S3 Science Quiz

Question 1

Who was the first person in space?

Accepted Answer

Yuri Gagarin

Question 2

Which of the following words means a fear of long words?

Accepted Answer

hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia

Question 3

What is the name of the force that acts in an upward direction on a parachutist?

Accepted Answer

friction

Question 4

In what year did the first moon landing take place?

Accepted Answer

1969

Question 5

What is the name of the process when a liquid turns into a solid?

Accepted Answer

freezing

Question 6

Which colour would universal indicator turn with drain cleaner?

Accepted Answer

purple

Question 7

What are the element symbols for the 3 essential elements required for healthy plant growth?

Accepted Answer

P, K, N

Question 8

Which of the following electromagnetic radiation has the shortest wavelength?

Accepted Answer

x-rays

Question 9

Who is the current foreign secretary of the UK?

Accepted Answer

Jeremy Hunt

Question 10

Which of the following lenses is used to correct myopia?

Accepted Answer

a concave lens

Question 11

Which of the following will not conduct electricity?

Accepted Answer

diamond

Question 12

Which country won the 2022 football world cup?

Accepted Answer

Argentina

Question 13

What is the main gas responsible for acid rain?

Accepted Answer

sulfur dioxide

Question 14

In golf, how many strokes over or under par is a double bogey?

Accepted Answer

+2

Question 15

What would be the most likely pH of coke?

Accepted Answer

5.5

Question 16

At the end of our sun's life cycle. which of the following will it form?

Accepted Answer

white dwarf

Question 17

How long is the full term human gestational period (pregnancy)?

Accepted Answer

40 weeks

Question 18

What is the units for current in an electrical circuit?

Accepted Answer

Amperes

Question 19

How many chromosomes in a human cell?

Accepted Answer

23 pairs

Question 20

Which of these is not a swimming stroke

Accepted Answer

froggie paddle

Question 21

What are the products of photosynthesis?

Accepted Answer

glucose and oxygen

Question 22

In cricket, what does LBW mean.

Accepted Answer

leg before wicket

Question 23

Which team won the FA cup in 2022?

Accepted Answer

Liverpool

Question 24

To which catergory of rock does granite belong?

Accepted Answer

igneous

Question 25

Which is the 6th planet from the sun?

Accepted Answer

Saturn

Question 26

What is Stevie Wonder's profession

Accepted Answer

musician

Question 27

What does the term malleable mean when applied to metals?

Accepted Answer

it can hammered into shape

Question 28

What is the precise definition of precipitation in chemistry?

Accepted Answer

a solid formed when two solutions are mixed

Question 29

Which of the following will have the smallest resistance?

Accepted Answer

a 1m long thick copper wire

Question 30

Which of these shows the sizes of micro-organisms smallest to largest?

Accepted Answer

virus, bacteria, fungi

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