National Science Congress,KIIT University,Science Quiz-Seniors-Prelims

1. Net Practice-The Prelims….

2. 1. Every phone on the continent of North America was silenced in honor of the man after the conclusion of his funeral. Who is this?

3. 2. The moons of all planet except one are named after Roman and Greek Gods and Goddesses. Which is this exceptional planet? And what are its moons named after?

4. 3. Connect Sailor, Dead Leaf, Paper Kite, Blue Striped Cow, Great Egg Fly

5. 4. Diamonds are the hardest known substance to mankind. But which is the second hardest substance (and does it try harder?)?

7. 6*.This is a scene of a very famous 1920 play. Name the famous play?

8. 7*. What is common between Venus, Uranus and Pluto?

9. 8. Which is the only tissue in the body that does not have any blood vessels attached to it?

10. 9. Which is the only bone in the human body which is not connected to any other bone?

14. 13.How do termites digest wood?

15. 14*. What are the 3 R’s of recycling? _______, ______ & Recycle

23. 22. Who / what gets its name from it?

24. 23 : Identify him. Give me his name or what is he credited for, I will give you points for any of it.

25. Q24 : What’s the connect ?

26. Q.25. This is a popular example of which scientific concept of Sound?

27. 1. Every phone on the continent of North America was silenced in honor of the man after the conclusion of his funeral. Who is this?

28. Prelims Over

29. Let’s Evaluate

30. 1. Every phone on the continent of North America was silenced in honor of the man after the conclusion of his funeral. Who is this?

31. Alexander Graham Bell

32. 2. The moons of all planet except one are named after Roman and Greek Gods and Goddesses. Which is this exceptional planet? And what are its moons named after?

33. The moons of the planet Uranus are named after Shakespearean characters

34. 3. Connect Sailor, Dead Leaf, Paper Kite, Blue Striped Cow, Great Egg Fly

35. All species of butterflies

36. 4. Diamonds are the hardest known substance to mankind. But which is the second hardest substance (and does it try harder?)?

37. Boron Nitride (BN)

40. 6*.This is a scene of a very famous 1920 play. Name the famous play?

42. 7*. What is common between Venus, Uranus and Pluto?

43. All of them have what are known as ‘retrograde’ orbits; that is the sun would rise in the west and set in the east for them.

44. 8. Which is the only tissue in the body that does not have any blood vessels attached to it?

45. The cornea. It gets its oxygen directly from the air. The oxygen first dissolves in tears and then diffuses through the cornea.

46. 9. Which is the only bone in the human body which is not connected to any other bone?

54. 13.How do termites digest wood?

56. 14*. What are the 3 R’s of recycling? _______, ______ & Recycle

71. T9

72. 22. Who / what gets its name from it?

73. YAHOO

74. 23 : Identify him. Give me his name or what is he credited for, I will give you points for any of it.

76. Q24 : What’s the connect ?

79. DOPPLER EFFECT

83. TIE BREAKER

91. Which common modern packaging material was invented in 1957 by sheer chance while engineers were trying to perfect plastic wall paper?

92. The bubble wrap sheets.

114. Welcome One and All…

115. Welcome to Net Practice-The Prelims

118. 1.Identify the below given instrument:- Pic1 – is a home model of the instrument and Pic 2 – is a replica of the first working model of this instrument. Pic-1 Pic-2

120. SEISMOGRAPH Seismograph/seismometer

121. 2.Shown in the picture is the plan of a ship with a special place in the history of science. What is its name.

123. Beagle, Charles Darwin's ship

124. 3.What does the word “Dinosaur” mean? Explain.

127. 4. Expand the acronym: CHAT (used commonly over the Internet).

130. 5. What technology is used to separate heterogenous and liquid mixtures based on the differences in mass of their constituents?

132. Centrifuge

133. 6.

141. Team-One

142. Team-Two

143. Team-Three

144. Team-Four

145. Team-Five

146. Team-Six

148. AV-1-Question Identify the person? Explain the context of this video?

151. AV-2-Question A scientist is often criticised for this? Explain the context of this video?

154. AV-3-Question Identify the person and Why he was in news in the year 2009?

160. TIE-BREAKER

161. 3.This is a Japanese domestic robot made by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, primarily intended to provide companionship to elderly and disabled people. The robot is yellow, 1m tall, and weighs 30 kilograms. It has two arms and its flat, circular base has a diameter of 45 cm. The first hundred went on sale in September, 2005, for USD $14,000. Functions include reminding the user to take medicine on time, and calling for help if it suspects something is wrong. The name given to the robot is the childhood name of Minamoto no Yoshitsune. It was named after him. Name it?

163. Wakamaru