Statistics for Science Knowledge

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Question	Answer	% Correct
What is the common abbreviation for deoxyribonucleic acid?	DNA	96%
Who was the first man on the moon?	Neil Armstrong	90%
A covalent bond is when two atoms share_______	A pair/s of electrons	74%
Russia has a larger surface area than what large celestial body once assumed to be a planet?	Pluto	69%
A vector has magnitude and ________	direction	59%
How long does it take for light from the Sun to reach Earth?	8 minutes	54%
Who is the Nobel prize named after?	Alfred Nobel	53%
Who developed the model of the atom which includes multiple energy levels for electrons?	Niels Bohr	47%
Who did research into the nature of light in the early 1900's and deduced that light travels as particles called photons?	Albert Einstein	46%
Tritium is an Isotope of which element?	Hydrogen	38%
A substrate binds to what section of an enzyme?	The active site	22%
Which hugely underrated Scottish Physicist worked at the University of Edinburgh developing a connection between electricity and magnetism, now referred to as electromagnetism?	James Clerk Maxwell	20%
What is the velocity of radio waves?	3*10^8 metres per second	19%
What is the smallest significant constant in the world?	Planck's constant	16%
The energy acquired by an electron passed through a voltage of 1 Volt is called what?	An electron-volt	13%
What is the name of the Japanese space agency (Japan's version of NASA)?	JAXA	12%
Acceleration is caused by what?	An unbalanced force	6%