WorksheetsGeneral Knowledge Science Quiz
Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 33mins
The Earth spins a rate of how many kilometers per hour?
1 600
600
1000
16 000
How fast is the speed of light?
300 000 km/s
30 000 km/s
3 000 000 km/s
130 000 km/s
Which planet is the hottest in the Solar system?
Mercury
Mars
Venus
Earth
What was the name of the first American Space Station?
Startreck
Starward
Skylab
Skytrek
How many bones are there in the human body?
106
206
226
306
If you were a flea, approximately how high could you jump?
23 meters
146 meters
543 meters
874 meters
Which of the following creature is a true carnivore?
Llama
Human
Turtle
Snake
Who invented the telephone?
George Washington
Nicola Tesla
Alexander Graham Bell
Charles Darwin
Where in the human body is the smallest bone located?
Finger
Ear
Spine
Leg
Which planet, if placed in water, will float?
Earth
Venus
Pluto
Saturn
Which animal can produce the loudest sound?
A crying baby
Whale
Lion
Turtle
Which lake is the largest man-made lake in South Africa?
Theewaterskloof
Kariba
Zilonde
Soutpan
What animal is the most poisonous in the world?
Poison dart frog
Snake
Black widow spider
Camel
Some dinosaurs had a brain the size of a ...
Ant
Poppy seed
Grain of sand
Walnut
Where is the largest meteor crater located?
Arizona
London
Brazil
Australia
How many times does a human eye blink per year?
4 200
40 000
200 000
4 200 000
How long does it take food to digest?
1 hour
8 hours
12 hours
24 hours
Human jaw muscles exert a force of ___ psi.
200
400
600
800
A large amount of body heat is lost through the ...
eyes
neck
mouth
head
How much does the Hubble Space Telescope weigh?
10 tons
12 tons
20 tons
35 tons
What creature has the biggest eye?
Hippo
Human
Atlantic giant squid
Blue whale
How much does the average human brain weigh?
1,5 kg
2,5 kg
3,5 kg
5 kg
Crickets have ears on their...
Head
Legs
Tail
Eyes
Does sound travel faster in water or air?
Water
Air
Approximately how many lighting bolts strike the Earth per second?
1
10
100
1 000
A car traveling 20 km/h will use most of its fuel to combat what force?
Weight
Wind
Size
Combustion
Diamonds contain what element?
Boron
Salt
Manganese
Carbon
Diamonds contain what element?
The Earth's equatorial circumference
The Earth's polar circumference
Which of the following force affect the Earth's tides?
Moon
Rotation
Sun
All of these
What is the hardest substance known to man?
Diamonds
Butter
Cement
Salt
What is the most abundant element on Earth's crust?
Carbon
Helium
Oxygen
Dirt
How hot is a bolt of lightning?
1 004 degrees Celcius
9 752 degrees Celcius
97 232 degrees Celcius
972 032 degrees Celcius
What is the most abundant element in the universe?
Oxygen
Hydrogen
Carbon
Boron
