SCIENCE QUIZ QUESTIONS

 Question: Which of these trees is known as a living fossil?

Correct Answer: Ginkgo

 Question: Group 18 of the periodic table is made up of which elements?

Correct Answer: Noble gases

 Question: When was the first plastic made of artificial materials patented?

Correct Answer: 1909

 Question: What kind of substance makes litmus paper turn blue?

Correct Answer: Alkali

 Question: The plant tissue responsible for the transportation of water and dissolved minerals from
the roots to the rest of the plant is:

Correct Answer: Xylem

 Question: The cultivation of plants in nutrient solutions without soil is known as:

Correct Answer: Hydroponics

 Question: Who discovered the composition of white light?

Correct Answer: Isaac Newton

 Question: Who discovered the four main moons of Jupiter in 1610?

Correct Answer: Galileo Galilei

 Question: Who invented the World Wide Web?

Correct Answer: A laboratory in Switzerland

 Question: The “hole” in the ozone layer in the upper atmosphere above Antarctica was discovered
by:

Correct Answer: Joseph Charles Farman

 Question: The layer of the atmosphere in which weather occurs is called the:

Correct Answer: Troposphere

 Question: Who developed the theory of the chemical reactivity of oxygen?

Correct Answer: Antoine Lavoisier

 Question: Which of these chemical elements is heavier than iron?

Correct Answer: Gold

 Question: How many laws are there in Kepler's planetary motion?

Correct Answer: 3

 Question: Which of these is a form of energy which is due to an object's or a particle's motion?

Correct Answer: Kinetic energy

 Question: The study of pollen and spores is known as:

Correct Answer: Palynology

 Question: Who is known for creating the binomial nomenclature of plants?

Correct Answer: Carl Linnaeus

 Question: Which of these chemicals helps fruit to ripen?

Correct Answer: Ethylene

 Question: The Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous periods belong to the:

Correct Answer: Mesozoic Era

 Question: For what is the Jurassic period named?

Correct Answer: A mountain range

 Question: Who discovered X-rays?

Correct Answer: Wilhelm Röntgen

 Question: Who is known as the father of the Green Revolution?

Correct Answer: Norman Borlaug

 Question: Two types of organisms deriving benefit from each other is known as:

Correct Answer: Mutualism

 Question: Who won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2018 for the invention of optical tweezers?

Correct Answer: Arthur Ashkin

 Question: Fossilized tree resin is known as:

Correct Answer: Amber

 Question: Cirrus, cirrocumulus, and cirrostratus are types of:

Correct Answer: Clouds

 Question: Who won the Nobel Prize for cultivating the poliomyelitis virus in tissue culture in
1954? Correct Answer: Frederick Chapman Robbins

 Question: Which of these gases solidifies to form dry ice?

Correct Answer: Carbon dioxide

 Question: The sea anemone is a member of what order?

Correct Answer: Actiniaria

 Question: Who developed the carbon-14 dating technique of dating fossils and archaeological
specimens?

Correct Answer: Willard Libby

 Question: Which of the following technological developments came first?

Correct Answer: Telescope

 Question: What airplane has not been flown commercially since 2003?

Correct Answer: Concorde

 Question: Hafnium belongs to which group in the periodic table?

Correct Answer: Group 4 (IVb)

 Question: What is the International System of Units (SI) name for a unit of magnetic flux?
Correct Answer: Weber

 Question: The only living reptiles that use a vertical limb posture in walking is:

Correct Answer: Crocodile

 Question: Who invented the geodesic dome?

Correct Answer: R. Buckminster Fuller

 Question: Who among the following coined the term Dinosauria?

Correct Answer: Richard Owen

 Question: The scientific study of fishes is known as: Correct Answer: Ichthyology

 Question: Who is the only woman to have won two Nobel Prizes in two different fields?
Correct Answer: Marie Curie

 Question: The process by which some animals locate distant or not visible objects through sound
waves is known as:

Correct Answer: Echolocation

 Question: Moths are a member of what order?

Correct Answer: Lepidoptera

 Question: What causes dew?

Correct Answer: Condensation

 Question: Who was the recipient of the first Nobel Prize for Physics?

Correct Answer: Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen

 Question: This isotope of hydrogen is also known as heavy hydrogen:

Correct Answer: Deuterium

 Question: A baby blue whale drinks this many liters of milk per day:

Correct Answer: 190

 Question: The male reproductive part of a flower is called the:

Correct Answer: Stamen

 Question: Which era is known as the age of mammals?

