Indiana Academic Super Bowl
Science Round
2017 Invitational - Junior Division
A Program of the Indiana Association of School Principals
Students:
Throughout this competition, foreign
names and words may be used.
If there are any discrepancies
between how a word/phrase should
be pronounced and what you see
on the screen, the screen
supersedes what is spoken.
JD-I-Sc-1
The stethoscope was a major
revolution in healthcare, replacing the
prior practice of listening to the
patient’s chest with the doctor’s ear.
Who developed this new innovation?
A. Herschel
B. Hooke
C. da Vinci
D. Laennec
JD-I-Sc-1
The stethoscope was a major
revolution in healthcare, replacing the
prior practice of listening to the
patient’s chest with the doctor’s ear.
Who developed this new innovation?
D.
Laennec
JD-I-Sc-2
On the basis of being a more humane
form of capital punishment than
battle-axes and swords, the Guillotine
execution machine was proposed by
whom?
A. Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier
B. James Watt
C. Joseph-Louis Lagrange
D. Dr. Joseph Ignace Guillotin
JD-I-Sc-2
On the basis of being a more humane
form of capital punishment than
battle-axes and swords, the Guillotine
execution machine was proposed by
whom?
D.
Dr. Joseph Ignace Guillotin
JD-I-Sc-3
Disease was commonplace in France
during the early 18th century due to _____.
A. drains and drinking water
intermingled
B. animal and human waste filled the
streets
C. flies contaminated food in the
marketplace
D. all of the above
JD-I-Sc-3
Disease was commonplace in France
during the early 18th century due to _____.
D. all of the above
JD-I-Sc-4
Which scientist studied was the first to prove
that heat and temperature were two different
things by constantly monitoring the
temperature of a bucket of ice as it melted?
(The temperature stayed constant, but heat was
required to melt the ice).
A.
B.
C.
D.
Joseph Priestley
Joseph Black
Henry Cavendish
Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier
JD-I-Sc-4
Which scientist studied was the first to prove
that heat and temperature were two different
things by constantly monitoring the
temperature of a bucket of ice as it melted?
(The temperature stayed constant, but heat was
required to melt the ice).
B.
Joseph Black
JD-I-Sc-5
The person who “set bones” for the poor
country people was the _________.
A.
B.
C.
D.
surgeon
village blacksmith
physician
midwife
JD-I-Sc-5
The person who “set bones” for the
poor country people was the _________.
B.
village blacksmith
JD-I-Sc-6
What is the relationship between the buoyant
force of a hot air balloon and the weight of the
hot air balloon and its passengers that enabled
the Montgolfier’s Hot air balloon to get off the
ground and achieve the first non-tethered
human flight?
A.
B.
C.
D.
no relationship, buoyant force is only in
water
weight is greater than the buoyant force
weight is equal to the buoyant force
weight is less than the buoyant force
JD-I-Sc-6
What is the relationship between the buoyant
force of a hot air balloon and the weight of the
hot air balloon and its passengers that enabled the
Montgolfier’s Hot air balloon to get off the ground
and achieve the first non-tethered human flight?
D.
weight is less than the buoyant force
JD-I-Sc-7
During this time period, some scientists thought
all animals had remained the same throughout
time. Others hypothesized there had been a
change over time in morphology, while others
believed some animals had disappeared entirely
from the earth. Who established extinction as a
FACT?
A. Hooke
B.
da Vinci
C. Lamarck
D. Cuvier
JD-I-Sc-7
During this time period, some scientists thought
all animals had remained the same throughout
time. Others hypothesized there had been a
change over time in morphology, while others
believed some animals had disappeared entirely
from the earth. Who established extinction as a
FACT?
D.
Cuvier
JD-I-Sc-8
Which mathematician and scientist (he lived
before the term “engineering” was coined)
has an infinite series named for him that
allows proper modeling for the natural
occurrences of sunspots, ocean tides, and
the weather?
A. Joseph Priestley
B. Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Baron Fourier
C. Andre-Marie Ampere
D. Joseph Black
JD-I-Sc-8
Which mathematician and scientist (he lived
before the term “engineering” was coined)
has an infinite series named for him that
allows proper modeling for the natural
occurrences of sunspots, ocean tides, and
the weather?
B.
Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Baron Fourier
JD-I-Sc-9
The cause of mass extinctions can best
be explained by _________.
A.
B.
C.
D.
sudden land upheavals
catastrophic environmental
changes
widespread flooding
all of the above
JD-I-Sc-9
The cause of mass extinctions can best
be explained by _________.
D.
all of the above
JD-I-Sc-10
Convert normal human body
temperature of 37°C to the Kelvin
scale.
A.
B.
C.
D.
98.6 K
236 K
298 K
310 K
JD-I-Sc-10
Convert normal human body
temperature of 37°C to the Kelvin
scale.
D. 310 K
JD-I-Sc-11
Certain unusual fossils can be used to
define periods of geologic time. These
are called _________.
A.
B.
C.
D.
ichnofossils
cast fossils
mold fossils
index fossils
JD-I-Sc-11
Certain unusual fossils can be used to
define periods of geologic time. These
are called _________.
D.
index fossils
JD-I-Sc-12
Who debunked the Phlogiston theory, and
discovered that “air is not an elementary
substance, but a mixture of gases” among
them being a colorless and highly reactive
gas that he called “dephlogisticated gas”?
A. Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier
B. Joseph Priestley
C. Henry Cavendish
D. Joseph Black
JD-I-Sc-12
Who debunked the Phlogiston theory, and
discovered that “air is not an elementary
substance, but a mixture of gases” among
them being a colorless and highly reactive
gas that he called “dephlogisticated gas”?
A. Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier
JD-I-Sc-13
The word “fossil” is derived from the
Latin word “fossilis”, which means
______.
A.
B.
C.
D.
“tongues of the wicked”
“formed in the ocean”
“dug up”
“formed on land”
JD-I-Sc-13
The word “fossil” is derived from
the Latin word “fossilis”, which
means ______.
C. “dug up”
JD-I-Sc-14
The Braille system of communication was
developed for use by blind people was ______.
A.
B.
C.
D.
fully developed before Bastille Day,
July 14, 1789
developed in 1819 by a retired French Army
officer teaching at the Blind Institute
developed in 1824 by a 15-year old student,
and published in 1829
developed in 1845 by William Moon with a
system that retains outlines of Roman letters
JD-I-Sc-14
The Braille system of communication was
developed for use by blind people was ______.
C.
developed in 1824 by a 15-year old student,
and published in 1829
JD-I-Sc-15
You are very pleased that you have
discovered a completely preserved fossil of
an invertebrate. The fact that it is intact
leads you to speculate that ________.
A. a scavenger did not find the animal
B. the animal was buried quickly
C. bacteria did not act upon the animal
D. all of the above
JD-I-Sc-15
You are very pleased that you have
discovered a completely preserved fossil of
an invertebrate. The fact that it is intact
leads you to speculate that ________.
D.
all of the above
JD-I-Sc-16
Pure water boils at 212°F at one
atmosphere of pressure. Convert the
temperature to the Kelvin scale.
A.
B.
C.
D.
100 K
212 K
373 K
485 K
JD-I-Sc-16
Pure water boils at 212°F at one
atmosphere of pressure. Convert the
temperature to the Kelvin scale.
C.
373 K
JD-I-Sc-17
Which set is an example of
chemofossils?
A.
B.
C.
D.
coal and wax
coal and petroleum
petroleum and wax
coal and clay
JD-I-Sc-17
Which set is an example of
chemofossils?
B.
coal and petroleum
JD-I-Sc-18
Balance the chemical equation (whole numbers
in respective order) in which Joseph Priestley
formed oxygen (and liquid mercury) by the
following decomposition reaction by heating
read mercuric oxide:
__HgO → __ Hg + __O2
A. 1, 1, 1
B. 2, 1, 2
C. 1, 2, 2
D. 2, 2, 1
JD-I-Sc-18
Balance the chemical equation (whole numbers
in respective order) in which Joseph Priestley
formed oxygen (and liquid mercury) by the
following decomposition reaction by heating
read mercuric oxide:
__HgO → __ Hg + __O2
D. 2, 2, 1
JD-I-Sc-19
A geologist finds an unusual invertebrate fossil
in South American sedimentary strata. A
geologist working in Africa finds the same
species in similar sedimentary strata. They
concur the rocks on the different continents to
be of the same age due to the presence of
_________.
A.
trace fossil
B.
index fossil
C.
chemofossil
D. mold and cast
JD-I-Sc-19
A geologist finds an unusual invertebrate fossil
in South American sedimentary strata. A
geologist working in Africa finds the same
species in similar sedimentary strata. They
concur the rocks on the different continents to
be of the same age due to the presence of
_________.
B.
index fossil
JD-I-Sc-20
You are a paleontologist studying an
outcrop of sedimentary rock. The
fossils get older in age as you move
______.
A.
B.
C.
D.
upsection
downsection
laterally
all of the above
JD-I-Sc-20
You are a paleontologist studying an
outcrop of sedimentary rock. The
fossils get older in age as you move
______.
B.
downsection
JD-I-Sc-21
Joseph Priestley isolated carbon monoxide, which
he called “heavy inflammable air” in his lab in the
United States. Balance the following incomplete
combustion reaction of carbon that formed this
toxic gas to humans:
A.
B.
C.
D.
__C + __O2 → __CO
1, 1, 1,
2, 1,1,
1, 2, 2
2, 1, 2
JD-I-Sc-21
Joseph Priestley isolated carbon monoxide, which
he called “heavy inflammable air” in his lab in the
United States. Balance the following incomplete
combustion reaction of carbon that formed this
toxic gas to humans:
__C + __O2 → __CO
D.
2, 1, 2
JD-I-Sc-22
At what temperature(s) does all
molecular motion stop?
A.
B.
C.
D.
0K
-273° C
-459° F
all of the above
JD-I-Sc-22
At what temperature(s) does all
molecular motion stop?
D. all of the above
JD-I-Sc-23
The first innovative thinker to correctly
reconstruct geologic history in a series
of stages was _________.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Cuvier
Leclerc
Darwin
Lamarck
JD-I-Sc-23
The first innovative thinker to correctly
reconstruct geologic history in a series
of stages was _________.
B. Leclerc
JD-I-Sc-24
Which scientists had major discoveries
in the areas of heat energy and
chemistry?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Andre Ampere, Joseph Black and
Antoine Lavoisier
Henry Cavendish and Joseph
Priestley
Joseph Priestley only
Henry Cavendish and Joseph Black
JD-I-Sc-24
Which scientists had major discoveries
in the areas of heat energy and
chemistry?
D.
Henry Cavendish and Joseph Black
JD-I-Sc-25
Lamarck explained that giraffes had long
necks because they stretched to reach
high branches to feed. Their long reach
was passed on to their offspring. He
called this the theory of _______.
A. natural transformation
B. natural selection
C. plate tectonics
D. uniformitarianism
JD-I-Sc-25
Lamarck explained that giraffes had
long necks because they stretched to
reach high branches to feed. Their
long reach was passed on to their
offspring. He called this the theory of
_______.
A. natural transformation
End of Science Round
The next round will be Social Studies
2017 Junior Academic Super Bowl
April 29, 2017