WorksheetsScience Trivia Night
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 16mins
A living thing, such as a plant, that can make its own food is called a ____________ .
Producer
Consumer
Herbivore
Carnivore
This type of cell needs a cell wall and chloroplasts
Plant cell
Animal Cell
Bacteria
An earthquake is –
crust through which lava escapes
a sudden movement in the earth's crust
a kind of chemical weathering that changes the earth
a huge wave that washes over the earth
What has the greatest potential energy?
a rock on the ground
a rock twenty feet off the ground
a rock falling off a chair
a rock on top of a small turtle
The beads of water on this cold glass are caused by -
evaporation
condensation
precipitation
sweaty hands
Which of these Earth facts is NOT true
Earth is the only planet in our solar system not named after a god.
The Earth is the most dense planet in the Solar System.
Earth takes exactly 24 hours to rotate on its axis
Earth has 1 moon and 2 co-orbital satellites
Which Earth fact is NOT true?
Each winter there are about 1 septillion snow crystals that drop from the sky
The Earth is not actually round in shape it has a slight bulge towards the equator.
The Earth is center of the universe
Only 3% of water on the earth is fresh, the other 97% is salted.
Why do craters last for millions of years on the surface of the moon?
The moon's surface is so hard that craters do not change.
The moon has no water or wind to erode the craters
The wind on the moon is high in the atmosphere
During a storm when you see lightning several seconds usually pass before you hear thunder. What is the reason for this?
a. Your eyes must work better than your ears
b. Only the sound waves transmit energy
c. Only the light waves transmit energy
d. Light waves travel faster than sound waves
The wires that are part of electrical appliances are usually made of a metal interior surrounded by a plastic or rubber coating. What is the purpose of the coating?
To allow convection of electrical energy
To conduct the electrical energy
To transfer the electrical energy
To insulate the electrical energy
Spider crabs spend their time in shallow water making them visible to predators. Living on their backs are algae that act as camouflage.
This is an example of:
Symbiotic relationship, which is a relationship where 1 or both organisms benefit
Inherited trait
Learned trait
Symbiosis, which is when 2 organisms negatively effect each other.
If there are 24 consecutive hours of night, then____________.
it is winter near the North Pole
you are experiencing a large building's micro-climate
it is fall equinox at the equator
Organisms have been found living happily in scalding water with temperature as high as 235 degrees fahrenheit.
FACT
FICTION
We currently have the technology necessary to send astronauts to another star system within a reasonable timespan. The only problem is that such a mission would be overwhelmingly expensive.
FACT
FICTION
In the Star Wars films, the Imperial TIE fighters are propelled by ion engines (TIE stands for Twin Ion Engine). While spacecrafts are fictional, real ion engines power some of today's spacecrafts.
FACT
FICTION
A moon can be formed by
gas and dust in an orbit party clump together
an asteroid is pulled into a planets orbit transforming into a moon
a large block of cheese gets thrown out from earth
two comets collide
Which body part does not make up our circulatory system?
heart
lungs
veins
arteries
Which of these does not have DNA?
a three toed sloth
a tree
a tree
a computer
Giant penguins about the size of a grown person waddled around New Zealand about 59 million years ago.
TRUE
FALSE
Which of the following are types of rocks?
Sedimentary
Igneous
Metamorphic
Punk
The Sun is made primarily of which element(s)?
Hydrogen
Helium
Uranium
Iron
