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Science Trivia Night

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Mohs scale is used to measure what?

a)

Mineral hardness

b)

Liquid density

c)

Sound wave frequency

d)

Tectonic movement

2.

What is the name of the pigment that makes plants look green?

a)

Diatom

b)

Epiphyte

c)

Chlorophyll

d)

Cellulose

3.

Which of these dinosaurs is a theropod?

a)

Brachiosaurus

b)

Velociraptor

c)

Triceratops

d)

Pterodactyl

4.

Which planet is considered a gas giant?

a)

Mars

b)

Venus

c)

Mercury

d)

Saturn

5.

Charles Darwin's traveled on a ship named for which breed of dog?

a)

Beagle

b)

Dachshund

c)

Lapphund

d)

Dalmatian

6.

In human anatomy, which of these is located closest to the sacrum?

a)

Ulna

b)

Maxilla

c)

Fibula

d)

Coccyx

7.

The first Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded for the discovery of what?

a)

Black holes

b)

Radon

c)

X-rays

d)

Microwaves

8.

Reginald Punnett is primarily known for his work in which field?

a)

Botany

b)

Astronomy

c)

Epidemiology

d)

Genetics

9.

Which of these is present in the cells of plants, but not animals?

a)

Cell wall

b)

Mitochondria

c)

Cytoplasm

d)

Vacuole

10.

What is the current geological era?

a)

Mesozoic

b)

Protozoic

c)

Cenozoic

d)

Proterozoic

11.

Which of these elements is in the halogen group of the periodic table?

a)

Selenium

b)

Arsenic

c)

Krypton

d)

Bromine

12.

Speleology is the study of what?

a)

Soil

b)

The water cycle

c)

Bats

d)

Caves

13.

Which of these is the deepest known point on Earth?

a)

Challenger Deep

b)

Horizon Deep

c)

Galathea Depth

d)

Aleutian Trench

14.

Alexander Fleming is credited with the discovery of which medical breakthrough?

a)

Smallpox vaccine

b)

Penicillin

c)

Germ theory

d)

Insulin

15.

Which of these is not an element found in baking soda?

a)

Hydrogen

b)

Nitrogen

c)

Sodium

d)

Oxygen

16.

Pigs, llamas, and goats are all examples of what?

a)

Ruminants

b)

Dromedaries

c)

Suidae

d)

Ungulates

17.

The atomic number of an element represents what?

a)

Relative atomic weight

b)

Number of electron shells

c)

Number of protons

d)

Ionic radius

18.

Approximately how long does it take sunlight to reach Earth?

a)

2.5 minutes

b)

8.33 minutes

c)

12.25 minutes

d)

15 minutes

19.

Which of these animals is a monotreme?

a)

Rhinoceros

b)

Dolphin

c)

Koala

d)

Platypus

20.

Which of these is an igneous rock?

a)

Shale

b)

Basalt

c)

Marble

d)

Limestone

21.

Which of these is not considered a biome?

a)

Beach

b)

Desert

c)

Taiga

d)

Tundra

22.

Broca's area is the part of the brain responsible for what?

a)

Memory

b)

Fine motor skills

c)

Speech

d)

Hearing

23.

Which of these is not used to measure a meteorological event?

a)

Fujita scale

b)

Saffir-Simpson scale

c)

Richter scale

d)

Beaufort scale

24.

Tim Berners-Lee is known as the inventor of what?

a)

Virtual Reality

b)

The Internet

c)

The Cell Phone

d)

Unix

25.

What does the Kármán line represent?

a)

The boundary between the atmosphere and space

b)

The point at which clouds are considered fog

c)

An element's freezing/melting point

d)

The boundary between high and low pressure weather systems