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Science is the best subject ever!
Science is the best subject ever!
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1
Astronauts cannot _________ in space because there is no gravity to separate gas from liquid
eat
hawk a loogy
belch
fart
2
Prosopagnosia is a disorder in which people struggle to recognize
humor
faces
stupidity
danger
3
Atoms mostly consist of
protons
empty space
neutrons
electrons
4
Which male animal can get pregnant?
sea urchin
sea horse
All of these
sea star
5
Which animal (male only) has a venomous spur on its hind foot capable of dispensing poison?
echidna
rooster
beaver
platypus
6
Chalk is made of trillions of microscopic skeleton fossils of ocean
algae
clams
plankton
urchins
7
This animal marks its territory by flinging feces with its tail...stay classy Kenya!
hippopotamus
hippopatamus
hippopatamus
hippopotumus
8
A medium-sized cumulus cloud weighs the same as __________ elephants
40
1
10
80
9
For the first time in history, European scientists (in 2014) successfully landed on a
meteor
asteroid
comet
moon
10
Which invertebrate animal can sleep for three straight years?
worm
urchin
bear
snail
11
There is about 13 billionths of a gram of ________ in each liter of ocean water.
gold
brass
copper
silver
12
It takes a little over ____________ for light to travel from the sun to Earth's surface
8 minutes
1 minute
10 seconds
1 hour
13
According the University of Sydney, most belly button lint is from fibers off your
socks
underwear
towel
shirt
14
This continent gets the LESS precipitation per year than any other on Earth
South America
Antarctica
Africa
Asia
15
Which animal's eyeball can get up to 15 inches in diameter?
whale shark
giant squid
blue whale
blue tuna
16
This gemstone is named after the Greek word "adamas", meaning
invincible
greenstone
emerald
diamond
ruby
17
A red blood cell takes how long to complete a circuit around the circulatory system?
60 minutes
3 hours
1 day
60 seconds
18
One inch of rain is equal to about _________ inches of snow.
1
100
5
10
19
The maximum speed of a falling raindrop is
27 mph
18 mph
100 mph
5 mph
20
A team of astronomers from Johns Hopkins Univ have concluded that the color of our universe is
indigo blue
jet black
greenish white
cosmic latte
21
This metal element is naturally anti-bacterial
gold
silver
platinum
copper
22
The coldest state of matter, the Bose-Einstein Condensate, defies gravity. That's why it
flows up
sinks down
is in suspended animation
oozes like snot
23
What did Alfred Nobel invent...you know, the guy they name the annual "Peace Prize" after?
the printing press
bullet-proof vests
plastic
dynamite
24
What is the only food that does not spoil (unlike the image shown below)?
beef jerky
spam
rice
honey
25
What is this molecule: CO
2
Air
Water
Carbon oxide
Carbon dioxide
26
The deepest part of any ocean is 35,797 feet. It's located in the Pacific Ocean and called
the bottom
the Cousteau Chasm
Aaron's Abyss
the Mariana Trench
27
Girls have more ___________ than boys.
issues
taste buds
eyelashes
neurons
28
Dragonflies can travel up to _________ mph!
20
10
50
30
29
This crazy planet rotates sideways, like a rolling barrel, instead of spinning like our Earth
Saturn
Neptune
Mercury
Uranus
30
Which of the following will attract mosquitoes to you?
All of these
being pregnant
being Blood Type O
wearing dark clothing
31
The
Mpemba
effect is the observation that, under specific circumstances,
hot water freezes faster than cold water
people are distracted by shiny objects
middle school teachers die at an early age
girls mature at an earlier age than boys
32
The average human will shed 40 pounds of _________ during his or her lifetime
hair
sweat
skin
tears
33
What is the only letter in the alphabet that does NOT appear on the Periodic Table?
K
Z
Q
J
34
How many bones does an adult skeleton have?
309
206
187
272
35
The largest organ in the body:
Skin
Heart
Gluteus Maximus
Stomach
36
Who first described 'cells'?
Robert Brown
Van Leeuwenhoek
Einstein
Robert Hooke