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    What is the energy value, in kilojoules, of 100 grams of oats?

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  • 2. 

    What is the only unit of measure still defined by an artifact?

    • Kilogram

    • Pound

    • Liter

    • Inch

    Correct Answer
    A. Kilogram
  • 3. 

    How much weight must the road support when the Crawler and the Space Shuttle travel?

    • 5 Million Pounds

    • 17 Million Pounds

    • 6 Million Pounds

    • 11 Million Pounds

    Correct Answer
    A. 17 Million Pounds
  • 4. 

    Which engine design is not to be considered "naturally balanced"?

    • I-6

    • V-8

    • V-12

    • I-4

    Correct Answer
    A. I-4
  • 5. 

    Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in Physics?

    • Maria Sklodowska-Curie

    • Dorothy Crowfoot-Hodgkin

    • Irene Joliot-Curie

    • Maria Goeppert-Mayer

    Correct Answer
    A. Maria Sklodowska-Curie
  • 6. 

    When in use, about how hot [in degrees F] is the tungsten filament in an incandescent bulb?

    • 5900

    • 4700

    • 3500

    • 5660

    Correct Answer
    A. 4700
  • 7. 

    At which frequency in megahertz does a normal microwave oven operate at?

    • 2,450

    • 7,000

    • 26,000

    • 100

    Correct Answer
    A. 2,450
  • 8. 

    To whom is the discovery of the Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics attributed?

    • Ludwig Boltzmann

    • Svante Arrhenius

    • James Gibbs

    • Lars Onsager

    Correct Answer
    A. Lars Onsager
  • 9. 

    Who was the head of the German version of the Manhattan Project?

    • Max Born

    • Werner Heisenberg

    • Max Planck

    • Robert Oppenheimer

    Correct Answer
    A. Werner Heisenberg
  • 10. 

    How is the mass defect explained in nuclear reactions?

    • Einstein Formulated E=Mc^2 To Explain The Loss

    • Plank Stated That Blackbody Radiation Resulted In Lost Mass

    • Bequerel Discovered Radioactivity As A Result Of The Defect

    • Bohr Said Stimulated Electrons Escape The Orbit Of The Nucleus

    Correct Answer
    A. Einstein Formulated E=Mc^2 To Explain The Loss
  • 11. 

    Who was the only person to win the Nobel Prize for Physics twice during the first hundred years of its existence (1901-2001)?

    • John Bardeen

    • Marie Curie

    • Sir William H. Bragg

    • Albert Einstein

    Correct Answer
    A. John Bardeen
  • 12. 

    What is the quark configuration of a neutron?

    • Down, Anti-Up

    • Up, Up, Down

    • Up, Down, Down

    • Up, Anti-Down

    Correct Answer
    A. Up, Down, Down
  • 13. 

    What particles are made up of two quarks?

    • Fermions

    • Bosons

    • Mesons

    • Leptons

    Correct Answer
    A. Mesons
  • 14. 

    What name is given to particles that do not obey the Pauli Exclusion Principle?

    • Fermions

    • Paulions

    • There Are None. All Particles Obey That Principle

    • Bosons

    Correct Answer
    A. Bosons
  • 15. 

    What is the theoretical function of the Higgs Boson?

    • It Is The Force Particle For The Weak Interaction

    • It Gives Particles Their Charge

    • It Is The Force Particle For The Strong Interaction

    • It Gives Particles Their Mass

    Correct Answer
    A. It Gives Particles Their Mass

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