Senior Science Quiz Final 2010

1. Senior Science QuizFinal 2010

2. Round 1

3. What term is used to describe the variety of life on earth?

4. How many micrometers in a kilometer?

5. Name the Austrian monk who did pioneering work on the mechanism of heredity.

6. Identify this molecule

7. BCG is used to immunise against which disease?

8. The mass of gemstones and pearls is commonly measured in which units?

9. Round 2

10. Name the ‘cuddle hormone’ linked to mother-baby bonding or ‘love’.

11. Identify the chemical used to remove CO2in flask 1? To demonstrate respiration

12. Infrared light has a wavelength that is too long or too short to be visible for humans

13. George JohnstoneStoney, is associated with which subatomic particle?

14. Acetone is found in nail varnish remover.Name an isomer of acetone

15. Name the technique used to separate DNA fragments using an electric current applied to a gel matrix.

16. Round 3Crossword

21. Round 4

22. Mark Zuckerbergis credited with developing which global phenomenon?

23. Nappy rash is caused by the decomposition of urine into this chemical. What is it called?

24. Identify these microscopic cells

25. Convert 0.4g/L intoppm

26. Name this protein

27. Name the American scientist who determined the charge on the electron using oil drop experiment

28. Round 5

29. Robert Edwards won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 2010. For which development?

30. Name this distribution curve that shows how the energies of particles varies at a particular temperature.

31. Hadron particles can be divided into two families, Mesons are one name the other

32. Name the two Irish Scientists who put forward the Cohesion-Adhesion Theory

33. Write in order of increasing boiling point these four compounds butanolbutanal butane butanoic acid

34. Identify two compounds found in unpolluted air

35. Round 6

36. She discovered the mysterious element radium and led the way to a new era for medical knowledge and the treatment of diseases. Who is she?

37. Which element is common to each of these substances? • Marble • Glucose • Methane

38. This salt gives a lilac flamecolour and a brown ring with freshly prepared iron (II) sulphate and a few drops of sulphuric acid. Identify it.

39. Name the English scientist widely credited as a pioneer of vaccines

40. In World War II, silica gel was used to keep penicillin dry, nowadays you find it in a new leather handbag or with new shoes. For which phase of chromatography is it used?

41. If the pressure on 300 litres of gas is doubled, what according to Boyle’s law is the new volume?

42. Round 7

43. Down’s Syndrome is caused by an extra copy of which chromosome?

44. Catalytic cracking of dodecane results in three products.Given pentane and 2-methyl-propene, name the other alkene.

45. Malaria is caused by a parasite Plasmodium. Name the vector host used to transmit it.

46. Acetylsalicylic acid is taken in low doses by suffers of angina to prevent blood clots. It is more commonly known as what?

47. What physical phenomenon was responsible for the Galloping Gertiedisaster?

48. Pick the odd one out* Tooth decay* Appendicitis* Food poisoning* Influenza* Pneumonia

49. Round 8

50. Which transition metal was the centre of controversy in the film Erin Brockovich?