Science Bowl

GENERAL SCIENCE

General Science - 6

GENR-91; Short Answer:  Table sugar, from sugar cane or beet, is what type of sugar?

ANSWER:    SUCROSE   or   DISACCHARIDE   or   SACCHAROSE 

GENR-91; Multiple Choice:  Which prefix is often used with scientific terms to indicate that
something is the same, equal or constant?

w)  iso 

(pron: eye-so)

x)  mega
y)  meta
z)  quasi

ANSWER:    W -- ISO

GENR-91; Multiple Choice:  The study of phenomena at very low temperatures is called:

w)  heat transfer
x)  morphology
y)  crystallography
z)  cryogenics 

(pron: cry-o-jen-iks)

ANSWER:    Z -- CRYOGENICS

GENR-91; Multiple Choice:  The branch of medical science which is concerned with the study of
disease as it affects a community of people is called: 

w)  epidemiology
x)  oncology
y)  paleontogy
z)  pathology

ANSWER:    W -- EPIDEMIOLOGY

GENR-91; Multiple Choice:  The study of how people use tools to perform work and how people
physically relate to their working environment is called: 

w)  engineering
x)  ergonomics
y)  agronomy
z)  physiology

ANSWER:    X -- ERGONOMICS