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March 2015 Asian Science Quiz Tournaments Samples Sample Packet Part 1
Scoring: For this round, students are awarded 10 points for a correct, or 15 points if they buzz
before the power mark (*). If students answer wrongly before the question is over, they lose 5
points and their team is locked out of the question.
1. This quantity is equal to the average of first ionization energy and electron affinity according
to Robert Mulliken. The Pauling scale, an alternative measure of this quantity, gives (*) fluorine
the highest value at 4.0. For ten points, name this value, a measure of the ability of an atom to
attract electrons.
ANSWER: Electronegativity
2. The transverse type of this effect was discovered in the Ives-Stillwell experiment, while a
longitudinal form of it can cause a wave to appear redder. Redshift is an example of this effect, a
change in (*) frequency for an observer moving relative to the source of the wave. For ten points,
name this effect that is seen in the frequency change in ambulance sirens.
ANSWER: Doppler effect [or Doppler shift]
3. In the past, this object has been used to study the sun’s corona, as well as the atmosphere of
Titan, a moon of Saturn. The center of this object is a namesake (*) pulsar that was formed by
SN 1054. For ten points, name this nebula in the constellation Taurus named after a crustacean.
ANSWER: Crab Nebula [or M1]
4. The rate of this process is inversely proportional to the square root of the molar mass
according to Graham’s law. A special case of this process is known as (*) osmosis. For ten
points, name this movement of particles from areas of high concentration to those of low
concentration.
ANSWER: Diffusion [prompt on osmosis before mention]
5. Some organisms in this phylum clean their bodies through small projections known as
pedicellaria. These deuterostomes are notable for their tube feet, an extension of their (*) water
vascular system. For ten points, name this phylum with radial symmetry, whose members
include sea urchins and starfish.
ANSWER: Echinodermata [or Echinoderms]
March 2015 Asian Science Quiz Tournaments Samples 6. The Ackermann function cannot be defined without this technique. In computer science, the
tail-form of this technique is equivalent to a loop. This technique is seen in the factorial function,
as well as in the solution to the (*) Towers of Hanoi problem. For ten points, name this technique
in which functions call on themselves.
ANSWER: Recursion
7. This molecule contains a nitrogenous base, as well as the sugar ribose. 38 of these molecules
are produced per glucose molecule in cellular respiration. This molecule forms through (*)
phosphorylation, where a phosphate ion is added to a similar molecule. For ten points, name this
molecule, often known as the “energy currency of the cell”.
ANSWER: ATP [or Adenosine 5’ triphosphate]
8. This force is supposedly mediated by an undiscovered spin-2 boson. The most accurate theory
of this force describes it as the result of the curvature of spacetime, a part of General relativity.
However, its discoverer modeled it with an (*) inverse-square law. For ten points, name this
weakest fundamental force discovered by Sir Isaac Newton.
ANSWER: Gravity [or gravitation]
Part 2
Scoring: For this round, students are awarded 10 points for a correct answer, or 15 points if they
buzz before the power mark (*). If students answer wrongly before the question is over, they lose
5 points and their team is locked out of the question. The team that answers the question
correctly also gets a one-part bonus worth an additional 10 points.
1. This period is named after a mountain range on the border of France and Switzerland. Pangaea
broke up into Laurasia and Gondwana during this middle period of the (*) Mesozoic era. Species
like the stegosaurus thrived in, for ten points, this period known for its dinosaur populations.
ANSWER: Jurassic Period [prompt on Mesozoic era before mentioned]
[10] A variant of this organelle pumps calcium ions in muscles. For ten points, name this
organelle that is continuous with the nucleus of a cell.
ANSWER: Smooth endoplasmic reticulum
2. Like chloroplasts, these organelles divide through binary fission and are believed to have
evolved through endosymbiosis. These organelles contain DNA that is usually inherited (*)
maternally, and are the site for most of respiration. For ten points, name this organelle, often
known as the “powerhouse of the cell”.
ANSWER: Mitochondria
[10] Von Willebrand’s disease inhibits this process. For ten points, name this process aided by
platelets in the blood.
ANSWER: Clotting [or coagulation]
3. This law assumes no intermolecular forces and negligible molecular size. Those limitations of
this law can be corrected by an equation involving two parameters, “a” and “b”, the (*) van der
March 2015 Asian Science Quiz Tournaments Samples Waals equation. For ten points, what law, a combination of Boyle’s, Charles’ and Avogadro’s
laws, is written as PV=nRT?
ANSWER: Ideal gas law [or universal gas law]
[10] This element’s trifluoride is a notable exception to the octet rule. For ten points, name this
element found in Pyrex glass.
ANSWER: Boron
4. This man gives his name to ten field equations, and also co-names a state of matter with
Sathyendra Bose. In 1905, this man published the (*) Annus Mirabilis papers, which include a
text on the photoelectric effect. For ten points, name this Swiss physicist who formulated special
and general relativity.
ANSWER: Albert Einstein
[10] This experiment was one of the three fundamental tests of special relativity. For ten points,
name this doubly eponymous experiment that disproved the existence of the luminiferous ether.
ANSWER: Michelson-Morley Experiment
5. These entities are described by the no-hair theorem as having only three independent
characteristics: charge, angular momentum and mass. The radii of the (*) event horizons of these
entities are known as Schwarzschild radii. For ten points, name these singularities from which
even light cannot escape.
ANSWER: Black holes
[10] This type of event inspired Tycho to postulate that stars are constantly being born and
dying. For ten points, name these massive stellar explosions.
ANSWER: Supernova
6. The strength of these forces are expressed as a function of distance in the Lennard-Jones
potential. These forces include Keesom, Debye and (*) London dispersion varieties, and are
weaker than those resulting from ionic and covalent bonds. For ten points, give this group of
intermolecular forces named after a Dutch scientist.
ANSWER: van der Waals forces
[10] For ten points, name this law replaced by Planck’s law. It failed to describe black bodies,
but predicted the ultraviolet catastrophe.
ANSWER: Rayleigh-Jeans law
7. The only two perfect squares in this sequence are 1 and 144. These numbers follow a pattern
similar to that of Lucas numbers, and the ratio between two consecutive numbers of this
sequence approaches the (*) golden ratio. For ten points, name this recursive sequence originally
defined using rabbit populations that starts 1, 1, 2, 3, 5.
ANSWER: Fibonacci numbers [or Fibonacci sequence]
March 2015 Asian Science Quiz Tournaments Samples [10] Pencil and paper ready. Bob wants to find out how long it will take a car to move 1 km if it
starts at 15 m/s [meters per second] and accelerates at a constant speed of 2 m/s2 [meters per
second squared]. For ten points, he calculates what time? You have 10 seconds.
ANSWER: 25 seconds
8. This particle’s charge was measured by Robert Millikan’s Oil Drop experiment. Particles of
this type compose (*) beta radiation, as well as electricity when moving. For ten points, name
these particles that, according to the Rutherford-Bohr model, orbit around an atom in circular
orbits.
ANSWER: Electrons
[10] This thought experiment involves the title creature being dead and alive simultaneously. For
ten points, name this criticism of the Copenhagen Interpretation of quantum mechanics.
ANSWER: Schrodinger’s Cat