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WorksheetsBritish Science Week Quiz 2018
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Who was the first Briton in space?
Tim Peake
Neil Armstrong
Helen Sharman
Yuri Gagarin
What is this microscopic animal, found in Britain and around the world?
Paramecium
Amoeba
Water flea
Tardigrade
Before Jane Austen, which British scientist was pictured on the reverse of the £10 note?
Isaac Newton
Charles Darwin
Michael Faraday
Queen Elizabeth II
What is the most common metal in the human body?
Calcium
Iron
Sodium
Gold
What does the m in E = m c2 stand for?
momentum
mass
moment
matter
Who is this British anatomist, archaeologist and TV presenter?
Alice Roberts
Anne McLaren
Rosalind Franklin
Mary Anning
Who is this British computer scientist, the first computer programmer?
Émilie du Châtelet
Jocelyn Bell Burnell
Grace Hopper
Ada Lovelace
Who is this British physicist, the "Father of Electromagnetism"?
Isaac Newton
Michael Faraday
Nikola Tesla
Alessandro Volta
Who is this British primatologist?
Jane Goodall
Diane Fossey
Alice Roberts
Mary Beard
Who is this British chemist, responsible for imaging the structure of DNA?
Rosalind Franklin
Lise Meitner
Francis Crick
Marie Curie
British physicist Stephen Hawking sadly passed away this week. What was his bestselling book called?
A Brief History of Time
The Road to Reality
Principia Mathematica
On the Origin of Species
This aurora has been spotted in the skies in remote parts of Scotland, Canada and the Arctic. What has it been named?
The Northern Lights
Aurora borealis
Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation
STEVE
After a public vote, the British Antarctic Survey's research vessel was named RRS Sir David Attenborough last year. What name actually won the vote?
Shippy McShipface
Boaty McBoatface
Vesselly McVesselface
Researchy McResearchface
Air pollution levels in London have already exceeded maximum safety levels for 2018. When were they officially exceeded?
2nd January
3rd February
1st March
16th March
Which of these scientific research papers by UK scientists was NOT awarded an Ig Nobel Prize last year?
The Neural Basis of Disgust for Cheese
"Why do old men have big ears?"
Identical twins cannot tell themselves apart visually
Detection of Gravitational Waves at LIGO
What is in this microscope image?
Salt
Sugar
Silicon chips
Dice
What is in this microscope image?
Mould
A banana
A worm
Geode rocks
What is in this microscope image?
Tapeworms
Grass
Velcro
Dust
Professor Brian Cox is mostly known as a TV presenter, but what was his specialism when he was a scientist?
Particle Physics
Evolution
Astronomy
Chemical Engineering
What is the name of this object, 6500 light-years away from us?
Sombrero Galaxy
Beetlejuice
Gomez's Hamburger
Zaphod Beeblebrox
What is the age of the Universe?
4000 years
137000 years
13.7 million years
13.7 billion years
What is 99.9% of the volume of an atom made of?
Protons
Neutrons
Electrons
Nothing at all
What number was celebrated by scientists and mathematicians on Wednesday of this week?
i
Avogadro's number
π
e
Ornithologists were very excited this week when this owl (the same species as Hedwig!) returned to Britain. What species of owl is Hedwig?
Snowy owl
Tawny owl
Barn owl
Eurasian owl
This diplodocus from the Natural History Museum started touring the UK last week. What is her name?
Rex
Dippy
Dino
Hope
