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WorksheetsWorld Scholar's Cup: Science and Technology
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 12mins
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Class
Date
1.
According to Google, which is NOT a definition of a moonshot?
a)
Addresses a huge problem
b)
Proposes a radical solution
c)
Requires a big budget
d)
Uses breakthrough technology
2.
All of the following regarding Polynesians are TRUE, except:
a)
Navigation skills was passed from master to apprentice through songs
b)
Used logboats to travel
c)
Observed stars, sky and the ocean as wayfinding techniques
d)
in times of famine or difficulty they could trade for aid or evacuate people to neighboring islands
3.
Ferdinand Magellan’s Castilian expedition began with 5 ships and 270 men on 10 August 1519, Seville, Spain. When it returned in 8 September 1522, it had ….
a)
1 boat, 8 men
b)
1 boat, 18 men
c)
2 boats, 80 men
d)
2 boats, 189 men
4.
If an aircraft reaches the speed of Mach 5, it is called a ……… aircraft
a)
subsonic
b)
transonic
c)
SUPERSONIC!!!!!
d)
hypersonic
5.
Who was the first man in space and what was the name of the spacecraft?
a)
Wehrner von Braun, V2
b)
Mikhail Khomyakov, Sputnik 1
c)
Yuri Gagarin, Vostok 1
d)
Alan Shepard, Freedom 7
6.
Which is NOT a spin-off technology and benefit brought about by the Space Race?
a)
Internet
b)
Communications and weather satellite
c)
Increased spending on education
d)
Radar
7.
Which technology would most likely make space elevators a possibility?
a)
Carbon nanotubes
b)
Light peak
c)
Fusion reactor
d)
Reusable space shuttles
8.
It is a chamber enclosing a gas under pressure.
a)
Lunar module
b)
Space elevator
c)
Hyperloop
d)
Rocket
9.
Which theory explains the physics of rockets?
a)
Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity
b)
Newton’s Laws of Motion
c)
Kepler’s Law of Planetary Motions
d)
Archimedes’ Buoyancy Principle
10.
Which is NOT part of the Earth-moon relationship?
a)
Causes tides
b)
Affects the Earth's rotation
c)
Influences fertility of Earth’s female species
d)
Made the Earth livable
11.
Which fabric was NOT used for making the Apollo space suit?
a)
Nylon
b)
Teflon
c)
Dacron
d)
Cotton
12.
By 2020, the first successful hyperloop might be ready to transport passengers and cargo to and from which places?
a)
Finland and Sweden
b)
Abu Dhabi and Dubai
c)
Los Angeles and San Francisco
d)
Switzerland and Netherlands
13.
In lieu of electricity, what will be used to make wireless electricity a possibility?
a)
Solar energy
b)
Magnetic field
c)
Nuclear energy
d)
Resonance power
14.
Unlike the moonshot to cure cancer, the Manhattan Project, Apollo 11, and AIDS therapies were …
a)
Cheaper to achieve
b)
Politically-motivated because they were developed during wars
c)
The basic science to achieve them is understood
d)
Technologically ready
15.
Immunotherapy is treatment that uses certain parts of a person’s immune system to fight diseases such as cancer. What are these manmade versions of immune system proteins that attack a very specific part of a cancer cell?
a)
Cytokines
b)
Immune checkpoint inhibitors
c)
Interferons
d)
Monoclonal antibodies
16.
Concerns regarding geoengineering include its costs and risks. Man scientists, however, believe it is worth considering as long as potentially unintended consequences can be pinpointed and minimized.
Which method is most viable?
Which method is most viable?
a)
Carbon capture and storage
b)
Pouring nutrients into the oceans to save coral habitats
c)
Spraying reflective aerosols
d)
Solar mirroring
17.
How ambitious is China’s Mars mission in 2020?
a)
It plans to send an orbiter
b)
It plans to do a fly by
c)
It plans to send a lander and a rover
d)
It plans to colonise the planet
18.
De-extinction is the process of creating an organism, which is either a member of, or resembles an extinct species, or breeding population of such organisms. Which is another term for de-extinction?
a)
Species survivalism
b)
Selective breeding
c)
Exctintion reversal
d)
Resurrective biology
19.
What are the best ways to resurrect extinct animals?
a)
Selective breeding
b)
Stem-cell regenaration
c)
Reverse engineering
20.
No animal has been brought back from extinction.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
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