In Einstein's theory of relativity, (E=Mc squared), what does the E stand for?

Ecliptic
Energy
Effluent
Exciting
Wrong!
The correct answer is Energy.

In Einstein's theory of special relativity, he demonstrates that the laws of

physics are the same for stationary observers. For instance, the speed of light
within a vacuum is the same no matter what.

5% of people have also gotten it wrong.

QUESTION #2
What was the first mammal to be sent into space?

Dog
Elephant
Mouse
Monkey
Wrong!
The correct answer is Monkey.

The first mammal in space was a Rhesus Monkey called Albert II. His flight reached
the height of 134 km (83 miles).

55% of people have also gotten it wrong.

QUESTION #3
Nephrology is the study of what?

Eyes
Ears
Kidneys
Liver
Wrong!
The correct answer is Kidneys.

Nephrology (taken from the Greek word "Nephros" meaning kidney) is the term used
for the study of the kidneys, including normal function and the prevention and
treatment of kidney problems.

41.4% of people have also gotten it wrong.

QUESTION #4
Which animal has a gestation period of 22 months?

Blue Whale
Great White Shark
Elephant
Rhinoceros
Cow
Wrong!
The correct answer is Elephant.

The African Bush Elephant carries its young for 22 months (the Asian elephant
gestates between 18 and 22 months). Elephants have the biggest brain in all land
animals on Earth, so they need a lot of time to develop in the womb.
40% of people have also gotten it wrong.
QUESTION #5
What on Earth produces about half of the world's breathable oxygen?

The rain forest

The ocean
The plants
The sun
Wrong!
The correct answer is The ocean.

The ocean is teeming with tiny creatures called phytoplankton which produce oxygen.

86.4% of people have also gotten it wrong.

QUESTION #6
What are Epoxy resins commonly used for?

Adhesives
Fertilisers
Bath bombs
Insecticides
Wrong!
The correct answer is Adhesives.

Epoxy resins are very strong and are used in engineering on structures such as
aeroplanes, automobiles, golf clubs, and so on.

21.4% of people have also gotten it wrong.

QUESTION #7
What is the unit used to measure the loudness of sound?

Shoutiness
Decibel
Amplification
Humming
Wrong!
The correct answer is Decibel.

Loudness is measured in decibels. A normal conversation is carried out at about 60

decibels, whispering is about 20 decibels, and a firework display is about 160
decibels.

8.6% of people have also gotten it wrong.

QUESTION #8
What does the acronym EPROM mean?

Energy Partial Read Only Memory

Extra Playable Random Optic Memory
Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
Energy Particle Rhesus Ohm Meter
Wrong!
The correct answer is Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory.

EPROM is a programmable read only memory that can be erased and re-used. Ultra-
violet light is used to erase the data so the memory can be reused.
50.7% of people have also gotten it wrong.
QUESTION #9
Which scientist discovered Radium?

Sir Isaac Newton

Benjamin Franklin
Jack Parsons
Marie Curie
Wrong!
The correct answer is Marie Curie.

Radium is a chemical element with symbol Ra and atomic number 88. It was discovered
in 1898 by Mrs Marie Curie. It is said that the element is so named because upon
seeing it, Mrs Curie exclaimed, "Look how radiant it is!"

25% of people have also gotten it wrong.

QUESTION #10
What did Galileo invent?

Microscope
Sextant
Thermometer
Solar system map
Wrong!
The correct answer is Thermometer.

A thermometer measures temperature using Mercury. Although the basic principles of

a thermometer were known to the ancient Greeks, the modern thermometer using a
scale to show the temperature was invented by Galileo.

What is the chemical symbol for hydrogen?

Your Answer:
Wrong!
The correct answer is H

In the periodic table of chemical elements, hydrogen is represented by the single

letter H.

8.3% of people have also gotten it wrong.

QUESTION #2
Titanium has the chemical symbol T.

True
False
Wrong!
The correct answer is False.

The correct symbol for titanium, as shown in the periodic table of chemical
elements, is Ti.

19.3% of people have also gotten it wrong.

QUESTION #3
In the compound water, how many hydrogen atoms are there per molecule of water?

Your Answer:
Wrong!
We would have accepted any of the following answers: 2, Two
The chemical formula for water is H2O. Water is made from only the two elements
hydrogen and oxygen, and there are two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom per
molecule of water.

16.7% of people have also gotten it wrong.

QUESTION #4
Which of these is a fossil fuel?

Solar Waves
Coal
Wind
Wrong!
The correct answer is Coal.

