SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 1

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Multiple Choice

Everyone knows there is nothing faster in the universe than the LIGHT. However, how fast it actually is?

• 3 000 km/sec

• 30 000km/sec

• 300 000

  km/sec

• 3 000 000

  km/sec

Multiple Choice

The SOUND is much sluggish than the light. It crawls at the speed of app. 0.3 km/sec. If you want to become supersonic, you have to travel faster than this number, which is officially named after an Austrian-Czech physicist born in CHRLICE. What was his name?

• Ernst Mach

• Josef Ressel

• Nikola Tesla

• Erwin Schrödinger

Multiple Choice

It is so romantic to observe shooting stars in the night sky. The richest and most popular meteor shower is called the Perseids. When can one enjoy them "burning through the sky"?

• in mid-January

• in mid-June

• in mid-August

• in mid-November

Multiple Choice

Red Mars is the second smallest planet in our solar system. Which planet is even SMALLER?

• Mercury

• Venus

• Jupiter

• Neptun

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While there are hundreds of man-made objects orbiting Earth, the Moon is the only natural one.

The Moon is Earth´s

Match

All the planets in our solar system except Earth are named after ancient Roman gods. What domains were are these gods responsible for?

• MERCURY

• VENUS

• MARS

• JUPITER

• NEPTUN

TRADE

LOVE

WAR

THUNDER

SEA

• TRADE

• LOVE

• WAR

• THUNDER

• SEA

Multiple Choice

Dystopia-loving bookworms know that 451 Fahrenheit is the temperature at which paper catches fire but how hot would Freddie Mercury be if his temperature were 200 °F?

• 37°C

• 47°C

• 57°C

• 67°C

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Every school child knows the Law of Gravity was discovered by Sir Isaac Newton. However, he also discovered three laws related to another field of physics (foundations of classical mechanics). They are called THREE LAWS OF _ _ _ _ _ _ .

Multiple Choice

Rockets are faster than racing cars; however, it’s more likely to take a ride in a racing car than in a rocket. Who created the car that took part in the first official car race in 1894?

• Karl BENZ

• Enzo FERRARI

• Ettore BUGATTI

• Ferruccio LAMBORGHINI

Multiple Choice

Rockets can carry not only humans into the sky but also something far more dangerous. There are ballistic missiles that could cause nuclear Armageddon, destroying all life on Earth. The person who “opened Pandora’s Box” by creating the first atomic bomb was also a physicist. It was:

• Marie CURIE

• Ernst RUTHERFORD

• Albert EINSTEIN

• Robert OPPENHEIMER