1) Toss Up - Math - Short Answer
In the graph of a curve such as the cosecant curve, the straight vertical line to which the curve moves closer and closer is called what:
ANSWER: ASYMPTOTE1) Bonus - Math - Short Answer
What is the 10th term in the following arithmetic progression: 2, 7, 12...
ANSWER: 47 (Solution: `a_n = 2 + (10 - 1)5`)2) Toss Up - Physics - Short Answer
Because of the viscosity of fluids that flow adjacent to a solid surface, fluids near the border between a fluid and solid are often almost stationary. What is this part of the fluid called?
ANSWER: BOUNDARY LAYER2) Bonus - Physics - Multiple Choice
One atmosphere is closest to
W) 102 Pa
X) 103 Pa
Y) 104 Pa
Z) 105 Pa
3) Toss Up - Chemistry - Multiple Choice
If gas A undergoes combustion faster than gas B under the same
conditions, what factor accounts for the difference in rates?
W) Surface area
X) Concentration
Y) Nature of the reactants
Z) Temperature
3) Bonus - Chemistry - Multiple Choice
Whenever products have more disorder than reactants
W) delta H is negative.
X) delta H is positive.
Y) delta S is negative.
Z) delta S is positive.
4) Toss Up - Physics - Short Answer
Coming from the Greek work meaning 'transformation', this state function measures quantifies the unavailability of a system's energy to do useful work. In statistical thermodynamics, it denotes the number of microstates of a system.
ANSWER: ENTROPY4) Bonus - Physics - Multiple Choice
This is a 45 degree - 45 degree - 90 degree prism, in which light enters and leaves at right angles to the hypotenuse, and is totally reflected at each shorter face.
W) endoprism
X) Porro prism
Y) pipe prism
Z) Snell prism
5) Toss Up - Math - Multiple Choice
Which of the following intervals contains both solutions of `x^2 - 3x = 0`?
W) 0 less than x less than 2
X) 0 less than x less than 4
Y) 0 less than or equal to x less than 4
Z) -3 less than x less than or equal to 2
5) Bonus - Math - Short Answer
Find the sum of every odd integer between 5 and 55, inclusive.
ANSWER: 7806) Toss Up - Physics - Short Answer
How many times as intense is 60 decibels than 30 decibels?
ANSWER: 1,0006) Bonus - Physics - Short Answer
What is the minimal force, in newtons to the first decimal place, that a mother must exert to vertically lift her 4 kilogram baby out of her play pen?
ANSWER: 39.2 (Solution: w = mg = (4kg)(9.8m/s2) = 39.2N)7) Toss Up - Computer Science - Multiple Choice
Which of the following would offer the most protection against power-failure data loss:
W) UPS
X) surge protector
Y) data backup
Z) line conditioner
7) Bonus - Computer Science - Short Answer
What is the name for the measure of memory or storage capacity that is equal to 2 to the 40th power bytes or, in decimal, approximately a thousand gigabytes?
ANSWER: TERABYTE8) Toss Up - Computer Science - Multiple Choice
A Java compiler creates
W) JNI.
X) native machine code.
Y) byte-code.
Z) JVM.
8) Bonus - Computer Science - Multiple Choice
The original IBM PC, with an 8088 microprocessor, had a maximum
clock speed of
W) 33 MegaHertz.
X) 25 MegaHertz.
Y) 14.4 MegaHertz.
Z) 8 MegaHertz.
9) Toss Up - Chemistry - Short Answer
The conversion of olein, a liquid oil, into stearin, a solid fat, by the addition of hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst and high heat is commonly known as what type of reaction?
ANSWER: HYDROGENATION9) Bonus - Chemistry - Short Answer
How many parts per million of arsenic are in a 2-gram water sample if it contains 8.0 micrograms of arsenic?
ANSWER: 410) Toss Up - Physics - Multiple Choice
Who was the first physicist, in the 16th centruy, given credit for work on ballastics determining the 45o angle gives maximum distance
W) Newton
X) Tartaglia
Y) Guericke
Z) Shell
10) Bonus - Physics - Short Answer
Who is given credit for developing the first air pump
ANSWER: OTTO GUERICKE11) Toss Up - Chemistry - Short Answer
The strain caused by repulsion between groups in an eclipsed conformation is known as what kind of strain?
ANSWER: TORSIONAL11) Bonus - Chemistry - Multiple Choice
Which one of the following is a Lewis acid but not a Bronsted-Lowry acid?
W) Fe3+
X) H30+
Y) HSO4-
Z) NH3
12) Toss Up - Math - Short Answer
What is the region between two concentric circles called?
ANSWER: an annulus12) Bonus - Math - Multiple Choice
Where does the function y = 2x squared + 4 meet the x axis?
W) -2
X) -1
Y) 1/2
Z) none of the above
13) Toss Up - Astronomy - Short Answer
If the surface temperature of a star increased from 6,000 kelvin to 18,000 kelvin, how many times as much energy would it radiate?
ANSWER: 8113) Bonus - Astronomy - Short Answer
Using the most common temperature-based spectral classification system, a star with an apparent color of blue and a surface temperature of 55,000 kelvin would have what spectral letter classification?
ANSWER: O14) Toss Up - Biology - Short Answer
What specific part of any member of the Anthophyta produces pollen?
