Ista National-Final-2018

National Finals
Saturday 24th Nov.

Gerry Murphy
RTÉ Weather
Round 1
2
1. Former
President of
Ireland and
newly appointed
Chair of the
Elders, Mary
Robinson, is a
pescatarian
What does this
mean?
2. Ozone absorbs
much of the
ultraviolet
radiation in
which layer of
the atmosphere?
3. Which two celestial bodies cause tides?
4. Name the odourless gas also known as
marsh gas.
5. In terms of which constant will the
kilogram be redefined in May 2019?
6. What is the
name of the
book, based on
the series of
lectures, given
by Schrödinger
in Trinity College
75 years ago?
Round 1
1. What is a pescatarian.
2. Ozone absorbs much of the ultraviolet
radiation in which layer of the atmosphere?
3. Which two celestial bodies cause tides?
4. Name the odourless marsh gas.
5. In terms of which constant will the kilogram
be redefined in May 2019?
6. What is the name Schrödinger’s book?
Round 2
10
1. Plastic pollution has become one
of the greatest scourges of this
generation. What is the
main source of synthetic plastics?
2. Write a balanced chemical equation for
the reaction of bread soda with vinegar.
3. Louise Brown celebrated her 40th birthday
this year and is famous for being born after
conception by IVF. What does IVF stand for?
4. TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite)
is a space telescope launched in April.
What is it designed to search for in space?
5. Give the binomial name of this
eurkaryotic protozoan.
6. RCD is a current-
activated circuit-
breaker used as a
safety device for
mains-operated
electrical tools and
appliances.
What does the

acronym RCD
stand for?
Round 2
1. What is the main source of synthetic plastics?
2. Write a balanced chemical equation for the
reaction of bread soda with vinegar.
3. What does IVF stand for?
4. TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) is a
space telescope is designed to search for what?
5. Give the binomial name of this eurkaryotic
protozoan.
6. What does the acronym RCD stand for?
Round 3
18
1. The ‘Theory of Everything’ was a film about
which famous cosmologist who died this year?
2. Name two metal elements
which are not silver in colour?
3. Identify this molecule
which consists of a
porphyrin ring,
co-ordinated to a central
magnesium atom.
4. Define
Biological
Oxygen
Demand
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5. Which two planets have no known moons?
6. What is the
name of the
protein found
in muscles?
Round 3
1. The ‘Theory of Everything’ was a film about
which famous cosmologist who died this year?
2. Name two metal elements which are not silver in
colour?
3. Identify this molecule which consists of a
porphyrin ring, coordinated to a central Mg atom.
4. Define Biological Oxygen Demand
5. Which two planets have no known moons?
6. What is the name of the protein found in
muscles?
Round 4
Word Puzzle
26
DOWN:
Round 4
1. An enzyme used to break down
Polyethylene terephthalate (PET), which
is a plastic widely used for soft drinks.
2. Pushing a person in a swing is a
common example of a system that
vibrates with increasing amplitude at
some frequencies of excitation.
3. A three-dimensional image formed by the
interference of light beams from a laser
or other coherent light source.
ACROSS:
1. An allergy to grass and other pollen
which causes cold symptoms in sufferers
e.g. hay fever
2. The production of abnormally large
volumes of dilute urine.
3. A programming language & a unit of
pressure 27
Round 5
28
1. Which gas diffuses faster in the
blood? Oxygen or Carbon dioxide?
2. Why is the shape of hydrogen
sulfide v-shaped and not linear?
3. The wonders of Epsom salt have been known
for hundreds of years, its beneficial properties
can soothe the body, mind, and soul.
What is the main component of Epsom salts?
4. Lyme disease
is caused by
which kind of
arachnid?
5. If the acceleration due to gravity
on a planet is 20 ms-2 at the surface,
what the acceleration at a height of
3 times the radius above the surface?
6. Does it take a longer or shorter
time to prepare hard-boiled eggs at
the top of Mount Everest?
Round 5
1. Which gas diffuses faster in the blood? O2 or CO2?
2. Why is the shape of hydrogen sulfide v-shaped
and not linear?
3. What is the main component of Epsom salts?
4. Lyme disease is caused by which kind of arachnid?
5. If the acceleration due to gravity on a planet is 20
ms-2 at the surface, what the acceleration at a
height of 3 times the radius above the surface?
6. Does it take a longer or shorter time to prepare
hard-boiled eggs at the top of Mount Everest?
Round 6
Apparatus
36
Tullgren
Funnel
Desiccator
Newton’s
cradle
Centrifuge
Bomb
Calorimeter
State
Boyle’s Law
Round 7
43
1. IUPAC is the organisation which names
elements. What do the letters stand for?
2. How are
heavy metal
ions removed
from water?
3. What is the effect on the
resistance of a wire if its radius is
doubled?
4. What is phobophobia?
5. In a vacuum chamber, which will land
first, when dropped from the same height,
an apple or a feather?
6. This week a
77-year old
Sligo woman
was recognised
as the world's
longest
surviving
recipient of
which organ?
Round 7
1. IUPAC What do the letters stand for?
2. How are heavy metal ions removed from water?
3. What is the effect on the resistance of a wire if its
radius is doubled?
4. What is phobophobia?
5. In a vacuum chamber, which will land first, an
apple or a feather?
6. This week a 77-year old Sligo woman was
recognised as the world's longest surviving recipient
of which organ?
Round 8
51
1. Who was the
English physician and
scientist who was the
pioneer of the
smallpox vaccine?
2. Identify this famous equation that is
used to find the allowed energy levels
of quantum mechanical systems?
3. The International Space Station is in
a LEO. What does LEO stand for?
4. According to a
recent study
removing which
vestigial organ
reduces the risk
of Parkinson’s
disease by up to
25%?
5. The label on a bottle
of vinegar has 5% (v/v)
acetic acid content.
How many cm3 of
acetic acid does a litre
of the vinegar contain?
6. Atoms of which element make
buckminsterfullerenes?
Round 8
1. Who was the smallpox vaccine?
2. Identify this famous equation
3. What does LEO stand for?
4. Which vestigial organ reduces the risk of
Parkinson’s disease by up to 25%?
5. The label on a bottle of vinegar has 5% (v/v) acetic
acid content. How many cm3 of acetic acid does a
litre of the vinegar contain?
6. Atoms of which element make bucky balls or
buckminsterfullerenes?
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