SUPER QUIZ

Take this Super Quiz to a Ph.D. Score 1 point for each correct answer on the Freshman Level, 2 points on the Graduate Level and 3 points on the Ph.D. Level.

Subject: SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS

(e.g., It is used to show the direction of the wind. Answer: Weather vane (weathercock).)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. To examine things that are too small to see normally.

2. It detects and measures the intensity of radiation.

3. Used to measure body temperatures.

GRADUATE LEVEL

4. It measures atmospheric pressure.

5. Used by doctors for listening to someone’s heart or breathing.

6. Used by surveyors to measure angles.

PH.D. LEVEL

7. It rotates at a very high speed in order to separate liquids from solids.

8. What does an anemometer measure?

9. Used to maintain a reference direction in navigation systems and automatic pilots.

ANSWERS: 1. Microscope. 2. Geiger counter. 3. Thermometer. 4. Barometer. 5. Stethoscope. 6. Transit. 7. Centrifuge. 8. Wind speed. 9. Gyroscope.

SCORING:

18 points — congratulations, doctor; 15 to 17 points — honors 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 — enroll in remedial courses immediately; 0 points — who reads the questions to you?

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