Academic Decathlon Science Sec 1

The "basic building blocks" of the universe are...

• photons
• elements
• atoms
• ions

Which of the following Indian natural philosophers developed early theories concerning atoms?

• Herodotus
• Leucippus
• Democritus
• Kanada

The Greek word "atomos" means unable to be

• Cut
• Seen
• Muntiplied
• Destroyed

According to Platonic thought, earth is to the cube as water is to the..

• octahedron
• icosahedron
• dodecahedron
• tetrahedron

What culture is associated with the Asharite school of theology?

• Reformation Europe
• Japanese
• Medieval Europe
• Islamic

Which of the following scientists did NOT believe in atoms?

• Rene Descartes
• Robert Boyle
  Galileo Galilei
• Democritus
  Democritus
• Pierre Gassendi
  Robert Boyle

Which modern branch of science did Robert Boyle help found?

• Chemistry
• Astronomy
• Ecology
• Biology

Who wrote Optiks?

• Rene Descartes
• Robert Boyle
• Isaac Newton
• Pierre Gassendi

Who first documented the canonical elements?

• Antoine Lavoisier
• Isaac Newton
• Rene Descartes
• John Dalton

Who provided a precedent for Dalton's atomic theory?

• Aristotle
• Newton
• Boyle
• Lavoisier