- QFTCIMI515 Game 3, Rounds 2-3: TO schools and light - 2 Updates
- Rotating Quiz 174 - 1 Update
| Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Mar 21 05:33PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:jI6dnXSnEpT6FJbInZ2dnUU7-d- > 1. What is the process which, using light, supplies nearly all of > the organic compounds and most of the energy necessary for life > on Earth. Photosynthesis > 2. Some living organisms produce their own light, that is they > glow in the dark. What is this process called? > 3. The speed of light in what situation is a universal constant? A vacuum > 4. Light is emitted in small packets. What are they called? Photons > 6. What process is described by Snell's Law? > 7. In the International System of Units, what is the unit which > measures the total amount of visible light emitted by a source? Photon > 9. This unit, named after a Swedish scientist, can be used to > measure the wavelength of light in increments of 1/10,000,000,000 > of a meter. Name the unit. Angstrom > After completing the round, please decode the rot13: > Vs lbh tnir "dhnagn" sbe na nafjre, jr arrq n zber fcrpvsvp grez. > Cyrnfr fhccyl vg. Pete |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Mar 22 12:59AM -0700 Mark Brader wrote: > 1. Gravenhurst-born physician, medical innovator, and noted > anti-fascist who effectively brought modern medicine to rural > China. aaarrrgggh!!! > 1. What is the process which, using light, supplies nearly all of > the organic compounds and most of the energy necessary for life > on Earth. photosynthesis > 2. Some living organisms produce their own light, that is they > glow in the dark. What is this process called? bioluminescence > 3. The speed of light in what situation is a universal constant? in a vacuum > 4. Light is emitted in small packets. What are they called? photons > 5. Light exhibits the characteristics of both waves and particles. > What is this property of light referred to as? wave-particle duality > 6. What process is described by Snell's Law? refraction > 7. In the International System of Units, what is the unit which > measures the total amount of visible light emitted by a source? lumens > 8. By what process does a solar cell convert light into electricity? photoelectric effect > 9. This unit, named after a Swedish scientist, can be used to > measure the wavelength of light in increments of 1/10,000,000,000 > of a meter. Name the unit. Angstrom > 10. Visible light, x-rays, and radio waves are all forms of EMR. > What does EMR stand for? electromagnetic radiation -- Dan Tilque |
| Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Mar 21 05:54PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:HY2dnYSlxIWYTpTInZ2dnUU7- > Finland to the United States. Between them they were responsible > for the main railway station in Helsinki, the Dulles Airport > terminal serving Washington, and the Gateway Arch in St. Louis. Saarinen > won it again *since* then, and it's now been over 100 years. > Give the team's 7-letter *nickname* that is formed as a simple > diminutive of their official name. Cubbies > experimental setups. Name the brand. > 5. [Geography] The French-Spanish border generally follows what > mountain range? Pyrenees > 6. [History] In a situation of amphibious invasion such as the > Allies' "D-Day" attack on Normandy, what term is used for the > small land area initially controlled by the invading force? Beachhead > 8. [Science] In an 1854 public demonstration in Germany, Mayor > Otto von Guericke of Magdeburg showed how strongly two metal > hemispheres could be held together if *what* was between them? Vacuum? > 9. [Easy] What was the hidden theme to all the answers? Double letters > 10. [Math] Explain the hidden *sequence* of answers #1-8, as it > relates to this theme. (Answers #9-10 also fit the hidden > theme, but not the sequence.) Fibonacci sequence Pete |
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