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Science Week 2019

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The longest under-sea tunnel in the world is about 40km long. How long would it take to run through this tunnel at a speed of 5m/s?

a)

2 hours

b)

133 minutes

c)

8 hours

d)

8000 minutes

2.

Amy Johnson was the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia. Which of these animals is NOT native to Australia:

a)

kookaburra

b)

platypus

c)

koala

d)

kiwi bird

3.

On which ship did Darwin famously journey in 1831?

a)

HMS Beagle

b)

HMS Galapagos

c)

HMS Evolution

d)

HMS Giant Turtle

4.

Ideas about atoms have changed over the centuries. Who proposed that elements consisted of atoms that were identical.

a)

Isaac Newton

b)

John Dalton

c)

Albert Einstein

d)

Ernest Rutherford

5.

The only person to have received the Nobel Prize for Physics and also the Nobel Prize for Chemistry.

a)

Albert Einstein

b)

Linus Pauling

c)

John Bardeen

d)

Marie Curie

6.

ALbert EInstein won the Nobel Prize for Physics for his work on:

a)

Quantum theory

b)

Photoelectric effect

c)

General relativity

d)

Special relativity

7.

What would a 5kg rock weigh on the Moon?

a)

5kg

b)

50N

c)

8N

d)

Nothing

8.

Distillation involves

a)

solidifcation and evaporation

b)

sublimation and evaporation

c)

evaporation and condensation

d)

solidification and condensation

9.
Which is the fourth planet from the sun?
a)
Mars
b)
Saturn
c)
Earth
d)
Jupiter
10.

NOT a unit of temperature

a)

watt

b)

celsius

c)

fahrenheit

d)

kelvin

11.

How many cm3 in one m2?

a)

1

b)

100

c)

1000

d)

10000

12.

Which energy source does not produce CO2 emissions?

a)

oil

b)

gas

c)

nuclear

d)

coal

13.

A superconductor is...

a)

a material with no electrical resistance

b)

a material which is not a good thermal insulator

c)

really important in an orchestra

14.

The pH of a weak alkali

a)

2

b)

6

c)

8

d)

14

15.

The theory of plate tectonics / continental drift was proposed in 1915 by:

a)

Charles Darwin

b)

Alfred Wegener

c)

Isaac Newton

d)

Albert Einstein

16.

Which is not a process involved in the carbon cycle?

a)

respiration

b)

photosynthesis

c)

decomposition

d)

fermentation

17.

Earth's atmosphere has evolved over millions of years. Which gases made up the early atmosphere?

a)

oxygen, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrogen

b)

carbon dioxide, methane, ammonia

c)

oxygen, nitrogen, water vapour

d)

chlorine, nitrogen, oxygen