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General Knowledge Science Quiz

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Earth spins a rate of how many kilometers per hour?

a)

1 600

b)

600

c)

1000

d)

16 000

2.

How fast is the speed of light?

a)

300 000 km/s

b)

30 000 km/s

c)

3 000 000 km/s

d)

130 000 km/s

3.

Which planet is the hottest in the Solar system?

a)

Mercury

b)

Mars

c)

Venus

d)

Earth

4.

What was the name of the first American Space Station?

a)

Startreck

b)

Starward

c)

Skylab

d)

Skytrek

5.

How many bones are there in the human body?

a)

106

b)

206

c)

226

d)

306

6.

If you were a flea, approximately how high could you jump?

a)

23 meters

b)

146 meters

c)

543 meters

d)

874 meters

7.

Which of the following creature is a true carnivore?

a)

Llama

b)

Human

c)

Turtle

d)

Snake

8.

Who invented the telephone?

a)

George Washington

b)

Nicola Tesla

c)

Alexander Graham Bell

d)

Charles Darwin

9.

Where in the human body is the smallest bone located?

a)

Finger

b)

Ear

c)

Spine

d)

Leg

10.

Which planet, if placed in water, will float?

a)

Earth

b)

Venus

c)

Pluto

d)

Saturn

11.

Which animal can produce the loudest sound?

a)

A crying baby

b)

Whale

c)

Lion

d)

Turtle

12.

Which lake is the largest man-made lake in South Africa?

a)

Theewaterskloof

b)

Kariba

c)

Zilonde

d)

Soutpan

13.

What animal is the most poisonous in the world?

a)

Poison dart frog

b)

Snake

c)

Black widow spider

d)

Camel

14.

Some dinosaurs had a brain the size of a ...

a)

Ant

b)

Poppy seed

c)

Grain of sand

d)

Walnut

15.

Where is the largest meteor crater located?

a)

Arizona

b)

London

c)

Brazil

d)

Australia

16.

How many times does a human eye blink per year?

a)

4 200

b)

40 000

c)

200 000

d)

4 200 000

17.

How long does it take food to digest?

a)

1 hour

b)

8 hours

c)

12 hours

d)

24 hours

18.

Human jaw muscles exert a force of ___ psi.

a)

200

b)

400

c)

600

d)

800

19.

A large amount of body heat is lost through the ...

a)

eyes

b)

neck

c)

mouth

d)

head

20.

How much does the Hubble Space Telescope weigh?

a)

10 tons

b)

12 tons

c)

20 tons

d)

35 tons

21.

What creature has the biggest eye?

a)

Hippo

b)

Human

c)

Atlantic giant squid

d)

Blue whale

22.

How much does the average human brain weigh?

a)

1,5 kg

b)

2,5 kg

c)

3,5 kg

d)

5 kg

23.

Crickets have ears on their...

a)

Head

b)

Legs

c)

Tail

d)

Eyes

24.

Does sound travel faster in water or air?

a)

Water

b)

Air

25.

Approximately how many lighting bolts strike the Earth per second?

a)

1

b)

10

c)

100

d)

1 000

26.

A car traveling 20 km/h will use most of its fuel to combat what force?

a)

Weight

b)

Wind

c)

Size

d)

Combustion

27.

Diamonds contain what element?

a)

Boron

b)

Salt

c)

Manganese

d)

Carbon

28.

Diamonds contain what element?

a)

The Earth's equatorial circumference

b)

The Earth's polar circumference

29.

Which of the following force affect the Earth's tides?

a)

Moon

b)

Rotation

c)

Sun

d)

All of these

30.

What is the hardest substance known to man?

a)

Diamonds

b)

Butter

c)

Cement

d)

Salt

31.

What is the most abundant element on Earth's crust?

a)

Carbon

b)

Helium

c)

Oxygen

d)

Dirt

32.

How hot is a bolt of lightning?

a)

1 004 degrees Celcius

b)

9 752 degrees Celcius

c)

97 232 degrees Celcius

d)

972 032 degrees Celcius

33.

What is the most abundant element in the universe?

a)

Oxygen

b)

Hydrogen

c)

Carbon

d)

Boron