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Senior Science Quiz 2011 Saturday 26 th November

Senior Science Quiz 2011 Saturday 26 th November. Round 1. 1. UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) & IUPAC have designated 2011 as International Year of Chemistry. What does IUPAC stand for?. 2. What would you hurt if you were kicked in the tarsus ?.

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Senior Science Quiz 2011 Saturday 26 th November

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  1. Senior Science Quiz 2011Saturday 26th November

  2. Round 1

  3. 1. UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) & IUPAC have designated 2011 as International Year of Chemistry. What does IUPAC stand for?

  4. 2. What would you hurt if you were kicked in the tarsus?

  5. 3. A BER certificate is an indication of the energy performance of a home.What does BER stand for?

  6. 4. This element forms a purple vapour when it sublimes on heating – identify it.

  7. 5. What is the study of fungi known as?

  8. 6. What is represented by the number 12 on the Beaufort Scale?

  9. Round 1 • What do IUPAC stand for? • Where is your tarsus? • What does BER stand for? • Identify the element that sublimes to form a purple vapour on heating. • The study of fungi is known as? • What is represented by 12 on the Beaufort scale?

  10. Round 2

  11. 1. The yellow spot is a feature of which organ of the body?

  12. 2. Which neutral sub-atomic particle hit the headlines this year with claims that it could travel faster than light?

  13. 3. Name the intramolecular forces in water.

  14. 4. Legionnaires’ disease is a potentially fatal type of pneumonia. It is caused by which type of microbe? *Bacterium*Fungus*Virus

  15. 5. Which famous Irish scientist is credited with closing the door on alchemy and opening the door to modern chemistry?

  16. 6. Identify the three precious metals used in catalytic convertor.

  17. Round 2 • The yellow spot is a feature of which organ? • Which neural sub-atomic particle claims to travel faster than light? • Name the intramolecular forces in water. • Legionnaires’ disease is caused by which type of microbe? Bacterium, Fungus or Virus. • Who is the ‘father of modern chemistry’? • Identify three precious metals in catalytic convertors?

  18. Round 3Word Puzzle

  19. Round 3: Word Puzzle

  20. Round 4

  21. 1. Name this visionary American entrepreneur who was a pioneer of the PC revolution but died from pancreatic cancer this year.

  22. 2. This sedative drug was used in the late 1950’s to cure morning sickness but it led to birth defects. Name it.

  23. 3. Which planet in the Solar System is closest in size to Earth?

  24. 4. In biology this cell is said to be?

  25. 5. What is polychloroethene more commonly known as?

  26. 6. If cats are feline, which animals are ovine?

  27. Round 4 • Name the pioneer of the PC revolution who died in 2011? • Name the sedative drug was used to cure morning sickness but led to birth defects. • Which planet in the Solar System is closest in size to Earth? • Identify state of this cell. • What is polychloroethenecommonlyknown as? • Which animals are ovine?

  28. Round 5

  29. 1. Prozac is produced by Eli Lily and prescribed to more than 50 million people worldwide. For what condition is it used as a treatment?

  30. 2. Newton’s cradle operates on which principle in physics?

  31. 3. The neonatal genetic test is a common procedure for taking a blood sample from newborn infants. What is it commonly known as?

  32. 4. These allotropes of carbon were discovered 20 years ago in 1991What are they called?

  33. 5. Who is known as the ‘father of geometry’?

  34. 6. How many tetrahedral carbons in benzoic acid?

  35. Round 5 • Prozac is used to treat which condition? • Newton’s cradle operates on which principle? • Common name for the neonatal genetic test of newborn infants. • Allotropes of carbon. • Who was the ‘father of geometry’? • How many tetrahedral carbons in benzoic acid?

  36. Round 6

  37. 1. What would you be doing if you were performing vaccimulgence?

  38. 2. A French chemist & microbiologist created the first vaccine for rabies and anthrax. Who was he?

  39. 3. EDTA has a claw-like molecular structure that binds to heavy metals and is used to treat acute and chronic lead poisoning by pulling it from the bloodstream. What does EDTA stand for?

  40. 4. What is an exoplanet?

  41. 5. What is the common name for the liquid secreted by your lacrimal glands?

  42. 6. This salt gives a blue-green flame and a white precipitate with barium chloride which is insoluble in dilute HCl.Identify it.

  43. Round 6 • What is vaccimulgence? • Who was the French chemist & microbiologistcreated the first vaccine for rabies and anthrax? • What does EDTA stand for? • What is an exoplanet? • What are your lacrimal glands? • Identify salt that gives a blue-green flame and a white precipitate with barium chloride which is insoluble in dilute HCl.

  44. Round 7

  45. 1. The delivery of computing as a service rather than a product is known as this.

  46. 2. Which anti-microbial transition metal is now being increasingly used for ‘touch surfaces’ in hospitals especially in the UK?

  47. 3. Name the Irish mathematician who discovered quaternions.

  48. 4. In terms of inheritance what do chloroplasts and mitochondria have in common?

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