1 KSTA ANNUAL SCIENCE QUIZFáilte Agus Beir Bua 14ú Márta, 2016

2 Overview The quiz will be made up of 8 rounds of six questions:Biology Chemistry Physics Miscellaneous A Sos Beag Miscellaneous B Picture Round Miscellaneous C Miscellaneous D

3 Who won last year???????????????????????????????

4 Round 1

5 Round 1 – Biology 1. Name the two types of lenses found in a common light microscope.

6 Round 1 – Biology 2. What does xylem transport?

7 Round 1 – Biology 3. Rings in the trachea help to keep it openRound 1 – Biology 3. Rings in the trachea help to keep it open. What are these rings made of?

8 Round 1 – Biology 4. What name is used to describe the liquid found at the back of the eye?.

9 Round 1 – Biology 5. What part of the human body would a rhinologist study?

10 Round 1 – Biology 6. What disease is caused by a lack of vitamin C?

11 Recap

12 Round 1 – Biology Recap 1. Name the two types of lenses found in a common light microscope.

13 Round 1 – Biology Recap 2. What does xylem transport?

14 Round 1 – Biology Recap 3. Rings in the trachea help to keep it openRound 1 – Biology Recap 3. Rings in the trachea help to keep it open. What are these rings made of?

15 Round 1 – Biology Recap 4. What name is used to describe the liquid found at the back of the eye?.

16 Round 1 – Biology Recap 5. What part of the human body would a rhinologist study?

17 Round 1 – Biology Recap 6. What disease is caused by a lack of vitamin C?

18 Round 2

19 Round 2 – Chemistry 1. Write down the symbol for the element lead.

20 Round 2 – Chemistry 2. What term is used to describe the spreading of gases to fill all the space available?

21 Round 2 – Chemistry 3. Write a balanced chemical equation to describe what happens when methane burns in oxygen.

22 Round 2 – Chemistry 4. Write down the chemical formula for the main substance found in marble and chalk.

23 Round 2 – Chemistry 5. What scientific term comes from a Greek word which means “cannot be split up” or “cannot be divided”

24 Round 2 – Chemistry 6. Name the element whose chemical symbol is F.

25 Recap

26 Round 2 – Chemistry Recap 1. Write down the symbol for the element lead.

27 Round 2 – Chemistry Recap 2Round 2 – Chemistry Recap 2. What term is used to describe the spreading of gases to fill all the space available?

28 Round 2 – Chemistry Recap 3Round 2 – Chemistry Recap 3. Write a balanced chemical equation to describe what happens when methane burns in oxygen.

29 Round 2 – Chemistry Recap 4Round 2 – Chemistry Recap 4. Write down the chemical formula for the main substance found in marble and chalk.

30 Round 2 – Chemistry Recap 5Round 2 – Chemistry Recap 5. What scientific term comes from a Greek word which means “cannot be split up” or “cannot be divided”

31 Round 2 – Chemistry Recap 6Round 2 – Chemistry Recap 6. Name the element whose chemical symbol is F.

32 Round 1 Answers

33 Round 1 – Biology 1. Name the two types of lenses found in a common light microscope. Answer: Eyepiece lens and objective lens.

34 Round 1 – Biology 2. What does xylem transport? Answer: Water

35 Round 1 – Biology 3. Rings in the trachea help to keep it openRound 1 – Biology 3. Rings in the trachea help to keep it open. What are these rings made of? Answer: Cartilage

36 Round 1 – Biology 4. What name is used to describe the liquid found at the back of the eye?. Answer: Vitreous humour

37 Round 1 – Biology 5. What part of the human body would a rhinologist study? Answer: The nose.

38 Round 1 – Biology 6. What disease is caused by a lack of vitamin CRound 1 – Biology 6. What disease is caused by a lack of vitamin C? Answer: Scurvy.

