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1
The average person produces about half a litre of farts a day
True
False
2
Which crystalline formations are on cave ceilings; stalagmites or stalactites?
stalactities
stalagmites
3
Which of the following has the most inertia?
5 kg Iron
2 kg Iron
1 kg Iron
4 kg Iron
4
What is the chemical symbol for Silver?
Ag
Au
Si
Sr
5
What is the risk of being struck by a falling meteorite?
Once every 9 years
Once every 9000 years
Once every 90 years
Once every 90000 years
6
Which colour has the shortest wavelength?
red
blue
orange
green
7
What is the distance light travels in a year?
9,461,000,000,000 km
9,461,000,km
9,461,000,000 km
9,461,000,000,000,000 km
8
Science is awesome because
You get to do different experiments on many things
You can use your imagination and knowledge to solve problems
You are always learning something new
There are many more things to discover
9
When using the periodic chart, what number gives the number of protons in a given element?
period number
tomic mass
atomic number
group number
10
Where are the three smallest bones found in the human body?
ear
foot
hand
mouth
11
True or false- most of the dust in your home is made of human skin?
True
False
12
What organism has contributed to the most human deaths?
house flies
sharks
bees
snakes
13
A students adds salt to water and measures boiling time. What is the Independent Variable ?
boiling time
the amount of salt
amount of water
temperature of the water
14
Which of these animals has the most powerful bite?
crocodile
bear
shark
gorilla
15
What is the world's tallest grass?
buffalo
spinifex
bamboo
sedge
16
Which of the following fossils is the oldest
megalodon tooth
trilobite
snake
petrified wood
17
What percentage of the Earth is approximately covered by water?
75%
85%
90%
60%
18
How long does a blood cell take to go around the body once?
60 s
10 s
30 s
120 s
19
An alloy of Iron - Chromium and Nickel makes what ?
stainless steel
steel
chrome
brass
20
What's the lifespan of a human red blood cell?
12 days
1000 days
120 days
1 day
21
What percentage of water is found in a cucumber?
65%
95%
85%
75%
22
Electric resistance in a circuit is typically measured in what units
Watts
Volts
Ohms
Newtons
23
What's the highest recorded surface wind speed in The Earths surface?
932 km/h
372 km/h
643 km/h
155 km/h
24
Mohs scale hardest substance is diamond - what's the softest
talc
quartz
basalt
calcite
25
Is a tomato a fruit or vegetable?
vegetable
fruit
26
What does DNA stand for?
Deoxyribonucleic Acid
Dexyfen Acid
Dexter Acid
Ribonucleic Acid
27
Olympus Mons is a large volcanic mountain on which planet?
Mars
Moon
Venus
Earth
28
Which is the hottest planet in the solar system?
Venus
Uranus
Mercury
Mars
29
Lightning is 3 times hotter than the surface of the Sun?
true
false
30
What color is octopus blood?
blue
pink
purple
red
31
Do you have the same number of neck vertebrae as giraffe's?
yes
no
32
What state of matter does sound travel faster through
solid
gas
liquid
33
Which of the following is TRUE of the Richter Scale:
it is based on a scale of 0 to 14
it is based on a scale of destructiveness
it is based on a logarithmic scale
its fishy
34
There are 206 bones in an adult human body and 300 bones in an infants body?
true
false
35
Which of the following is NOT a mineral
diamond
topaz
quartz
basalt
