Junior Round 3

Describing a chemical process that cannot be reversed by reversing external conditions, leading to a permanent structural change.

• Temporary

• Irreversible

• Reversible

• Equilibrium

A pathological state in virtual memory systems where the CPU spends almost all its time swapping pages in and out of main memory, leading to very low CPU utilization.

• Paging

• Deadlock

• Thrashing

• Fragmentation

The rate of change of velocity of an object with respect to time.

• Momentum

• Velocity

• Displacement

• Acceleration

In cryptography, an algorithm that transforms readable information into an unreadable format.

• Encrypts

• Hashes

• Compiles

• Decrypts

A boundary where two tectonic plates move toward each other.

• Divergent

• Transform

• Conservative

• Convergent

The rigid outermost shell of Earth composed of the crust and upper mantle.

• Asthenosphere

• Lithosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Biosphere

The lowest layer of Earth’s atmosphere where weather occurs.

• Stratosphere

• Troposphere

• Mesosphere

• Thermosphere

Memory management method dividing processes into fixed-size blocks.

• Paging

• Fragmentation

• Segmentation

• Swapping

A conclusion drawn from available facts or premises

• Inference

• Assumption

• Hypothesis

• Observation

The process by which plants lose water vapor through stomata.

• Respiration

• Transpiration

• Photosynthesis

• Evaporation