer a list of bestsellers in
different categories. What is the top selling
category of all times which has been
unshakable ever since its inception in which
total sales have been more than 35% in 2016?
A.Books and Magazine
B.Toys and Collectibles
C.Games and Consoles
D.Food, Gourmet, Vitamins
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ANSWER:
A. Books And
Magazines
QUESTION
6
Who is the Hubble Space Telescope named
after?
A.Charles Hubble
B.Hubble McShay
C.Edwin Hubble
D.Robert Hubble
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ANSWER:
C. Edwin hubble
QUESTION
7
Which were the first elements to form after
the Big Bang started to cool?
A. Uranium and plutonium
B. Carbon and silicon
C. Oxygen and nitrogen
D. Hydrogen and helium
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ANSWER:
D. Hydrogen and
helium
QUESTION
8
Which moon of Saturn has a methane cycle?
A. Mimas
B. Enceleps
C. Titan
D. Enceladus
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ANSWER:
D. enceladus
QUESTION
9
“Spectacles” are smart glasses that capture 10
second video. The glasses will allow the video
to sync wirelessly to a user’s phone for sharing
purposes. Which photo sharing platform
launched spectacles?
A. Snapchat
B. Instagram
C. Flickr
D. Facebook
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ANSWER:
A. Snapchat
QUESTION
10
Plants wilt due to excess of
A. transpiration
B. Photosynthesis
C. Absorption
D. None of these
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ANSWER:
A. Transpiration
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EACH QUESTION
CONSTITUTE AN
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PER
CORRECT ANSWER
QUESTION
1
Which of the following organelles is not
matched with its corresponding function?
A. Ribosome, protein synthesis
B. Nucleolus, ribosome production
C. Golgi apparatus, sugar synthesis
D. Chloroplasts, photosynthesis
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ANSWER:
C. Golgi Apparatus, Sugar
Synthesis
QUESTION
2
What is the product of water and pentyl
ethanoate under acidic conditions?
A. Ethanoic acid and pentanol
B. Butanol and water
C. Ethanoic acid, two equivalents
D. Pentanol, two equivalents
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ANSWER:
A. Ethanoic acid and
pentanol
QUESTION
3
• It occurs when transiently positive/
negative region of molecule of molecule
attract each other
A. Van der waals interaction
B. Cohesion
C. Surface tension
D. Chemical Reaction
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ANSWER:
A. Van der waals
interaction
QUESTION
4
A bullet leaves a riffle with a muzzle velocity of 521
m/s. While accelerating through the barrel of the
rifle, the bullet moves a distance of 0.840 m.
Determine the acceleration of the bullet (assume a
uniform acceleration).
A. 2.62× 105 m /𝑠 2
5 2
B. 1.62× 10 m /𝑠
5 2
C. 1.26 × 10 m /𝑠
5 2
D. 2.26 × 10 m /𝑠
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ANSWER:
5 2
B. 1.62 × 10 m /𝑠
QUESTION
5
Which of the following statements relating to tsunami is/are
correct?
As the tsunami leave the deep water of the open sea and
travel towards shallow water-
I. the speed is reduced considerably
II. they attain enormous height
III. they appear as a gentle rise and fall of the sea
A. I and II
B. II and III
C. I only
D. I, II and III
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ANSWER:
B. II and III
QUESTION
6
A car starts from rest and accelerates
uniformly over a time of 5.21 seconds for a
distance of 110 m. Determine the
acceleration of the car.
A. 12.5 m/𝑠 2
B. 9.4 m/𝑠 2
C. 6.9 m/𝑠 2
D. 8.10 m/𝑠 2
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ANSWER:
2
D. 8.10 m/𝑠
QUESTION
7
It was once recorded that a Jaguar left skid marks
that were 290 m in length. Assuming that the Jaguar
skidded to a stop with a constant acceleration of -
𝟐
3.90 m/ 𝒔 , determine the speed of the Jaguar
before it began to skid.
A. 39.8 m/s
B. 43.3 m/s
C. 47.6 m/s
D. 51.8 m/s
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ANSWER:
C. 47.6 m/s
QUESTION
8
Which US President was recognized as a
world authority on American game
animals?
