sample science quiz bee (easy round)

Humans can produce energy by:

• a) anaerobic respiration

• b) aerobic respiration

• c) neither anaerobic nor aerobic respiration

• d) both anaerobic and aerobic respiration

Spiders are members of what class?

• a) Diplopoda

• b) Insecta

• c) Chilopoda

• d) Arachnida

The solidified lava of a volcano belongs to which rock family?

• a) igneous

• b) metamorphic

• c) sedimentary

• d) fossilized

4. Which of the following processes doesn't account for an increase in atmospheric СО2 (carbon dioxide) levels?

• a) deforestation

• b) photosynthetic processes

• c) plant respiration

• d) fossil fuel combustion

5. The most abundant element in the universe is thought to be:

• a) carbon

• b) oxygen

• c) hydrogen

• d) nitrogen

Which of the following scientists was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1911 for the discovery of the radioactive elements, radium and polonium?

• a) John Dalton

• b) Dmitri Mendeleev

• c) Emil Fischer

• d) Marie Curie

What is the term given to a solid that has the ability of a solid to be hammered into a thin sheet?

The ozone layer is located in which region of the atmosphere?

The word atom is from a Greek word meaning:

• a) small

• b) indivisible

• c) unseen

• d) visible

Global climate change is being attributed to the atmospheric increase in what two gases produced by human activities?

• a) oxygen and hydrogen

• b) ozone and methane

• c) nitrous oxide and sulfur dioxide

• d) methane and carbon dioxide