39 Round 3

40 Round 3 – Physics 1. In what year was the first moon landing?

41 Round 3 – Physics 2. Arrange the following metals in order of increasing density: iron, aluminium, mercury and lead

42 Round 3 – Physics 3. This famous scientist was a Scottish engineer who developed the steam engine and after whom the unit of power is named. State his name

43 Round 3 – Physics 4. What name is used to describe an aneroid barometer that is adapted to measure height above sea level?

44 Round 3 – Physics 5. Only one Irish person has received the Nobel prize in Physics. Who was he?

45 Round 3 – Physics 6. Name the instrument that you would use to measure the diameter of a sphere correct to 0.1 mm

46 Recap

47 Round 3 – Physics Recap 1. In what year was the first moon landing?

48 Round 3 – Physics Recap 2. Arrange the following metals in order of increasing density: iron, aluminium, mercury and lead

49 Round 3 – Physics Recap 3. This famous scientist was a Scottish engineer who developed the steam engine and after whom the unit of power is named. State his name

50 Round 3 – Physics Recap 4. What name is used to describe an aneroid barometer that is adapted to measure height above sea level?

51 Round 3 – Physics Recap 5. Only one Irish person has received the Nobel prize in Physics. Who was he?

52 Round 3 – Physics Recap 6. Name the instrument that you would use to measure the diameter of a sphere correct to 0.1 mm

53 Round 2 Answers

54 Round 2 – Chemistry 1. Write down the symbol for the element leadRound 2 – Chemistry 1. Write down the symbol for the element lead. Answer: Pb

55 Round 2 – Chemistry 2. What term is used to describe the spreading of gases to fill all the space available? Answer: Diffusion

56 Round 2 – Chemistry 3. Write a balanced chemical equation to describe what happens when methane burns in oxygen. Answer: CH4 + O  CO2 + 2H2O

57 Round 2 – Chemistry 4. Write down the chemical formula for the main substance found in marble and chalk. Answer – CaCO3

58 Round 2 – Chemistry 5. What scientific term comes from a Greek word which means “cannot be split up” or “cannot be divided”. Answer: Atom

59 Round 2 – Chemistry 6. Name the element whose chemical symbol is FRound 2 – Chemistry 6. Name the element whose chemical symbol is F. Answer: Fluorine

60 Round 4

61 Round 4 – Miscellaneous 1. What is an omnivore?

62 Round 4 – Miscellaneous 2. What country names its years after animals?

63 Round 4 – Miscellaneous 3. What name is given to the alloy which is a mixture of lead and tin?

64 Round 4 – Miscellaneous 4. What term is used to describe a variable resistor?

65 Round 4 – Miscellaneous 5. Which of the following illnesses (if any) are caused by a virus: the common cold, the flu and chicken pox?

66 Round 4 – Miscellaneous 6. . An indigestion table is added to water and fizzes to release a gas. Name the gas released.

67 Recap

68 Round 4 – Miscellaneous Recap 1. What is an omnivore?

69 Round 4 – Miscellaneous Recap 2Round 4 – Miscellaneous Recap 2. What country names its years after animals?

70 Round 4 – Miscellaneous Recap 3Round 4 – Miscellaneous Recap 3. What name is given to the alloy which is a mixture of lead and tin?

71 Round 4 – Miscellaneous Recap 4Round 4 – Miscellaneous Recap 4. What term is used to describe a variable resistor?

72 Round 4 – Miscellaneous Recap 5Round 4 – Miscellaneous Recap 5. Which of the following illnesses (if any) are caused by a virus: the common cold, the flu and chicken pox?

73 Round 4 – Miscellaneous Recap 6Round 4 – Miscellaneous Recap 6. . An indigestion table is added to water and fizzes to release a gas. Name the gas released.

74 Round 3 Answers

75 Round 3 – Physics 1. In what year was the first moon landingRound 3 – Physics 1. In what year was the first moon landing? Answer: 1969

76 Round 3 – Physics 2. Arrange the following metals in order of increasing density: iron, aluminium, mercury and lead Answer: Aluminium, iron, lead, mercury.

