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SCIENCE TRIVIA

Total questions: 70

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many teeth do adults have?

a)

22

b)

45

c)

32

d)

15

2.

What is the smallest unit of life?

a)

Bugs

b)

Cells

c)

Atoms

d)

Plants

3.

What is the human body's largest organ?

a)

Lungs

b)

Skin

c)

Liver

d)

Kidneys

4.

How many bones are in the human body?

a)

330

b)

400

c)

206

d)

189

5.

Which of the following goes through photosynthesis?

a)

Humans

b)

Lions

c)

Grass

d)

Water

6.

What is the closest planet to the sun?

a)

Mercury

b)

Earth

c)

Venus

d)

Saturn

7.

At what temperature does water boil?

a)

32ºF

b)

300ºF

c)

200ºF

d)

212ºF

8.

What is the largest land animal?

a)

Elephant

b)

Hippopotamus

c)

Giraffe

d)

Buffalo

9.

What connects muscles to bone?

a)

Ligaments

b)

Skin

c)

Glue

d)

Tendons

10.

Who was the scientist to propose the three laws of motion?

a)

Charles Darwin

b)

Isaac Newton

c)

Albert Einstein

d)

Marie Curie

11.

Animals that eat both plants and animals are known as what?

a)

Herbivores

b)

Omnivores

c)

Carnivores

d)

Producers

12.

Diabetes is a disease that affects which organ in the body?

a)

Pancreas

b)

Spleen

c)

Lungs

d)

Stomach

13.

Where can you find the smallest bone in the human body?

a)

Middle ear

b)

Hand

c)

Foot

d)

Hips

14.

How many hearts does an octopus have?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

15.

Dolly was the first ever living creature to be cloned. What type of animal was she?

a)

Dog

b)

Sheep

c)

Monkey

d)

Bird

16.
How old is the sun?
a)
10 years
b)
5 Billion Years
c)
10 Billion Years
d)
10 Million Years
17.
What is the world's tallest grass plant?
a)
Eucalyptus 
b)
Bamboo
c)
Seaweed
d)
Kelp
18.
Which is the hottest planet in the solar system?
a)
Earth
b)
Mars
c)
Saturn
d)
Venus
19.

What is the biggest planet in our solar system?

a)

Earth

b)

Saturn

c)

Jupiter

d)

Venus

20.

Balloons are filled with

a)

Nitrogen

b)

Oxygen

c)

Helium

d)

Argon

21.

What is the name of the closest star to the earth?

a)

The sun

b)

Sirius

c)

Vega

d)

Alpha Centauri A

22.

What is the name of the part of the human skeleton which protects our brain?

a)

The skull

b)

Human Appendicular Skeleton

c)

femur

d)

Spine

23.

What do Venus and Mercury have in common?

a)

Their atmosphere are identical

b)

They don't have moons

c)

They have nothing in common

d)

Their surface temperatures are exactly the same

24.

What force stops a ball rolling on the ground forever?

a)

Gravitational

b)

Tension

c)

Electrical

d)

Frictional

25.

What is the name for the process of a liquid becoming a gas?

a)

Condensation

b)

Evaporation

c)

Melting

d)

Sublimation

26.

Which type of animal has scales?

a)

Reptiles

b)

Amphibians

c)

Mammals

d)

Humans

27.

What powder do flowers make?

a)

Loose

b)

Pollen

c)

Pressed

d)

Nylon

28.

Which is the fastest land snake?

a)

Black Mamba

b)

Texas rat snake

c)

Southern black racer

d)

Diamondback rattlesnake

29.

How many teeth does an adult human have?

a)

30

b)

32

c)

34

d)

36

30.

On what part of your body would you find the pinna?

a)

face

b)

throat

c)

stomach

d)

ear

31.

What hormone does the pancreas produce?

a)

Insulin

b)

estrogen

c)

adrenaline

d)

Aldosterone

32.

What is the nearest planet to the sun?

a)

Saturn

b)

Mercury

c)

Venus

d)

Mars

33.

Animals that eat both plants and meat are called what?

a)

Herbivores

b)

Carnivores

c)

Omnivores

d)

None of the above

34.

Who is credited with the discovery of Electricity?

a)

Benjamin Franklin

b)

Thomas Edison

c)

Sir Isaac Newton

35.

What are the poles of a magnet called?

a)

Top and Bottom

b)

East and West

c)

North and South

36.

What materials are attracted to magnets?

a)

Wood

b)

Aluminum

c)

Iron

37.