Solar energy and wind power are renewable forms of energy, and are not fossil
fuels. As the name suggests, fossil fuels are fuels which were created many
millions of years ago. Coal is formed by the pressurization of plant and animal
remains over a long period of time, and we can use these fuels for industry and
household use.

4.7% of people have also gotten it wrong.

QUESTION #5
Brass is an alloy of copper and which other metal?

Your Answer:
Wrong!
The correct answer is Zinc

Alloys are mixtures of 2 or more metals. Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc, and,
as with other alloys, is produced for its certain properties.

74.3% of people have also gotten it wrong.

QUESTION #6
The genetic information, or control information inside a cell is usually found in
what part?

Cell Membrane
Cell Wall
Nucleus
Wrong!
The correct answer is Nucleus.

The nucleus is usually found in the centre of a cell, but not always. The functions
of some nuclei are as follows:
Store genes on chromosomes;
produce messages that code for proteins;
transfer genetic information.
Plants and animals all have cells, and all are used in many different ways, all
gaining their energy through respiration.

10.8% of people have also gotten it wrong.

QUESTION #7
Which of these is not a muscle, or group of muscles in the arm?

Biceps
Quadriceps
Triceps
Wrong!
The correct answer is Quadriceps.

The quadriceps are a group of four muscles on the front of the thigh. The biceps
and triceps muscles ARE in the arm.

9.4% of people have also gotten it wrong.

QUESTION #8
Which of the following best describes adrenalin?

Acid
Hormone
Steroid
Element
Wrong!
The correct answer is Hormone.

Adrenalin is released from the adrenal glands, which are on the top of the kidneys.
They are mainly responsible for stress control.

25.9% of people have also gotten it wrong.

QUESTION #9
Italian physicist/astronomer Galileo Galilei invented the telescope.

True
False
Wrong!
The correct answer is False.

The belief that Galileo Galilei invented the telescope is incorrect. He simply
developed the invention which had already been created in the Netherlands in 1608.
A year later, after showing his plans to lawmakers, he began looking into the sky
and discovered many things, including three of Jupiter's four largest moons.

68.2% of people have also gotten it wrong.

QUESTION #10
The formula for speed (velocity) is Speed=Distance divided by...?

Your Answer:
Wrong!
We would have accepted any of the following answers: Time, Duration

In physics and math, the formula can simply be written as s=d/t. This means that
your speed is calculated by taking the total distance and dividing by the total
time. You can also use this formula to calculate time and distance, by rearranging
the formula to make either time or distance the subject.

We would have accepted any of the following answers: Pi,π

Pi, whose value is 3.14159..., is sometimes called Archimedes's constant. By

comparing polygons drawn outside a circle to those inside a circle, Archimedes gave
an accurate approximation for the value of pi.

Pi is used in calculating the circumference (C=2πr) and area (a=πr^2) of a circle

and the volume (v=4/3πr^3) of a sphere.

11.3% of people have also gotten it wrong.

QUESTION #2
What Greek letter is used to represent a change in a variable?

Beta
Delta
Iota
Nu
Wrong!
The correct answer is Delta.

An uppercase delta looks like a triangle: Δ.

Δ represents the change in the variable y, so if y changes from 5 to 7, then Δ = 7-
5 = 2.

A river delta is in the shape of a triangle; its name comes from the Greek letter.

25.1% of people have also gotten it wrong.

QUESTION #3
The Greek letter rho (pronounced "row" as in "row your boat") is used to represent
a wavelength.

True
False
Wrong!
The correct answer is False.

A lowercase rho, ρ, is used to represent density.

A lowercase lambda, λ, is used to represent a wavelength. The wavelength of visible

light ranges from 750 nm (red) to 380 nm (violet). Humans can hear sound in the
range 20 Hz to 20 kHz, which corresponds to a wavelength from about 17 m to 17 mm.

40.4% of people have also gotten it wrong.

QUESTION #4
Many Greek letters are used in the names of particles in physics. Which of these is
NOT a real particle?

Mu lepton
Nu trino
Pi meson
Xi baryon
Wrong!
The correct answer is Nu trino.

The "neutrino" is a type of particle, but not a "nu trino".

A mu lepton is also called a muon; a pi meson is also called a pion.

Other particles using Greek names include: alpha particle, beta particle, gamma
ray, mu neutrino, tau, tau neutrino, and upsilon meson.

68.5% of people have also gotten it wrong.

QUESTION #5
What SI (metric) unit is represented by Ω, an uppercase omega?

Ampere (electric current)

Candela (luminous intensity)
 Ohm (electrical resistance)
Weber (magnetic flux)
Wrong!
The correct answer is Ohm (electrical resistance).

