ISAAC ASIMOV’S SUPER QUIZ

Take this Super Quiz to a PhD. Score one point for each correct answer on the Freshman Level, two points on the Graduate Level and three points on the PhD Level.

SUBJECT: SCIENCE “TION”

Each answer is a single word that ends in “tion.” (e.g., This process causes water droplets to form on the outside of a glass.

Answer: Condensation.) FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. A homogeneous mixture of two or more substances.

2. Newton compiled three laws dealing with this act or process.

3. A sudden, violent outburst of a volcano.

GRADUATE LEVEL

4. This physical force makes it difficult for one surface to move over another.

5. Charles Darwin used the term “natural selection” to describe this process.

6. Gravity is the universal force of _____ acting between all matter.

PHD LEVEL

7. A change directly from the solid to the gaseous state without becoming liquid.

8. The change in the genes of an animal that causes it to become different from others of its type.

9. This term refers to the time during which a baby develops inside its mother.

ANSWERS FOR WED, NOVEMBER 18:

1. Octopus. 2. Absence (distance). 3. Some tarts. 4. Four.

5. Cardiac arrest. 6. Heartburn.

7. Defibrillator. 8. Heart of

9. “Heart and Soul.”

Darkness. SCORING:

18 points – congratulations, doctor; 15 to 17 points – honours graduate; 10 to 14 points – you’re plenty smart, but no grind; 4 to 9 points – you really should hit the books harder; 1 point to 3 points – enrol in remedial courses immediately; 0 points – who reads the questions to you?