Future Science Week Competition
What is the name of the principle that states there’s a limit to which both the position and momentum of a particle can be known?
Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
Pauli Exclusion Principle
Bernoulli’s Principle
What does it mean if two particles are entangled?
Their quantum states can no longer be defined independently of one another
Their quantum states become identical
Where one particle goes the other follows
Approximately how many atoms is in a human body?
10^28
10^24
10^20
Space sunshades work by…
Blocking some of the Sun’s radiation before it reaches the atmosphere
Introducing small reflective particles into the upper atmosphere
Making clouds more reflective
Which of the following is not a carbon dioxide removal (DCR) technique?
Stratospheric aerosols
Ocean fertilisation
Afforestation
What do you get when you decompose biomass at high temperatures in the absence of oxygen?
Biochar
Carbon dioxide
Bio-energy
Approximately what percentage of global greenhouse gas emissions come from the meat industry?
18%
13%
9%
What type of cells do Maastricht University use to grow their own burgers?
Beef muscle cells
Beef stem cells
Beef fat cells
How much did the first beefburger grown using Maastricht University’s method cost?
$300,000
$3,000
£30
How far is it to our nearest neighbouring star, Alpha Centauri?
41.5 trillion kilometres
41.5 billion kilometres
41.5 million kilometres
Reaction engines rely on the ‘equal, but opposite, force’ exerted by expelled material, explained by which of Newton’s laws of motion?
Newton’s Third Law
Newton’s Second Law
Newton’s First Law
Why do solar sails need to have a very large surface area?
Because light intensity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance between the source and the observer
Because light intensity is inversely proportional to the distance between the source and the observer
Because light intensity is directly proportional to the distance between the source and the observer
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