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	Normal Science & Technology Quiz 1 - How was the length of a meter originally defined? As 0.5 French Royal Yards As the distance sound travels in 1/100th of a second As the length of a specially made rod of arbitrary length As one ten-millioneth of the distance between the pole and the equator 2 - Who owns the trademark C(ompact) D(isc)? Sony Philips Toshiba Microsoft *3 - What is El Nino?* The surname given to Ventura Reyes Prósper A major warming of the equatorial waters in the Pacific Ocean A particularly damaging type of hurricane The nine forms the Ebola disease can take 4 - What is the most abundant gas in the atmosphere? (di)Nitrogen (di)Oxygen Water Vapor Carbon Dioxide 5 - Which physical law is behind the idea of a rocket engine? The law of gravity The action-reaction principle The law on the conservation of energy The General Relativity 6 - Of the following, which is the closest definition of a laser? A device that produces coherent light with a narrow range of wavelengths A device that produces extremely intense light A device that projects electrons at high speed A device that polarize photons, propelling them by magnetic repulsion 7 - What is approximatively the circumference of the Earth? 12000 km (7458 miles) 26000 km (16159 miles) 40000 km (24860 miles) 63000 km (39154 miles) 8 - What particularity of Europa is of particular interest to scientists? It is believed to be the last remain of a planet having collided with Jupiter Its atmosphere is very rich in oxygen Rocks covering its surface might date from the beginning of the Solar System There is a remote possibility that its ice-covered oceans might harbor life 9 - Refraction is due to: Light changing frequency Light changing speed Light changing brightness Light changing phase 10 - What is a micro-kernel? A new breed of genetically engineered corn A computer operating system that provides a minimal set of services A theory in fundamental particle physics involving immutable laws A philosophical premise that says that one should have as few axioms or assumptions as possible 11 - How many more times heavier is the Sun than the Earth? 35 3500 350,000 35,000,000 12 - Who first observed the moons of Jupiter? Johannes Kepler Galileo Eratosthenes Copernicus 13 - What does the acronym ASCII stand for? American Standard Coding for International Interchange Automated Standard Coding for Information Interchange American Standard Code for Information Interchange Automated Standard Code for International Interchange 14 - Which of these is a self propagating, self replicating computer program? Virus Worm Trojan Backdoor 15 - What are the 4 Galilean Satellites? Ganymede, Callisto, Titania, Ophelia Io, Europa, Phobos, Deimos Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto Mimas, Enceladus, Ganymede, Deimos 16 - Which of these was NOT the name of a US Spacecraft? Glamorous Glennis Molly Brown Sigma 7 Aurora 7 17 - What is the most massive planet in the Solar System? Jupiter Saturn Earth The Sun 18 - Who developed the laws of electromagnetic induction? Ohm Volta Faraday Ampere 19 - Brass is an alloy of which two metals? gold and copper gold and tin copper and tin copper and zinc 20 - Which is not a computer graphics file standard? Joint Photographic Experts Group Graphics Interchange Format Pictorial Binary Encoded Material Tagged Image File Format Homepage