Science Bowl

GENERAL SCIENCE

General Science - 8

GENR-91; Multiple Choice:  If a metal can be drawn into wires relatively easily it is called:

w)  malleable
x)  ductile
y)  extractive
z)  tactile

ANSWER:    X -- DUCTILE

GENR-91; Short Answer:  What is the name given to the invasion of warm surface waters off the
Peruvian coast that has been identified with strange climactic effects in recent years?

ANSWER:    EL NI¥O

GENR-91; Short Answer:  Occasionally, a bad cold will cause a decrease in a persons hearing
ability.  What is the name of the tube that becomes blocked to cause this problem?

ANSWER:    EUSTACHIAN TUBE  (pron: yu-sta-shen)

GENR-91; Short Answer:  Name the general type of mammal that gives birth to undeveloped
young that are kept in pouches.

ANSWER:    MARSUPIAL

GENR-91; Short Answer:  In a musical instrument that produces a fundamental note, what would
the wavelength of the second harmonic be relative to the fundamental?

ANSWER:    WAVELENGTH WOULD BE ONE-HALF THE FUNDAMENTAL 

GENR-91;  Multiple Choice:  In which country was a method for making rust-resistant iron
discovered in the fifth century B.C.?

w)  Sumeria
x)  Egypt
y)  India
z)  Babylon

ANSWER:    Y -- INDIA