LC Quiz

cautioner

Chun an fhírinne a rá,
blah blah blah,
environmentólíocht,
agus mar sin de,
... mar do thinteáin féin.

Q: What is the inductive effect? (Seriously, I do Chem and I've never heard of it )

Ginja Ninja

it's the induction of a minute charge in a molecule (polarisation) i only do phys/chem so that's all we got on it

Q:biology=who proposed the theory of natural selection(BOTH authors)?

poppy08

Ginja Ninja wrote: »

it's the induction of a minute charge in a molecule (polarisation) i only do phys/chem so that's all we got on it

Q:biology=who proposed the theory of natural selection(BOTH authors)?

lol its a grey part of the chem course:inductive effect is the movemen tof electrons towards the o- (****** ion) in an acid
(tbh they'll be happy if you know the structure of an acid!)

I was getting tired of all the easy Q's:D, Ginja Nija's got the idea! but...

BOTH authors?!?- Darwin and umm (after some reseearch) Alfred Russel Wallace? but KNOW thats not on the course!

poppy08

:eek: i have a habit of spelling the element oxygen with an E instead of a Y ......boards automately replaces it with stars!

cautioner

SHUSH!

They have ears everywhere...

Anyway, yes, I'm almost sure Wallace was mentioned in the course; if not that'd be fairly scabby on Mr. O'Callaghan's part.

Q: Life's but a __________________________________________________________

Mr Maroon

box of chocolates?

poisonated

Life is but a walking shadow,
a poor player that struts and frets
his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more.
It is a tale told by an idiot,
full of sound and fury signifying nothing.


french - petit a petit l'oiseau fait son nid - translates as....
(edit)yeah gavins right.Ive just really gotten into french idioms recently.It means "every little helps"

Gavin "shels"

poisonated wrote: »

french - petit a petit l'oiseau fait son nid - translates as....

Little by little the bird makes its nest?

Physics(being the first physics question we'll start off easy) - Define a virtual image?

challengemaster

Gavin shels wrote: »

Little by little the bird makes its nest?

Physics(being the first physics question we'll start off easy) - Define a virtual image?

An image created by the apparent intersection of rays at a point, the real rays never actually meet.


Chemistry: Name the following compound - CH2(OH)CH(OH)CH2(OH)

bhoy4life

Kriptonite

JSK 252

bhoy4life wrote: »

Kriptonite

:rolleyes:

Glycerol which is formed by the base hydrolysis saponifaction reaction of glycerol triesterate with naoh or koh to from sodium/ pottasium stereate and the above.

poppy08

umm i actually have a question that i can't find the answer for...i know its asample paper ( those sample papers can be dodgey at th ebest of times...) but knowing my luck it'll come up!

What happens when ytou put a lump of Zinc into dil CUSO4 and left for 24hrs? Write equation and what is this type of reaction usually called?

..........i've a feeling its gonna be blantanly obvious:o

candlegrease

Zn + CuSO4 ---> ZnSO4 + Cu(+2)

I think that's right

poppy08

candlegrease wrote: »

Zn + CuSO4 ---> ZnSO4 + Cu(+2)

I think that's right

what do u see ?...a red ppt..?...
is it called oxidation?

p1akuw47h5r3it

Stop with all the chemistry:eek:

What is the verb " To Milk a Cow" in french.

Ginja Ninja

I milk the cow-->je Trais le vache

When was the first leaving cert ever held?

budsie

1924 if Wikipedia is right!

Where in the body are blood cells produced?

fig mclough

I used to be with it, but then they changed what "it" was. Now what I'm with isn't "it" and what's "it" seems weird and scary to me.

tats in da simpsons!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

george.

bone marrow, ex ribs

state a function of mitosis in a single-celled organism

p1akuw47h5r3it

Reproduction

What is reproduction in Bacteria called?

budsie

binary fission

What is the function of the epiglottis?

ironictoaster

Stop food from going into the lungs?

What is the meaning of life?

george.

to live

explain the concept of opportunity cost

dermo1990

opportunity cost - the cost of the next best alternative foregone

Define a "quango"

regob

dermo1990 wrote: »

opportunity cost - the cost of the next best alternative foregone

Define a "quango"

thats wrong its the next best alternative foregone,

JSK 252

creggy wrote: »

Stop food from going into the lungs?

What is the meaning of life?

Refers to all those characterisitcs which distinguishes itself from dead ones. They include organisation, nutrition, metabolism, reproduction and excretion.

Distinguish between the exchequer borrowing requirement and the public sector borrowing requirement.

JSK 252

regob wrote: »

thats wrong its the next best alternative foregone,

No its the cost of alternatives forgone. We have scarce resources in economics.

JSK 252

creggy wrote: »

Stop food from going into the lungs?

What is the meaning of life?

Its more correctly the trachea.

regob

JSK 252 wrote: »

No its the cost of alternatives forgone. We have scarce resources in economics.

its what was given in order to get a good

e.g. if a person wants a mars bar, then they would have given up the opportunity of having a twix

the twix is the opportunity cost, it isnt what the twix cost

p1akuw47h5r3it

JSK 252 wrote: »

Refers to all those characterisitcs which distinguishes itself from dead ones. They include organisation, nutrition, metabolism, reproduction and excretion.

Distinguish between the exchequer borrowing requirement and the public sector borrowing requirement.

Exchequer borrowing requirement is = Total exchequer Borrowing Requirement + Total exchequer borrowing from Local Authorities and state sponsered Bodies whereas

The public sector borrowing requirement is the amount of money the goverment needs to borrow to achieve a budget equilibrium.

I'm not so sure about the 2nd one so correct me if I'm wrong

What 3 conditions are neccessray for price descrimination to occur?