What is the name of the statement of the second law that prohibits a perfect heat engine?
Answer
Kelvin-Planck statement
98686 Intermediate Trivia Questions
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Which scientist demonstrated the mechanical equivalent of heat?
Answer
James Prescott Joule
What is the lowest possible temperature, 0 K, called?
Answer
Absolute zero
Who introduced the concept of entropy in 1865?
Answer
Rudolf Clausius
Who was the only student of Copernicus to publish his heliocentric ideas before De revolutionibus?
Answer
Georg Joachim Rheticus
What is the term for the apparent shift of a star's position due to Earth's orbit?
Answer
Stellar parallax
What was the sentence imposed on Galileo by the Roman Inquisition in 1633?
Answer
House arrest
In the heliocentric model, what causes the apparent retrograde motion of outer planets?
Answer
Earth overtaking outer planets
Which Polish university did Nicolaus Copernicus attend?
Answer
Jagiellonian University
What is the name of Copernicus's earlier manuscript summarizing his heliocentric theory?
Answer
Commentariolus
Which astronomer improved Copernicus's heliocentric model by introducing elliptical orbits?
Answer
Johannes Kepler
What is the title of Galileo's book that argued for heliocentrism and led to his trial?
Answer
Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems
Who first synthesized penicillin in a laboratory?
Answer
John C. Sheehan
Which species of Penicillium was used in large-scale penicillin production?
Answer
Penicillium chrysogenum
What unit was originally used to measure penicillin potency?
Answer
Oxford unit
Which mycologist identified Fleming's original mold as Penicillium notatum?
Answer
Charles Thom
Who devised the extraction method that made penicillin purification possible?
Answer
Norman Heatley
What method did Dorothy Hodgkin use to solve penicillin's structure?
Answer
X-ray crystallography
Who determined the molecular structure of penicillin?
Answer
Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin
What species of Penicillium did Fleming originally discover?
Answer
Penicillium notatum
What chemical class does penicillin belong to?
Answer
Beta-lactam antibiotics
What was the name of the first patient treated with penicillin?
Answer
Albert Alexander
Who led the Oxford team that purified penicillin for medical use?
Answer
Howard Florey
Who coined the term 'microbe'?
Answer
Charles-Emmanuel Sédillot
What is the name of the filter developed by Charles Chamberland to remove bacteria from liquids?
Answer
Chamberland filter
Who discovered the bacterial cause of whooping cough?
Answer
Jules Bordet
Who discovered the bacterial cause of typhoid fever?
Answer
Karl Joseph Eberth
What is the causative agent of Rocky Mountain spotted fever?
Answer
Rickettsia rickettsii
Who isolated the tetanus bacillus?
Answer
Shibasaburo Kitasato
What is the name of the bacterium that causes peptic ulcers?
Answer
Helicobacter pylori
Who discovered that the malaria parasite is transmitted by mosquitoes?
Answer
Ronald Ross
Which scientist developed the first diphtheria antitoxin?
Answer
Emil von Behring
Who first demonstrated that a microorganism could cause disease in silkworms?
Answer
Agostino Bassi
Who developed the first vaccine for rabies?
Answer
Louis Pasteur
Which British surgeon introduced carbolic acid as an antiseptic in surgery?
Answer
Joseph Lister