The ohm is a derived unit: Ω

= V/A (volt/ampere) = kg⋅m^2 / (s^3⋅A^2)

Omega is the last letter in the Greek alphabet.

The word "alphabet" comes from the first two Greek letters, alpha and beta.

19.7% of people have also gotten it wrong.

QUESTION #6
Mu is the only Greek letter used as a symbol for an SI (metric) prefix.

True
False
Wrong!
The correct answer is True.

All of the SI symbols, except one, are based on the Latin alphabet. The only
exception is μ, a lowercase Greek letter mu.

The Greek letter μ was chosen because there are three "m" prefixes:
Mega-, M, means million (10^6).
Milli-, m, means thousandth (10^-3).
Micro-, μ, means millionth (10^-6).

62.1% of people have also gotten it wrong.

QUESTION #7
What Greek letter is used to represent density (mass per unit volume)?

Eta
Rho
Tau
Psi
Wrong!
The correct answer is Rho.

A lowercase rho, ρ, is used to represent density. Water has a density of about 1000
kg/m^3.

In general, a solid is more dense than a liquid, which is more dense than a gas.
Water is unusual in that solid water (ice) is less dense than liquid water; that is
why ice floats!

70.9% of people have also gotten it wrong.

QUESTION #8
What mathematical constant is represented by φ, a lowercase phi?

Archimedes's constant
Euler's number
Golden ratio
Imaginary unit
Wrong!
The correct answer is Golden ratio.
In the Renaissance, this quantity was called the divine proportion. It appears in
math (related to the Fibonacci sequence), art (said to be aesthetically pleasing),
and nature (in the distribution of leaves on a stem). It describes a special
relationship between two quantities, "a" and "b", where (a+b)/a = a/b = φ. The
value of φ is 1.61803...

Archimedes's constant is another name for pi, π. Its value is 3.14159...

Euler's number is another name for e, the base of the natural logarithm. Its value
is 2.71828...

The imaginary unit is the square root of -1; it is often represented by ι, a

lowercase iota.

66.5% of people have also gotten it wrong.

QUESTION #9
In math, what Greek letter represents a summation?

Epsilon
Sigma
Upsilon
Psi
Wrong!
The correct answer is Sigma.

Uppercase sigma is a sum. Σy where y=2 to 5 means 2+3+4+5 which equals 14.

The word "mathematics" comes from the Greek μάθημα (máthēma), which means study and
learning.

Zoology is the study of ___.

Life
Animals
Plants
Fungi
Wrong!
The correct answer is Animals.

4.4% of people have also gotten it wrong.

QUESTION #2
___ is the study of plants.

Zoology
Botany
Geology
Anthropology
Wrong!
The correct answer is Botany.

3.9% of people have also gotten it wrong.

QUESTION #3
Entomology is the study of insects.

True
False
Wrong!
The correct answer is True.
12.2% of people have also gotten it wrong.

QUESTION #4
Ichthyology is the study of animals.

True
False
Wrong!
The correct answer is False.

Ichthyology is the study of fishes; the study of animals is zoology.

4.6% of people have also gotten it wrong.

QUESTION #5
___ is the study of viruses.

Genetics
Mammalogy
Botany
Virology
Wrong!
The correct answer is Virology.

4.8% of people have also gotten it wrong.

QUESTION #6
Mammalogy is the study of ___.

Your Answer:
Wrong!
The correct answer is mammals

16.2% of people have also gotten it wrong.

QUESTION #7
___ is the study of algae.

Phycology
Zoology
Botany
Ichthyology
Wrong!
The correct answer is Phycology.

36% of people have also gotten it wrong.

QUESTION #8
Phycology is a sub-discipline of botany.

True
False
Wrong!
The correct answer is True.

24.9% of people have also gotten it wrong.

QUESTION #9
Parasitology is the study of___.

Your Answer:
Wrong!
The correct answer is Parasites

11.8% of people have also gotten it wrong.

QUESTION #10
The study of fungi is___.

Fungiology
Fungulogy
Mycology
Myciology
Wrong!
The correct answer is Mycology.

Who is the American scientist that developed several hundred industrial uses for
peanuts, sweet potatoes, and soybeans?

George Washington Carver

Phineas Taylor Barnum
Casey Jones
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
George Jefferson Carver
Wrong!
The correct answer is George Washington Carver.

George Washington Carver (c. 1860 - 1943) was an African-American scientist who
worked with plants. His best-known work was with peanuts, sweet potatoes, soybeans,
and cotton.