Which of the following would NOT be considered a fossil?

a)

Petrified Wood

b)

Meteorite

c)

Dinosaur Scat

38.

What do we call molten rock when it is inside the earth?

a)

Magma

b)

Lava

c)

Volcano

39.

What substance or chemical is in your mouth to help soften food and begin carbohydrate digestion?

a)

Saliva

b)

Water

c)

Blood

40.

Which of the following is NOT a good source of protein?

a)

Peanuts

b)

Fish

c)

Carrots

41.

Which was once a planet, but is now renamed a dwarf planet?

a)

Earth

b)

Pluto

c)

Moon

42.

Which of the following planets is not a rocky planet?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Venus

c)

Mars

43.

About how long does it take for the moon to orbit the Earth?

a)

1 day

b)

1 month

c)

1 year

44.

Where does the light on the moon come from?

a)

Earth

b)

Sun

c)

From itself

45.

The plant Earth is surrounded by different layers of gas, which when taken together, we call the…?

a)

Lithosphere

b)

Biosphere

c)

Atmosphere

46.

Animals that eat both plants and meat are called what?

a)

Herbivorous

b)

Omnivorous

c)

Carnivorous

47.

Which planet in our solar system has an axis that is titled by 98 degrees?

a)

Earth

b)

Uranus

c)

Jupiter

d)

Saturn

48.

Ganymede is the largest moon in which planet of the solar system?

a)

Earth

b)

Jupiter

c)

Saturn

d)

Neptune

49.

What instrument measures atmospheric water vapour?

a)

thermometer

b)

anemometer

c)

barometer

d)

hygrometer

50.

In which month is Earth closest to the sun?

a)

January

b)

February

c)

March

d)

April

51.

What do you call the pigment in your skin and hair that gives them color?

a)

Lutein

b)

Melanin

c)

Protein

d)

Carotene

52.

Which group of mammals lay eggs instead of giving birth to live young?

a)

Marsupial mammals

b)

Placental mammals

c)

Monotremes

d)

Extremes

53.

How many ribs does a human have?

a)

16

b)

18

c)

24

d)

26

54.

(EASY) 1. Which of the following can make their own food?

a)

insects

b)

mammals

c)

plants

d)

reptiles

55.

3. Part of the plant that generates seeds.

a)

flower

b)

leaf

c)

root

d)

stem

56.

4. A state of matter that has no definite shape and no definite volume.

a)

gas

b)

liquid

c)

plasma

d)

solid

57.

6. The sun is an example of which of the following?

a)

comet

b)

galaxy

c)

planet

d)

star

58.

(AVERAGE) 1. What does a deer use for protection?

a)

antlers

b)

gills

c)

antennae

d)

claws

59.

(AVERAGE) 1. What does a deer use for protection?

a)

antlers

b)

gills

c)

antennae

d)

claws

60.

3. It is an instrument that measures wind speed and wind pressure.

a)

anemometer

b)

barometer

c)

hydrometer

d)

thermometer

61.

(DIFFICULT) 1. Scientist Roberts has a glass of water and spills it in the hallway. What will happen to the water?

a)

Change its shape but not its size.

b)

Change its shape or size.

c)

No change on its shape or size.

d)

No change on its shape but change its size.

62.

3. Why do Grade 3 pupils have difficult time finding grasshoppers among the plants and grasses?

a)

They moved faster in the ground.

b)

They escape from their enemies by pretending.

c)

They used their keen sense of hearing to see danger.

d)

They have colors similar to their background.

63.

4. Which best describes matter?

a)

Matter is seen around us.

b)

Matter occupies space.

c)

Matter has definite shape.

d)

Matter has colors.

64.

2. What kind of energy is needed to run a refrigerator?

a)

energy

b)

electricity

c)

force

d)

motion

65.

5. Which of the following is a sense organ?

a)

bone

b)

foot

c)

hair

d)

tongue

66.

4. Riza will transfer the bowl of macaroni soup to another place. Her action shows ____.

a)

energy

b)

electricity

c)

force

d)

motion

67.

2. This is a type of landform that is usually shaped like a mountain with an opening at the top which lava comes out of it.

a)

hill

b)

mountain

c)

plains

d)

volcano

68.

6. What process changes solid to gas?

a)

condensation

b)

evaporization

c)

sublimation

d)

vaporization

69.

What planet is FOURTH from the Sun?

a)

Earth

b)

Mars

c)

Venus

d)

Jupiter

70.

Which of the following can create LIGHT?

a)

Moons

b)

Planets

c)

Stars

d)

Black Holes