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WorksheetsScience General Knowledge
Total questions: 38
Worksheet time: 22mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
_______ is anything that takes up space
a)
Solid
b)
Matter
c)
Water
d)
Gas
2.
The ________ measures how hard a mineral is.
a)
Miller Scale
b)
Dishong Scale
c)
Curly Scale
d)
Mohs Scale
3.
Which mineral is the hardest on the Mohs scale?
a)
Talc
b)
Quartz
c)
Diamond
d)
Feldspar
4.
___________ is the color of powdered mineral.
a)
Luster
b)
Streak
c)
Fracture
5.
___________ describes how the mineral reflects light.
a)
cleavage
b)
magnetic
c)
luster
6.
What mineral is what is in pencils? You can write with it.
a)
feldspar
b)
magnetite
c)
graphite
d)
kaolinite
7.
What does inorganic mean?
a)
Something that is living
b)
Something that is dead, but was once living
c)
Something that was never living
8.
Dull, silky, waxy, pearly, and earthy are terms that best describe which property of minerals?
a)
luster
b)
color
c)
streak
d)
cleavage
9.
Which of the following is the oldest?
a)
Layer L
b)
Intrusion D
c)
Intrusion H
d)
Layer E
10.
Scientists use radioactive decay to measure...
a)
relative date
b)
absolute date
c)
half-lives
d)
time of day
11.
Mass extinction of the dinosaurs marks the end of this era.
a)
Mesozoic
b)
Cambrian
c)
Jurassic
d)
Cenozoic
12.
Era in which homosapiens appear.
a)
paleozoic
b)
mesozoic
c)
Triassic
d)
cenozoic
13.
First plants appear
a)
Cenozoic
b)
Paleozic
c)
Mesozoic
d)
all of these
14.
What's a herbivore
a)
Eats meat
b)
Eats plants
c)
eats meat and plants
d)
decomposes
15.
What is the ability of an object to resist a change of motion?
a)
speed
b)
inertia
c)
acceleration
d)
momentum
16.
Who arranged the first periodic table according to atomic mass?
a)
Mendeleev
b)
Mosely
c)
Einstein
d)
Pasteur
17.
What is the ability to resist flow?
a)
mass
b)
density
c)
viscosity
d)
pressure
18.
What tool is this?
a)
beaker
b)
Erlenmeyer flask
c)
test tube
d)
graduated cylinder
19.
What is this tool called?
a)
Beaker
b)
Flask
c)
Graduated Cylinder
d)
Measuring Cup
20.
What gas is released by plants from the process of photosynthesis?
a)
air
b)
carbon dioxide
c)
oxygen
d)
hydrogen
21.
What PIGMENT absorbs sunlight for photosynthesis?
a)
chloroplast
b)
thylakoid
c)
grana
d)
chlorophyll
22.
Where does carbon dioxide enter plants?
a)
The leaves (in the holes called Stomata)
b)
Flowers
c)
Roots
d)
Stem
23.
a)
Octopus
b)
Kraken
c)
squid
d)
Calamardo
24.
a)
Centaur
b)
Pony
c)
Mustang
d)
Pegasus
25.
a)
Cyclop
b)
Tyson
c)
Satyr
d)
Giant
26.
a)
Hades
b)
Zeuz
c)
Poseidon
d)
Jupiter
27.
a)
Cassiopeia
b)
Medusa
c)
Gorgona
d)
Seres
28.
a)
Cow
b)
Minotaur
c)
Satir
d)
Giant
29.
What is a narwhal?
a)
A type of walrus
b)
A whale with a horn
c)
An asian rhinoceros
d)
A nut
30.
Fe is the symbol for which element?
a)
Mercury
b)
Ferilium
c)
Ferride
d)
Iron
31.
Alexander Graham Bell is renowned for inventing what?
a)
Television
b)
Wireless
c)
Telephone
d)
Telegraph
32.
A truancy officer polices...
a)
Honesty in the court
b)
Tax fraud
c)
Children skipping school
d)
People on trains
33.
Which American city were the 1996 olympic games held?
a)
Chicago
b)
New York
c)
Atlanta
d)
LA
34.
What year did the first world war start?
a)
1910
b)
1886
c)
1914
d)
1935
35.
In which country is Mount Everest?
a)
Senegal
b)
Nepal
c)
China
d)
India
36.
Which is the largest stringed instrument in a classical orchestra?
a)
Chello
b)
Triple Bass
c)
Double Bass
d)
Viola
37.
Which person directed Jaws, The Color Purple, and The Twilight Zone?
a)
Steven Spielberg
b)
Alfred Hitchcock
c)
Quentin Tarantino
d)
Christopher Nolan
38.
Where did Mr. Riss go to college?
a)
North Dakota State
b)
Montana State
c)
Saskatoon State
d)
South Dakota State
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