A. Abraham Lincoln
B. Benjamin Harrison
C. Franklin Roosevelt
D. Theodore Roosevelt
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ANSWER:
D. Theodore Roosevelt
QUESTION
9
Regarding mitosis and cytokinesis, one
difference between higher plants and
animals is that in plants
A. the spindles contain cellulose in addition to microtubules
whereas in animals they do not.
B. sister chromatids are identical, whereas in animals they
differ from one another.
C. a cell plate begins to form at telophase, whereas in animals
a cleavage furrow is initiated at that stage.
D. chromosomes become attached to the spindle at prohpase,
whereas in animals chromosomes do not become attacked
until anaphase.
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ANSWER:
C. a cell plate begins to form at
telophase, whereas in animals a
cleavage furrow is initiated at that
stage.
QUESTION
10
What range of frequencies are usually
referred to as audio frequencies for
humans?
A. 0 to 20 Hertz
B. 20 to 20,000 Hertz
C. 200 to 200,000 Hertz
D. 10,000 to 30,000 Hertz
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ANSWER:
B. 20 to 20,000 Hertz
Difficult
EACH QUESTION
CONSTITUTE AN
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PER
CORRECT ANSWER
QUESTION
1
Rocket-powered sleds are used to test the
human response to acceleration. If a
rocket-powered sled is accelerated to a
speed of 444 m/s in 1.83 seconds, then
what is the acceleration and what is the
distance that the sled travels?
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ANSWER:
a = 243 m/s2 and
d = 406 m
QUESTION
2
One carbon credit
is equivalent to
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ANSWER:
1 000 kg of CO2
QUESTION
3
With what speed in miles/hr
(1 m/s = 2.23 mi/hr) must an object be
thrown to reach a height of 91.5 m
(equivalent to one football field)?
Assume negligible air resistance.
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ANSWER:
94.4 mi/hr
QUESTION
4
The first known cell phone
virus appeared in 2004
is known as
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ANSWER:
Cabir
QUESTION
5
An aeroplane is flying horizontally with a
velocity of 600 km/h and at a height of
1960 m. When it is vertically at a point A
on the ground a bomb is released from it.
The bomb strikes the ground at point B.
The distance AB is
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ANSWER:
3.33 km
QUESTION
6
What month is showing
on the calendar when the
Earth is nearest the sun?
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ANSWER:
January
QUESTION
7
A feather is dropped on the moon from a
height of 1.40 meters. The acceleration of
𝟐
gravity on the moon is 1.67 m/𝒔 .
Determine the time for the feather to fall
to the surface of the moon.
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ANSWER:
t = 1.29 s
QUESTION
8
This game was developed and published by
Nintendo for iOS and Android devices. It was
released first for iOS on December 15, 2016, and
will be released for Android in 2017. It became
the fastest game ever to get 40 million
downloads on Apple app store, reaching the
milestone within four days of launch.
What game is it?
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ANSWER:
Super Mario Run
QUESTION
9
An engineer is designing the runway for an
airport. Of the planes that will use the airport,
the lowest acceleration rate is likely to be 3
m/s2. The takeoff speed for this plane will be
65 m/s. Assuming this minimum acceleration,
what is the minimum allowed length for the
runway?
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ANSWER:
d = 704 m
QUESTION
10
It is a series of autonomous robotic
vacuum cleaners sold by iRobot. It was
introduced in September 2002. As of
February 2014, over 10 million units have
been sold worldwide. It features a set of
basic sensors that enables it to perform its
tasks. What is it?
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ANSWER:
Roomba
Clincher
QUESTION
1
In the Tyndall Effect, the intensity of
scattered radiation is inversely
proportional to the fourth power of the
wavelength. Which one of the following
colors of light would exhibit the most
intense Tyndall scattering?
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ANSWER:
violet
QUESTION
2
A homeowner replaces a 65 watt
incandescent bulb with a 15 watt compact
fluorescent lamp. The light is on 2000
hours a year. If electricity cost 10 cents a
kilowatt-hour, how much money is saved
on the electric bill in one year?
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ANSWER:
$ 10.00
QUESTION
3
Compared to terrestrial
environments, aquatic
environments are more stable in:
A. temperature range
B. producer consumer distribution
C. sunlight absorbed
D. number species
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ANSWER:
A. temperature range
