SCEGGS Interhouse Science Competition 2020

The fifth element in the song is:

Which animal can be seen in the dark patches of the Milky Way, in Indigenous Australian culture?

Where is the largest muscle in the human body?

Which three metals are in an Australian one dollar coin?

Which of the following illnesses is not caused by a virus?

To which kingdom of living things does the largest living organism on Earth belong?

How long is the large intestine?

Which of the following is a significant threat to the Great Barrier Reef ?

What unusual cargo did Elon Musk send into space on the Falcon Heavy rocket in 2018?

Who was the first cloned sheep named after?

The morpho butterfly gets its blue colour from:

On average, which have more species of bacteria on their hands – men or women?

What are the three primary colours of light?

Like plants, seas and oceans produce the oxygen we need to survive. What % of the oxygen we breathe comes from oceans?

Which component of food with turn Benedict’s solution from blue to orange when heated?

To colonise Mars, which of the following issues will people need to deal with? You can choose more than 1 option.

What is a coprolite?

Laika is the first dog to go to space? Which year did she leave Earth?

Which of the following is a noble gas?

Which of the following makes red fireworks red?

What percentage by mass of the human brain is due to water?

Which Australian said..."We want to build not just a quantum computer, but a quantum computing industry"?

Which astronaut hit a golf ball on the moon?

What is coral?

Choose the correct choice that lists the characteristics these animals have in common.

Which of the following is the odd one out?

Which of the following is NOT a type of dinosaur?

What is the deadliest animal on Earth?

Greta Thunberg's mother once represented Sweden in Eurovision.

This organ found in the abdomen makes the hormone glucagon.

What is the male symbol in a pedigree diagram?

What percentage of emitted carbon dioxide is absorbed by the oceans?

Multiply the number of days humans can survive without water by the average number of days we can survive without food.

Which low density planet would float if you put it in water?

By what year do scientists predict plastic will outweigh fish in the ocean, kilo for kilo?