77 Round 3 – Physics 3. This famous scientist was a Scottish engineer who developed the steam engine and after whom the unit of power is named. State his name Answer: James Watt

78 Round 3 – Physics 4. What name is used to describe an aneroid barometer that is adapted to measure height above sea level? Answer: Altimeter.

79 Round 3 – Physics 5. Only one Irish person has received the Nobel prize in Physics. Who was he? Answer: (ETS) Walton

80 Round 3 – Physics 6. Name the instrument that you would use to measure the diameter of a sphere correct to 0.1 mm Answer: Vernier callipers

81 Sos beag

82 Round 4 Answers

83 Round 4 – Miscellaneous 1. What is an omnivoreRound 4 – Miscellaneous 1. What is an omnivore? Answer: A consumer that feeds on both plant and animal material.

84 Round 4 – Miscellaneous 2. What country names its years after animalsRound 4 – Miscellaneous 2. What country names its years after animals? Answer: China

85 Round 4 – Miscellaneous 3. What name is given to the alloy which is a mixture of lead and tin? Answer: Solder

86 Round 4 – Miscellaneous 4. What term is used to describe a variable resistor? Answer: Rheostat.

87 Round 4 – Miscellaneous 5. Which of the following illnesses (if any) are caused by a virus: the common cold, the flu and chicken pox? Answer: All of them

88 Round 4 – Miscellaneous 6. . An indigestion table is added to water and fizzes to release a gas. Name the gas released. Answer: Carbon dioxide

89 Round 5

90 Round 5 – Miscellaneous B 1. What does the MMR vaccine protect against?

91 Round 5 – Miscellaneous B 2Round 5 – Miscellaneous B 2. In a pressure cooker, would you expect water to boil at a higher or lower temperature than 100 oC

92 Round 5 – Miscellaneous B 3Round 5 – Miscellaneous B 3. What term is used to describe an apparatus that consists of two strips of metal joined together?

93 Round 5 – Miscellaneous B 4Round 5 – Miscellaneous B 4. At what temperature measured in degrees Celsius is water at its most dense?

94 Round 5 – Miscellaneous B 5Round 5 – Miscellaneous B 5. A certain property of light can sometimes cause a mirage to form. What is this property?

95 Round 5 – Miscellaneous B 6Round 5 – Miscellaneous B 6. What term is used to describe zero on the decibel scale?

96 Recap

97 Round 5 – Miscellaneous B Recap 1Round 5 – Miscellaneous B Recap 1. What does the MMR vaccine protect against?

98 Round 5 – Miscellaneous B Recap 2Round 5 – Miscellaneous B Recap 2. In a pressure cooker, would you expect water to boil at a higher or lower temperature than 100 oC

99 Round 5 – Miscellaneous B Recap 3Round 5 – Miscellaneous B Recap 3. What term is used to describe an apparatus that consists of two strips of metal joined together?

100 Round 5 – Miscellaneous B Recap 4Round 5 – Miscellaneous B Recap 4. At what temperature measured in degrees Celsius is water at its most dense?

101 Round 5 – Miscellaneous B Recap 5Round 5 – Miscellaneous B Recap 5. A certain property of light can sometimes cause a mirage to form. What is this property?

102 Round 5 – Miscellaneous B Recap 6Round 5 – Miscellaneous B Recap 6. What term is used to describe zero on the decibel scale?

103 Round 6

104 Question 1 This blood-sucking worm is sometimes used in medicine. Name it.

105 Question 2 Name this item of laboratory apparatus.

106 Question 3 How many chromosomes would you find in a human cheek cell?

107 Question 4 This advertising sign contains a certain element which glows when an electric current is passed through it. Name the element.

108 Question 5 What electronic component is represented by the symbol shown?

109 Question 6 When light is shone on this apparatus, the vanes rotate. Name the apparatus.

110 Recap

111 Question 1 This blood-sucking worm is sometimes used in medicine. Name it.

112 Question 2 Name this item of laboratory apparatus.

113 Question 3 How many chromosomes would you find in a human cheek cell?

114 Question 4 This advertising sign contains a certain element which glows when an electric current is passed through it. Name the element.