Correct Answer: Cenozoic

 Question: Faraday is a unit of measurement for:

Correct Answer: Electricity

 Question: Which of these laws establishes the relationship between the current and the voltage as
directly proportional?

Correct Answer: Ohm’s law

 Question: Who was the first to observe bacteria and protozoa using a primitive microscope?

Correct Answer: Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

 Question: What is the name of the first human ancestral fossil found in the year 1974?

Correct Answer: Lucy

 Question: In physics, for every action there is an equal and opposite what?

Correct Answer: Reaction

 Question: Which of these particles was discovered by J.J. Thompson?

Correct Answer: Electron

 Question: Which of these laws states that the pressure (p) of a given quantity of gas varies
inversely with its volume (v) at a constant temperature?

Correct Answer: Boyle’s law

 Question: The unit of measuring the depth of water is called:

Correct Answer: Fathom

 Question: E = mc² is an equation which deals with:

Correct Answer: Theory of special relativity

 Question: Who is the author of the book A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black
Holes?

Correct Answer: Stephen Hawking

 Question: The capacity of a material to deform permanently in response to stress is called:

Correct Answer: Ductility

 Question: What is the study of fungi called?

Correct Answer: Mycology

 Question: Which is the first private spacecraft to carry astronauts into orbit?

Correct Answer: Dragon

 Question: Biggest part of Human Brain?

Correct Answer: Cerebrum

 Question: Temp. for human body ?

Correct Answer: 37° Celcius , 98.6 F , 310.15 K

 Question: Weight of eye ?

Correct Answer: 7.5 g

 Question: Weight of human brain?

Correct Answer: 1.3 to 1.4 kg

 Question: Percentage of body weight in blood.

Correct Answer: 7%

 Question: Name of brain cover .

Correct Answer: Three layers of membranes known as meninges protect the brain and spinal cord.
The delicate inner layer is the pia mater. The middle layer is the arachnoid, a web-like structure
filled with fluid that cushions the brain. The tough outer layer is called the dura mater.

 Question: Strongest Muscle in human body .

Correct Answer: The Massester

 Question: Oil, natural gas and coal are examples of …

Correct Answer: Fossil fuels

 Question: A scientist is conducting a study to determine how well a new medication treats ear
infections. The scientist tells the participants to put 10 drops in their infected ear each day. After two
weeks, all participants' ear infections had healed. Which of the following changes to the design of this
study would most improve the ability to test if the new medication effectively treats ear infections?

Correct Answer: Create a second group of participants with ear infections who do not use any ear
drops

 Question: Which of the following is an example of genetic engineering?

Correct Answer: Inserting a gene into plants that makes them resistant to insects

 Question: What is the main cause of seasons on the Earth?

Correct Answer: The tilt of the Earth's axis in relation to the sun

 Question: These graphs show the monthly precipitation and average temperature for three cities in
the United States over the course of one year. Based on the graphs, which city has the greatest annual
range of temperatures?

Correct Answer: Chicago, Illinois

 Question: The time a computer takes to start has increased dramatically. One possible explanation
for this is that the computer is running out of memory. This explanation is a scientific…

Correct Answer: Hypothesis

 Question: Many diseases have an incubation period. Which of the following best describes what an
incubation period is?

Correct Answer: The period during which someone has an infection, but is not showing symptoms

 Question: When large areas of forest are removed so land can be converted for other uses, such as
farming, which of the following occurs?

Correct Answer: Increased erosion

 Question: An antacid relieves an overly acidic stomach because the main components of antacids
are …

Correct Answer: Bases

 Question: Which of these is a major concern about the overuse of antibiotics?

Correct Answer: It can lead to antibiotic-resistant bacteria

 Question: A car travels at a constant speed of 40 miles per hour. How far does the car travel in 45
minutes?

Correct Answer: 30 miles

 Science Inventions and Inventors Name

Inventions Inventors
Telephone Alexander Graham Bell
Bulb Thomas Edison
Mobile Phone Martin Cooper
Ceiling Fan Philip Diehl
3D Printing Chuck Hill
Printing Machine Johannes Gutenberg
Television John Logie Baird
Three-Wheeled Motor Car Karl Benz
Virtual Reality Headset Ivan Sutherland
Carbon Nanotubes Sumio Iijima