Science Bee #2

Deciduous trees such as birches and maples perform this process using an organelle known as the chloroplast. Chlorophyll molecules absorb light in, for the point, what process in which plants use light energy to produce sugars?

• Photosynthesis

• Cellular Respiration

• Gas exchange

• Mitochondria

The Reissner-Nordstrom variety of these objects are non-rotating, and one of these objects is predicted to vanish, as described by Hawking radiation. For the point, name these regions of supermassive gravity from which light cannot escape.

• Galaxies

• Black Holes

• Star Clusters

• Constellations

This owner of the arms manufacturer Bofors developed the use of nitroglycerin as an active ingredient in explosives. For the point, name this Swedish chemist and inventor of dynamite who lends his name to annual prizes awarded for literature, peace, and science.

• Nobel

• Einstein

• Newton

• Curie

The number of active sites in the heterogenous type of these substances are lowered by "Poisoning," and these substances provide an alternate reaction pathway by stabilizing the transition state and lowering the activation energy. For the point, name these substances that speed up chemical reactions.

• Catalyst

• Reactant

• Product

• Anion

Alpha particles are the nuclei of this element, which is the second-most abundant in the universe. Two hydrogen atoms combine to form, for the point, what lightest noble gas that makes balloons float?

• Hydrogen

• Helium

• Litium

• Beryllium

Both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells contain this organelle in a phospholipid bilayer form. For the point, name this organelle, the cellular boundary that protects the inner organelles

• Cell Wall

• Cell Membrane

• Chloroplast

• Mitochondria

A "tree" variant of this animal is native to New Guinea, and that variety is the only true arboreal macropod. Osphranter is a genus containing these animals, and that genus contains the red species of this large mammal. For the point, name this Australian marsupial and relative of the smaller wallaby.

• Wallaby

• Kangaroo

• Koala

• Lizard

That thick atmosphere traps greenhouse gases, giving this planet the hottest surface temperature in the solar system. For the point, identify this second planet from the sun, sometimes called "Earth's Twin."

• Mars

• Earth

• Venus

• Saturn

This group’s members are characterized by a full complement of valence electrons in their outer shell, leading to their lower likelihood of taking part in a chemical reaction. For the point, name this group of elements that contains helium, neon and argon.

• Alkaline Earth Metals

• Halogens

• Noble Gases

• Transition Metals

An outbreak of this disease led to the founding of the CDC, and this disease was effectively ended in the U.S. by the introduction of DDT. American soldiers in the South Pacific contracted, for the point, what disease that is spread by mosquitoes and named for the Spanish for "Bad Air?"

• COVID

• Malaria

• Swine Flu

• Bird Flu