Christmas science

Christmas science

Multiple Choice

What causes Rudolph's nose to glow?

• Farreluminescience

• Charterluminescience

• Oculuminescience

• Bioluminescience

Multiple Choice

Name the substance that makes Christmas trees green.

• E-102 (tartrazine)

• Chlorophyll

• Chloroplasts

• Phenolphthalein

Multiple Choice

How does a metal cookie sheet help with baking holiday cookies?

• metal is a good insulator of heat

• metal is a good conductor of heat

• metal helps block radiation

• metal prevents burning

Multiple Choice

What type of change occurs to marshmallows melting in hot cocoa?

• physical change

• chemical change

Multiple Choice

What nutrient is turkey an excellent source of?

• Carbohydrate

• Lipid

• Protein

• Fiber

Multiple Choice

Which festive gift has the chemical symbol Au?

• Myrrh

• Frankincense

• Silver

• Gold

Multiple Choice

During Christmas, you may hear people talk about "kissing under the mistletoe," a plant decoration. While mistletoe is a plant, it takes a lot of its water and nutrients from trees that it lives on. What is the best word to describe mistletoe?

• host

• parasite

• autotroph

Multiple Choice

Snowflakes are formed when:

• Angel tears freeze on the way down from Heaven

• Space dust freezes upon entering out atmosphere

• Cloud temperatures reach freezing point allowing ice crystals to form around dust particles

• The wind blows sea salt into the upper atmosphere

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is NOT true

• A reindeer grows a new set of antlers every year

• Reindeers have a poisonous spine on their back legs

• The reindeers is the only species where the males and females grown antlers

• A reindeer's antlers can grown up to 1.3m long

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a solid?

• Hot candle wax

• Reindeer farts

• Chimney smoke

• Santa's beard

Multiple Choice

As Grandma sits next to the fireplace she notices she can feel the heat from all sides of the fire. What type of heat transfer does she experience?

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

Multiple Choice

When rooftops are covered with snow and ice they become quite slippery. Santa puts rubber along the bottom of this sleigh. What type of force does he use to keep from falling?

• Gravitational

• Frictional

• Normal

• Magnetic

Multiple Choice

Santa is not a thin man. If Santa is pushing down on the seat of the sleigh with 30 N of force, how much force does the seat have to push back with to keep Santa falling?

• 40 N

• 35 N

• 30 N

• 20 N

Multiple Choice

Santa is not a thin man. If Santa is pushing down on the seat of the sleigh with 30 N of force, how much force does the seat have to push back with to keep Santa falling?

• 40 N

• 35 N

• 30 N

• 20 N

Multiple Choice

The grinch is green because .........

• he absorbs green light

• he ate too many brussel sprouts

• he reflects only green light

• he is jealous

Multiple Choice

Water turning into a snowflake is a ......

• physical change

• chemical change

Multiple Choice

When reindeer fly up they increase their .....

• magnetic energy

• chemical energy

• gravitational potential energy

• thermal energy

Multiple Choice

How do candles store energy?

• gravitational potential energy

• thermal energy

• chemical energy

• light

Multiple Choice

Brussels contain a chemical called Sulforaphane (C6H11NOS2). How many elements do they have?

• 5

• 19

• 21

• 17

Multiple Choice

The Magi used camels for transport. What is a camel’s hump filled with?

• fat

• water

• food

• their luggage

Multiple Choice

How fast would Santa have to go in order to deliver all the presents in one night?

• 1000 miles per second

• 650 miles per second

• 300 miles per second

• 60 miles per second

Multiple Choice

Elf's must check the mass of the presents isn't too much. What unit of measurement should he use?

• kilojoules

• newtons

• kilograms

• meters

Multiple Choice

When a turkey cooks the proteins .....

• Die

• Tighten up

• Denature

• Crumble

Multiple Choice

Pine needles are a good source of vitamin ....

• A

• B

• C

• D