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The document outlines the questions and answers for the 2025 ASUOGYAMAN District Science & Maths Quiz Competition, covering various topics including types of bird beaks, physics, chemistry, and biology. It consists of multiple rounds with questions on displacement, temperature conversion, molecular formulas, and true or false statements. Additionally, it includes riddles related to biological and chemical concepts.

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2025 ADSMQ Contest 2

The document outlines the questions and answers for the 2025 ASUOGYAMAN District Science & Maths Quiz Competition, covering various topics including types of bird beaks, physics, chemistry, and biology. It consists of multiple rounds with questions on displacement, temperature conversion, molecular formulas, and true or false statements. Additionally, it includes riddles related to biological and chemical concepts.

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2025 ASUOGYAMAN DISTRICT SCIENCE & MATHS QUIZ COMPETITION

(28/5/2025)

CONTEST 2

ROUND 1

Preamble: Consider the following types of beaks of birds: carnivorous beak,


insectivorous beak, nectarivorous beak and scavenging beak. Match the given types of
beaks with the given type of bird:

1. Eagles Ans: carnivorous beak


2. Hawks Ans: carnivorous beak
3. Hummingbirds Ans: nectarivorous beak

Preamble: Find the displacement of a particle whose position vector changes from

1. (3i + 4j) m to (7i – 2j) m Ans: (4i – 6j) m


2. (-2i + 5j) m to (i – 3j) m Ans: (3i – 8j) m
3. (5j) m to (-4i + 2j) m Ans: (-4i – 3j) m

Preamble: Express the following temperatures from K to oC

1. 300.75 K Ans: 27.60 oC


2. 150.25 K Ans: -122.90 oC
3. 400.00 K Ans: 126.85 oC

Preamble: Calculate the total number of atoms in the empirical formula of the following
molecular formulas below: (Assume all formula exist)

1. C6H12O6 Ans: 4
2. C8H10N4O2 Ans: 12
3. C11H22O11 Ans: 4

Preamble: Determine the number of neutrons present in the most stable isotope of the
given elements

1. Magnesium Ans: 12 neutrons


2. Chlorine Ans: 18 neutrons
3. Nitrogen Ans: 7 neutrons

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Preamble: Give the base number ‘n’ given that…

1. 120n = 48 Ans: 6
2. 101n = 26 Ans: 5
3. 32n = 20 Ans: 6

Preamble: Evaluate the limit ….

x2 −4
1. lim Ans: 4
x→2 x−2
x2 −5x+6
2. lim Ans: 1
x→3 x−3
x3 −1
3. lim Ans: 3
x→1 x−1

Preamble: Give one function of the mitochondria in cells

Answers:

1. The primary function of mitochondria is to produce ATP (energy) through


oxidative phosphorylation for the cell
2. Mitochondria are involved in the breakdown of carbohydrates, fats, and amino
acids
3. They help regulate calcium ion concentrations in the cell.
4. Mitochondria play a role in programmed cell death (apoptosis).
5. Mitochondria are involved in cellular respiration, which includes the Krebs cycle
(or citric acid cycle) and the electron transport chain.
6. Mitochondria are a major source of reactive oxygen species (ROS), which can be
both beneficial and harmful.

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ROUND 2 – SPEED RACE

1. Light is incident on a plane mirror. Find the angle of incidence at which the angle
between the reflected ray and the surface of the plane mirror is 30°. Ans: 60o
2. An object is released from rest a distance h = 45 m above the ground. Assuming
negligible air resistance, find the flight time of the object. Take g = 10.0 m/s 2
Ans: 3.0 s
3. A particle is moving along the x-axis, and its velocity is given by: v(t) =3t2i. Find
the acceleration of the particle Ans: a(t) = 6ti

1. Calculate the mass of 0.40 moles of glucose, C6H12O6 Ans: 72 g


2. Determine the sum of the coefficient of all reactants and products in a balanced
equation of sulphuric acid with sodium hydrogen carbonate Ans: 8
3. Calculate the molecular formula of a hydrocarbon consisting of 80% carbon and
molecular mass of 34.0 g Ans: C2H6