115 Question 5 What electronic component is represented by the symbol shown?

116 Question 6 When light is shone on this apparatus, the vanes rotate. Name the apparatus.

117 Round 5 Answers

118 Round 5 – Miscellaneous B 1. What does the MMR vaccine protect againstRound 5 – Miscellaneous B 1. What does the MMR vaccine protect against? Answer: Measles, mumps and rubella.

119 Round 5 – Miscellaneous B 2Round 5 – Miscellaneous B 2. In a pressure cooker, would you expect water to boil at a higher or lower temperature than 100 oC Answer: Higher

120 Round 5 – Miscellaneous B 3Round 5 – Miscellaneous B 3. What term is used to describe an apparatus that consists of two strips of metal joined together? Answer: Bimetallic strip.

121 Round 5 – Miscellaneous B 4Round 5 – Miscellaneous B 4. At what temperature measured in degrees Celsius is water at its most dense? Answer = 4 0C

122 Round 5 – Miscellaneous B 5Round 5 – Miscellaneous B 5. A certain property of light can sometimes cause a mirage to form. What is this property? Answer: Refraction

123 Round 5 – Miscellaneous B 6Round 5 – Miscellaneous B 6. What term is used to describe zero on the decibel scale? Answer: Threshold of hearing.

124 Round 7

125 Round 7 – Miscellaneous C 1Round 7 – Miscellaneous C 1. Pierre and Marie Curie discovered two new elements. Name one of them.

126 Round 7 – Miscellaneous C 2Round 7 – Miscellaneous C 2. Dmitri Mendeleev drew up an earlier form of the modern Periodic Table. In what country was he born?

127 Round 7 – Miscellaneous C 3. Name the stimulant found in tea and coffee?

128 Round 7 – Miscellaneous C 4Round 7 – Miscellaneous C 4. Name one of the two elements which are liquid at room temperature.

129 Round 7 – Miscellaneous C 5Round 7 – Miscellaneous C 5. What term is used to describe the method of producing energy which involves forcing the nuclei of light elements to come together?

130 Round 7 – Miscellaneous C 6Round 7 – Miscellaneous C 6. What is the name of the largest planet in the solar system?

131 Recap

132 Round 7 – Miscellaneous C Recap 1Round 7 – Miscellaneous C Recap 1. Pierre and Marie Curie discovered two new elements. Name one of them.

133 Round 7 – Miscellaneous C Recap 2Round 7 – Miscellaneous C Recap 2. Dmitri Mendeleev drew up an earlier form of the modern Periodic Table. In what country was he born?

134 Round 7 – Miscellaneous C Recap 3Round 7 – Miscellaneous C Recap 3. Name the stimulant found in tea and coffee?

135 Round 7 – Miscellaneous C Recap 4Round 7 – Miscellaneous C Recap 4. Name one of the two elements which are liquid at room temperature.

136 Round 7 – Miscellaneous C Recap 5Round 7 – Miscellaneous C Recap 5. What term is used to describe the method of producing energy which involves forcing the nuclei of light elements to come together?

137 Round 7 – Miscellaneous C Recap 6Round 7 – Miscellaneous C Recap 6. What is the name of the largest planet in the solar system?

138 Round 6 Answers

139 Question 1 This blood-sucking worm is sometimes used in medicine. Name it. Answer: A Leech

140 Question 2 Name this item of laboratory apparatus. Answer: A Beehive Stand

141 Question 3 How many chromosomes would you find in a human cheek cell? Answer: 46 Chromosomes

142 Question 4 This advertising sign contains a certain element which glows when an electric current is passed through it. Name the element. Answer: Neon

143 Question 5 What electronic component is represented by the symbol shown? Answer: Light Dependent Resistor

144 Question 6 When light is shone on this apparatus, the vanes rotate. Name the apparatus. Answer: Crooke’s radiometer

145 Round 8

146 Round 8 – Miscellaneous D 1Round 8 – Miscellaneous D 1. What name is given to the apparatus which consists of two burettes joined together and is commonly used to electrolyse water?

