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Can you guess these science facts right?

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 36mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Babies have ______ bones than adults

a)

around 50 less

b)

around 100 less

c)

around 50 more

d)

around 100 more

2.

How much of the earth's oxygen does the Amazon rainforest produce?

a)

Half

b)

35%

c)

All

d)

20%

3.

Hawaii moves _____ closer to Alaska every year

a)

7.5 centimeters

b)

4 feet

c)

8 miles

d)

1000 feet

4.

It takes how long for light from the Sun to travel to the Earth?

a)

8 minutes, 19 seconds

b)

24 hours

c)

15 minutes and 17 seconds

d)

3 minutes

5.

Venus is the only planet that...

a)

has no moons

b)

is red

c)

spins clockwise

6.

Three of these shark facts are true. Pick which one is false.

a)

Some sharks have to keep moving to force water over their gills and deliver oxygen to their blood stream. If the shark stops moving then it will suffocate and die

b)

Sharks can hear a fish thrashing in the water from as far as 500 meters away!

c)

Sharks only have twenty three bones in their body, which makes up their spine. The rest of their body is made up of cartilage -tough flexible tissue like our ear is made up of.

d)

A shark always has a row of smaller teeth developing behind its front teeth. Eventually the smaller teeth move forward, like a conveyor belt, and the front teeth fall out.

7.

In 1867, this scientist invented dynamite, which he named from the Greek word for power.

a)

Alfred Nobel

b)

Isaac Newton

c)

Galileo Galilei

d)

Albert Einstein

8.

The deepest part of the ocean is the same length down as...

a)

25 Empire State Buildings (36,200 feet)

b)

75 Empire State Buildings (108,600 feet)

9.

True or False: Camels store water in their humps

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Who was the first person to win two nobel prizes for Science?

a)
b)
11.

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is an area where tons of garbage has grouped up, floating in the ocean almost like an island. This patch of trash is around

a)

twice the size of Texas (617,763 square miles)

b)

twice the size of the smallest Hawaiian island (90 square miles)

12.

Both of these animals live underwater, but the first one evolved from mammals and the second evolved from fish ancestors.

a)

Dolphins and sharks

b)

Whales and turtles

c)

Starfish and crabs