WorksheetsFIFTH GRADE SCIENCE TRIVIA!
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 5mins
Who named more than half of the eighty-eight constellations?
Aristotle
Ptolemy
Galileo
Isaac Newton
Which is NOT a tool once used by navigators to determine their latitude?
astrolabe
sextant
log line
cross staff
Which of the following is NOT one of the thirteen zodiac constellations?
Capricorn
Gemini
Sagittarius
Andromeda
Who proposed the heliocentric theory of the solar system?
Archimedes
Copernicus
Ptolemy
Aristotle
Which type of bond occurs when atoms share electrons?
ionic bond
coordinate bond
covalent bond
James Bond
Which chemist is credited with the discovery of oxygen?
Joseph Priestly
Robert Boyle
Henri Becquerel
Henry Cavendish
Which element does NOT take its name from Greek or Roman mythology?
helium
titanium
mercury
hydrogen
What is the heaviest naturally-occurring element found on the periodic table?
uranium
lead
plutonium
gold
What is the most common state of matter in the universe?
solid
liquid
gaseous
plasma
Which subatomic particle allows atoms to form bonds?
proton
neutron
electron
nucleus
The work of ___________ led to the banning of pesticides containing DDT.
Rachel Carson
Marie Curie
Rosalind Franklin
Mary Anning
A __________ is a place where a population of organisms lives in an ecosystem.
biome
community
niche
habitat
Earth is composed of four subsystems called "spheres." Which is NOT one of Earth's spheres?
ecosphere
hydrosphere
atmosphere
biosphere
Which of the following is NOT a gas that is responsible for the greenhouse effect?
carbon dioxide
methane
nitrogen
sulfur hexafluoride