ANSWER: STAMEN (ACCEPT: ANTHER)14) Bonus - Biology - Short Answer
Which one of the following 4 plant groups is phenotypically and phylogenetically LEAST related to the others: ferns; liverworts; hornworts; mosses
ANSWER: FERNS15) Toss Up - Physics - Multiple Choice
Elementary fermions are categorized into two classes. They are
W) bosons and leptons
X) hadrons and quarks
Y) baryons and mesons
Z) quarks and leptons
15) Bonus - Physics - Short Answer
What two quarks make up the third generation of quarks?
ANSWER: TOP AND BOTTOM16) Toss Up - Physics - Multiple Choice
As the temperature of the air increases from 0 degrees Celsius to
20 degrees Celsius, the wavelength of a sound made by a tuning fork of fixed frequency
does which of the following?
W) increases
X) decreases
Y) remains the same
Z) increases up to a maximum, then remains constant
16) Bonus - Physics - Multiple Choice
A 10,000-watt motor operates an elevator weighing 5000 newtons.
Assuming no frictional losses, how high is the elevator raised in 10 seconds?
W) 2 meters
X) 20 meters
Y) 50 meters
Z) 100 meters
17) Toss Up - Physics - Multiple Choice
In an isovolumetric process by an ideal gas, the system's heat gain is proportional to a change in
W) mass
X) volume
Y) pressure
Z) internal energy
17) Bonus - Physics - Multiple Choice
When I stand half way between two speakers, with one on my left and one on my right, a musical note from the speakers gives me constructive interference. How far to my left should I move to obtain destructive interference?
W) one fourth of a wavelength
X) half a wavelength
Y) one wavelength
Z) one and a half wavelengths
18) Toss Up - Astronomy - Multiple Choice
What percent of stars in the sky that appear to be single stars are actually binary stars:
W) about 90%
X) about 50%
Y) about 20%
Z) about .5%
18) Bonus - Astronomy - Short Answer
Of the three types of meteorites, which is the most common, in terms of the number of samples, to fall to Earth in recorded history:
ANSWER: STONY METEORITES19) Toss Up - General Science - Multiple Choice
Which of the following is the source of alpha radiation most often used in household ionization smoke detectors:
W) americium-241
X) uranium-238
Y) radium-226
Z) iron-59
19) Bonus - General Science - Short Answer
Calculate the heating degree day in the U.S. if the day’s high temperature is 70°F and the low is 30°F:
ANSWER: 15 (Solution: (70° + 30°)/2 = 50°; 65° - 50° = 15 HDD)20) Toss Up - Math - Multiple Choice
Which of the following values for a and b provide a counterexample to the statement "If 4 divides a + b, then 4 divides a or 4 divides b."
W) a = 5 and b = 7
X) a = 5 and b = 6
Y) a = 4 and b = 8
Z) a = 4 and b = 6
20) Bonus - Math - Short Answer
Providing your answer as an improper fraction in lowest terms, what is the area under the curve bounded by the x-axis, `x = 4` and `y = sqrt(x)`?
ANSWER: 16/321) Toss Up - Math - Multiple Choice
Which of the following is the equation for the tangent line for `y = x^4` at the point (1, 1):
W) `y = 4x - 3`
X) `y = 4x - 1`
Y) `y = 4x + 1`
Z) `y = 4x + 3`
21) Bonus - Math - Short Answer
Solve the following equation for x over the set of complex numbers, giving your answer in simplest form: `x^2 - 10x + 34 = 0`
ANSWER: `5 + 3i` and `5 - 3i`22) Toss Up - Physics - Multiple Choice
An object is placed 1 meter from a concave mirror with radius of curvature 2 meters. The image
W) forms 2 meters behind the mirror
X) forms 1 meter behind the mirror
Y) forms 4 meters in front of the mirror
Z) does not form
22) Bonus - Physics - Short Answer
A biconvex lens with focal length 20 centimeters is placed in the indentation of a biconcave lens with focal length -10 centimeters. Assuming thin lens approximation holds true, what is the net focal length of the system?
ANSWER: -20 CENTIMETERS23) Toss Up - Earth Science - Multiple Choice
An earthquake-related hazard of lands reclaimed from the sea is
W) fissures
X) liquefaction
Y) landslides
Z) sinkhole development
23) Bonus - Earth Science - Short Answer
What mineral is a principal source of iron?
ANSWER: HEMATITE24) Toss Up - Physics - Multiple Choice
Which of the following describes, relative to the original cyclotron frequency, the new cyclotron frequency when the mass of the particle is doubled?
W) It is multiplied by 2
X) It is multiplied by sqrt(2)
Y) It is divided by 2
Z) It is divided by sqrt(2)
24) Bonus - Physics - Multiple Choice
Which of the following is closest to the maximum particle energy attainable by cyclotrons?
W) .5 MeV
X) 5 MeV
Y) 50 MeV
Z) 500 MeV
25) Toss Up - Earth And Space - Multiple Choice
Which of the following is not a valid water mass defined by a unique temperature and salinity signature?
W) Antarctic bottom water
X) North Atlantic deep water
Y) Antarctic intermediate water
Z) Indian Ocean deep water
25) Bonus - Earth And Space - Short Answer
What is the effect of plate tectonics on the width of the Atlantic Ocean?
ANSWER: IT IS BECOMING LARGER (ACCEPT: BECOMING WIDER)