35.3% of people have also gotten it wrong.

QUESTION #2
What do you call the sweet or fermented juice of apples?

Ale
Cider
Beer
Gin
Champagne
Wrong!
The correct answer is Cider.

11.2% of people have also gotten it wrong.

QUESTION #3
What animal phylum has the most obvious segmentation?

Chordata
Cnidaria
Echinodermata
Annelida
Arthropoda
Wrong!
The correct answer is Annelida.

Cnidaria (Cnidarians) are radially symmetrical marine animals. Arthropoda

(Arthropods) are animals with chitinous exoskeleton and jointed appendages.
Echinodermata (Echinoderms) are marine, spiny, radially symmetrical animals like
starfish, sea urchins, and sand dollars. Chordata (Chordates) have dorsal hollow
nerve cord and pharyngeal pouches or slits.
82.4% of people have also gotten it wrong.

QUESTION #4
What injury to the skin sometimes affects the deeper tissues of the body due to
freezing or formation of ice crystals in the tissue cells?

Your Answer:
Wrong!
The correct answer is Frostbite

49.2% of people have also gotten it wrong.

QUESTION #5
What type of disease makes people dangerously ill from the invasion of
microorganisms that do not seriously harm healthy people?

Immunodeficiency Disease
Human papiliomavirus
Influenza A(H1N1)
Wrong!
The correct answer is Immunodeficiency Disease.

23.1% of people have also gotten it wrong.

QUESTION #6
Which of the following does not lay eggs?

Echidna
Platypus
Llama
Duck
Tortoise
Wrong!
The correct answer is Llama.

A duck is a bird, and a tortoise is a reptile, so they both lay eggs. Echidnas and
platypuses are mammals even though they lay eggs, because they feed their young on
milk. A llama gives birth to live young.

15.1% of people have also gotten it wrong.

QUESTION #7
Milk is an opaque whitish or yellowish liquid secreted by the mammary glands of
female mammals for the nourishment of their young.

True
False
Wrong!
The correct answer is True.

5.9% of people have also gotten it wrong.

QUESTION #8
What marine invertebrates have a horny skeleton of calcium carbonate?

Your Answer:
Wrong!
We would have accepted any of the following answers: Coral, Corals

84.4% of people have also gotten it wrong.

QUESTION #9
What term is applied to regions of the Earth characterized by less than 254 mm of
annual rainfall?

Your Answer:
Wrong!
We would have accepted any of the following answers: Desert, Deserts

28% of people have also gotten it wrong.

QUESTION #10
What do you call the condition of abnormally dry weather within a geographic region
where some rain might usually be expected?

Drought
Famine
Warm
Hot
Summer
Wrong!
The correct answer is Drought.

Teeth are for what type of digestion?

Physical
Mechanical
Chemical
Peristalsis
Wrong!
The correct answer is Mechanical.

40.4% of people have also gotten it wrong.

QUESTION #2
Proteins are made in the _________.

Vacuole
Nucleus
Ribosomes
Mitochondria
Wrong!
The correct answer is Ribosomes.

42.8% of people have also gotten it wrong.

QUESTION #3
After absorbing ultraviolet light, a mineral that releases visible light rays has
the property of what?

Magnetism
Radioactivity
Fluorescence
Luster
Wrong!
The correct answer is Fluorescence.

24% of people have also gotten it wrong.

QUESTION #4
Which of these is a basic building block of protein?
 Lipid
Sugar
Carbohydrate
Amino acid
Wrong!
The correct answer is Amino acid.

26% of people have also gotten it wrong.

QUESTION #5
SI units are related by multiples of 50.

True
False
Wrong!
The correct answer is False.

They are related by multiples of 10.

34.8% of people have also gotten it wrong.

QUESTION #6
A seismograph measures vibrations in the earth.

True
False
Wrong!
The correct answer is True.

6.8% of people have also gotten it wrong.

QUESTION #7
The cornea is the opening at the front of your eye.

True
False
Wrong!
The correct answer is False.

The pupil is the opening at the front of your eye.

42.4% of people have also gotten it wrong.

QUESTION #8
About 21% of Earth's atmosphere is made up of what?

Your Answer:
Wrong!
We would have accepted any of the following answers: oxygen, O, O2

27.6% of people have also gotten it wrong.

QUESTION #9
Yuri _______ was the first person to travel in space.

Your Answer:
Wrong!
The correct answer is Gagarin

74.4% of people have also gotten it wrong.

QUESTION #10
Marie _____ invented the term "radioactivity".
Your Answer:
Wrong!
The correct answer is Curie