Science Trivia 1.0

Question 1

What substance or chemical helps soften food and begin carbohydrate digestion?

Accepted Answer

saliva

Question 2

What part of the atom has no electric charge?

Accepted Answer

neutron

Question 3

What is the symbol for Potassium?

Accepted Answer

K

Question 4

What animals are pearls found in?

Accepted Answer

oysters

Question 5

Which planet is the hottest in the solar system?

Accepted Answer

Venus

Question 6

What part of the cell contains DNA?

Accepted Answer

nucleus, cytoplasm

Question 7

Which natural disaster is measured with a Richter scale?

Accepted Answer

earthquakes

Question 8

What is the order of organization within a multi-cellular organism from smallest to largest?

Accepted Answer

Cells, Tissue, Organs, Organ System, Organism

Question 9

Who discovered penicillin?

Accepted Answer

Alexander Fleming

Question 10

Which of the following bodies of water is a saltwater ecosystem?

Accepted Answer

Einstein Ocean

Question 11

What controls our inherited traits?

Accepted Answer

DNA

Question 12

What organ in your body absorbs the majority of nutrients from your food?

Accepted Answer

small intestine

Question 13

What is an example of a consumer?

Accepted Answer

fox, sharks

Question 14

What is meteorology the study of?

Accepted Answer

weather

Question 15

Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize (in 1903)?

Accepted Answer

Marie Curie

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