1. Find the constants A, B and C such that: 2x2 – 8x + 10 = A(x – B)2 + C


Ans: A = 2, B = 2, C = 2
2. Find the solution set of the inequality: x2 – 4x – 5 > 0
Ans: {x:x E R, x < -1 or x > 5}
3. Solve the equation for cos x = √3/2 for 0 < x < π Ans: x = π/6

1. What name is given to the process by which a single ancestral species rapidly
diversifies into multiple new species each adapted to a specific niche or
environment? Ans: adaptive radiation
2. How does sickle cell disease affect the shape of red blood cells? Ans: It distort
the normally flexible, biconcave disc shape of red blood cells into a sickle
(crescent) shape.
3. Name any 3 symptoms of influenza Ans: fever, chills, cough, sore throat,
muscle aches, fatigue, headaches

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ROUND 3 TRUE OR FALSE

1. Photosynthetic bacteria use chlorophyll to perform photosynthesis.


Answer: False (They use bacteriochlorophyll, not chlorophyll).
2. Cyanobacteria are examples of photosynthetic bacteria.
Answer: True.
3. Photosynthetic bacteria produce oxygen as a byproduct.
Answer: False (Only cyanobacteria produce oxygen; other photosynthetic
bacteria do not).

1. The surface area of a cube with side length a is 6a2.


Answer: True.
2. If the side length of a cube doubles, its surface area quadruples.
Answer: True.
3. The surface area of a cube is always greater than its volume.
Answer: False (Depends on the side length).

1. Metals are generally good conductors of electricity.


Answer: True.
2. Metals are brittle and break easily.
Answer: False (Metals are malleable and ductile).
3. Metals tend to lose electrons and form positive ions.
Answer: True.

1. Horns are made of bone covered by a layer of keratin.


Answer: True.
2. Rhino horns are made entirely of keratin.
Answer: True.
3. Horns are found only in mammals.
Answer: True.

1. Displacement is a vector quantity that measures the change in position of a


particle.
Answer: True.
2. Displacement can be zero even if the distance traveled is not zero.
Answer: True.
3. Displacement is always equal to the distance traveled.
Answer: False (Displacement is the shortest path between initial and final
positions).

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1. The logarithm of 1 to any base is always 0.
Answer: True.
2. log(ab) = log(a) + log(b) for any positive real numbers a and b

Answer: True

3. Log(ab) = blog(a) for any positive real number a and real number b

Answer: True

1. Methene is the simplest alkene False


2. The general formula for alkanes is CnH2nFalse
3. Ethane is a member of the alkene homologous series False

1. The probability of an event A is given by P(A) = n(A)/n(S) where n(A) is the


number of favorable outcomes and n(S) is the total number of outcomes in the
sample space True
2. The probability of an event A can never be greater than 1 True
3. If P(A) = 0, then event A is impossible True

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ROUND 4 RIDDLES

1. We are a group of autotrophic eukaryotes


2. We include unicellular and colonial flagellates
3. We are chlorophyll-containing organisms
4. Because of that, a few organisms rely on us to conduct photosynthesis for them
5. Our cell walls usually contain cellulose and we store carbohydrates in the form of
starch
6. If we are a kind of algae, then who are we? GREEN-ALGAE

1. I am a polyhedron
2. More specifically I am a hexahedron
3. I have quadrilateral faces
4. I am a convex polyhedron whose polyhedral graph is the same as that of a cube
5. If I am rectangular, then I have all right angles and equal opposite rectangular
faces
6. If I am a polyhedron with 6 faces, then who am I? CUBOID

1. I am a chemical element
2. I have my atomic number greater than 30
3. I am a soft whitish-grey metal
4. In my group, I am the first to have a density higher than water
5. I was discovered by German chemists Robert Bunsen and Gustav Kirchhoff
6. If in the periodic table, I am a block-s element with similar characteristics as
potassium and caecium, then who am I? RUBIDIUM

1. I am a subtype of a radioactive decay


2. There are two of us
3. In my process, a proton inside a radionuclide nucleus is converted into a neutron
4. I am mediated by the weak force
5. An example of my decay is magnesium-23 decaying into sodium-23
6. I am a beta decay process
7. If I am also known as positron emission, then who am I? BETA PLUS DECAY (do
not accept BETA DECAY)

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