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1
Which planet in the Solar System is closest in size to Earth?
The Moon
Mars
Mercury
Venus
2
Which element has the chemical symbol Pb?
Platinum
Perbium
Silver
Lead
3
What is the S.I. unit for potential difference?
Volt
Joule
Amp
Watt
4
Which organelle would be most common inside a muscle cell?
vacuole
ribosome
mitochondria
nucleus
5
What is the name of the second biggest planet in our solar system?
The Sun
Earth
Jupiter
Saturn
6
Ganymede is a moon of which planet?
Saturn
Jupiter
Mars
Uranus
7
What is the human body’s biggest organ?
Lungs
Skin
Heart
Brain
8
What kind of symbiotic relationship do bees and flowers have?
predation
parasitic
commensalism
mutualistic
9
Which planet in the solar system is the hottest?
Jupiter
The Sun
Mercury
Venus
10
Study of plants is called?
Astrology
Taxonomy
Zoology
Botany
11
What is the largest living species of lizard?
Alligator
Komodo Dragon
Crocodile
Tyrannosaurus Rex
12
Who was the third person to walk on the moon?
Neil Armstrong
Pete Conrad
Buzz Aldrin
Yuri Gagarin
13
Which planetary scientist wrote the book Cosmos?
Albert Einstein
Anne Druit
Neil Degrasse Tyson
Carl Sagan
14
What's the name of the star closest to the Earth?
The Sun
Alpha Centauri A
Alpha Centauri B
Proxima Centauri
15
How many hearts does an octopus have?
4
1
2
3
16
What is the only rock that floats in water?
Chalk
Marble
Granite
Pumice
17
What is the name for the process by which an amoeba hydrates itself?
respiration
photosynthesis
osmosis
assimilation
18
What are the three states of matter?
solid, liquid, gas
slide, liquid gasoline
solid, water, gas
solid, liquid, plasma
19
Scientist Marie Curie was born in which country?
USA
France
Poland
UK
20
What is the name of the process used by plants to convert sunlight into food?
Tropism
Photosynthesis
Cellular Respiration
The Big Bang
21
Persons with which blood group are called "universal donors"?
A
B
O
AB
22
In which biome can you find Wolves, Caribou, Polar Bears and Arctic Cotton?
Forest
Tundra
Desert
Grassland
23
A region of land with characteristic climate, soil and organisms
habitat
biome
home
tundra
24
Who coined the name 'cells' and shares his last name with a famous pirate?
Robert Hooke
Sinbad
Captain Cook
John Sparrow
25
What do bees use to make honey?
nectar
fruit juice
maple syrup
sap
26
What is the common name for the patella?
Rib
Shoulder
Elbow
Kneecap
27
What number comes next in the Fibonacci series: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5?
4
2
8
6
28
What do you call the rise in Earth's temperature due to human activity?
Seasonal Changes
Climate Heat
Earth Rise
Global Warming
29
What has the chemical formula H
2
O
2
?
Water
Water Hydride
Hydrogen Peroxide
Water Dioxide
30
What is the second most common gas found in the air we breathe?
Carbon dioxide
Oxygen
Pollution
Nitrogen
31
Which scientific word when translated means 'anything that can produce disease'?
Plague
Pathogen
Virus
Bacteria
32
Which Law states 'for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction'?
Newton's Third Law
Einstein's First Law
Newton's First Law
Einstein's Third Law
33
Which science fiction writer wrote the three laws of robotics?
Issac Asimov
Douglas Adams
Arthur C. Clark
Philip K Dick
34
What is the chemical symbol for gold?
Gd
Au
Ag
Go
35
Pure water has a pH of around which number?
7
1
0
14
36
Soil is made of these four components
rocks, sand, mud, soil
rocks, water, air, sticks
rocks, water air, humus
dirt, dirt and more dirt
37
Which organ allows snakes to 'taste the air'?
olfactory organ
nasal cavity
Jacobson's Organ
tongue
38
Pulmonary refers to which part of the human body?
Heart
Lungs
Brain
Feet
39
The death of every member of a particular species is known as what?
Endanger
Eliminate
Extinct
Threatened
40
Triton is the largest moon of which planet?
Saturn
Neptune
Earth
Jupiter
41
What is the approximate number of cells in an adult human body?
100,000
37.2 gazillion
37.2 trillion
30 million
42
What specialized cell is shaped like a disc and contains a protein called hemoglobin?
red blood cell
stem cell
lung cell
white blood cell
43
What is a highly magnetized, rotating neutron star that emits a beam of radiation
Black Hole
Pulsar
Galaxy
Red dwarf
44
Which bird has the scientific name "pica pica"?
Sparrow
Magpie
Pigeon
Crow
45
What do you call a single living?
organism
fauna
flora
organ
46
What nationality was Galileo Galilei?
Italian
Russian
French
American
47
How many Laws of Thermodynamics are there?
4
2
3
1
48
What gas is commonly used to fill floating Birthday balloons?
Nitrogen
Hydrogen
Helium
Carbon Dioxide
49
Who won the 1921 Nobel Physics Prize for his work on the photolelectric effect?
Albert Einstein
Sir Humphry Davy
Stephen Hawking
Marie Curie
50
Kelvin is a unit to measure what?
Force
Temperature
Mass
Distance