147 Round 8 – Miscellaneous D 2Round 8 – Miscellaneous D 2. The scientist Anders Celsius devised a scale of temperature. In what country was he born?

148 Round 8 – Miscellaneous D 3Round 8 – Miscellaneous D 3. What are the male organs of a flower called?

149 Round 8 – Miscellaneous D 4Round 8 – Miscellaneous D 4. Hydrogen Peroxide is added to Manganese Dioxide to make Oxygen gas, but which is the Catalyst?

150 Round 8 – Miscellaneous D 5Round 8 – Miscellaneous D 5. What is the purpose of the piece of gauze in a pooter?

151 Round 8 – Miscellaneous D 6. What is an Alloy?

152 Recap

153 Round 8 – Miscellaneous D Recap 1Round 8 – Miscellaneous D Recap 1. What name is given to the apparatus which consists of two burettes joined together and is commonly used to electrolyse water?

154 Round 8 – Miscellaneous D Recap 2Round 8 – Miscellaneous D Recap 2. The scientist Anders Celsius devised a scale of temperature. In what country was he born?

155 Round 8 – Miscellaneous D Recap 3Round 8 – Miscellaneous D Recap 3. What are the male organs of a flower called?

156 Round 8 – Miscellaneous D Recap 4Round 8 – Miscellaneous D Recap 4. Hydrogen Peroxide is added to Manganese Dioxide to make Oxygen gas, but which is the Catalyst?

157 Round 8 – Miscellaneous D Recap 5Round 8 – Miscellaneous D Recap 5. What is the purpose of the piece of gauze in a pooter?

158 Round 8 – Miscellaneous D Recap 6. What is an Alloy?

159 Round 7 Answers

160 Round 7 – Miscellaneous C 1Round 7 – Miscellaneous C 1. Pierre and Marie Curie discovered two new elements. Name one of them. Radium and Polonium

161 Answer: Russia Round 7 – Miscellaneous C2. Dmitri Mendeleev drew up an earlier form of the modern Periodic Table. In what country was he born? Answer: Russia

162 Round 7 – Miscellaneous C 3. Name the stimulant found in tea and coffee? Answer: Caffeine

163 Round 7 – Miscellaneous C 4Round 7 – Miscellaneous C 4. Name one of the two elements which are liquid at room temperature. Answer: Mercury or bromine.

164 Round 7 – Miscellaneous C 5Round 7 – Miscellaneous C 5. What term is used to describe the method of producing energy which involves forcing the nuclei of light elements to come together? Answer: Nuclear fusion

165 Round 7 – Miscellaneous C 6Round 7 – Miscellaneous C 6. What is the name of the largest planet in the solar system? Answer: Jupiter

166 Round 8 Answers

167 Round 8 – Miscellaneous D 1Round 8 – Miscellaneous D 1. What name is given to the apparatus which consists of two burettes joined together and is commonly used to electrolyse water? Answer: Hofmann voltameter.

168 Round 8 – Miscellaneous D 2Round 8 – Miscellaneous D 2. The scientist Anders Celsius devised a scale of temperature. In what country was he born? Answer: Sweden.

169 Round 8 – Miscellaneous D 3Round 8 – Miscellaneous D 3. What are the male organs of a flower called? Answer: Stamens.

170 Round 8 – Miscellaneous D 4Round 8 – Miscellaneous D 4. Hydrogen Peroxide is added to Manganese Dioxide to make Oxygen gas, but which is the Catalyst? Answer: Manganese Dioxide

171 Round 8 – Miscellaneous D 5Round 8 – Miscellaneous D 5. What is the purpose of the piece of gauze in a pooter? Answer: To prevent you swallowing the organism being collected

172 Round 8 – Miscellaneous D 6. What is an AlloyRound 8 – Miscellaneous D 6. What is an Alloy? Answer: A mixture of two or more metals.

173 Críoch