Science Trivia Night

A living thing, such as a plant, that can make its own food is called a ____________ .

• Producer

• Consumer

• Herbivore

• Carnivore

This type of cell needs a cell wall and chloroplasts

• Plant cell

• Animal Cell

• Bacteria

An earthquake is –

• crust through which lava escapes

• a sudden movement in the earth's crust

• a kind of chemical weathering that changes the earth

• a huge wave that washes over the earth

A food web is a more realistic model of the flow of energy through an ecosystem than a food chain because - 

• most organisms depend on more than one species for food
• each organism in a food chain represents multiple feedings
• most organisms depend on just one species for food
• each organism in a food web represents a single feeding

What has the greatest potential energy?

• a rock on the ground

• a rock twenty feet off the ground

• a rock falling off a chair

• a rock on top of a small turtle

The beads of water on this cold glass are caused by -

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

• sweaty hands

Which of these Earth facts is NOT true

• Earth is the only planet in our solar system not named after a god.

• The Earth is the most dense planet in the Solar System.

• Earth takes exactly 24 hours to rotate on its axis

• Earth has 1 moon and 2 co-orbital satellites

Which Earth fact is NOT true?

• Each winter there are about 1 septillion snow crystals that drop from the sky

• The Earth is not actually round in shape it has a slight bulge towards the equator.

• The Earth is center of the universe

• Only 3% of water on the earth is fresh, the other 97% is salted.

Why do craters last for millions of years on the surface of the moon?

• The moon's surface is so hard that craters do not change.

• The moon has no water or wind to erode the craters

• The wind on the moon is high in the atmosphere

During a storm when you see lightning several seconds usually pass before you hear thunder. What is the reason for this?

• a. Your eyes must work better than your ears

• b. Only the sound waves transmit energy

• c. Only the light waves transmit energy

• d. Light waves travel faster than sound waves