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FIFTH GRADE SCIENCE TRIVIA!

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who named more than half of the eighty-eight constellations?

a)

Aristotle

b)

Ptolemy

c)

Galileo

d)

Isaac Newton

2.

Which is NOT a tool once used by navigators to determine their latitude?

a)

astrolabe

b)

sextant

c)

log line

d)

cross staff

3.

Which of the following is NOT one of the thirteen zodiac constellations?

a)

Capricorn

b)

Gemini

c)

Sagittarius

d)

Andromeda

4.

Who proposed the heliocentric theory of the solar system?

a)

Archimedes

b)

Copernicus

c)

Ptolemy

d)

Aristotle

5.

Which type of bond occurs when atoms share electrons?

a)

ionic bond

b)

coordinate bond

c)

covalent bond

d)

James Bond

6.

Which chemist is credited with the discovery of oxygen?

a)

Joseph Priestly

b)

Robert Boyle

c)

Henri Becquerel

d)

Henry Cavendish

7.

Which element does NOT take its name from Greek or Roman mythology?

a)

helium

b)

titanium

c)

mercury

d)

hydrogen

8.

What is the heaviest naturally-occurring element found on the periodic table?

a)

uranium

b)

lead

c)

plutonium

d)

gold

9.

What is the most common state of matter in the universe?

a)

solid

b)

liquid

c)

gaseous

d)

plasma

10.

Which subatomic particle allows atoms to form bonds?

a)

proton

b)

neutron

c)

electron

d)

nucleus

11.

The work of ___________ led to the banning of pesticides containing DDT.

a)

Rachel Carson

b)

Marie Curie

c)

Rosalind Franklin

d)

Mary Anning

12.

A __________ is a place where a population of organisms lives in an ecosystem.

a)

biome

b)

community

c)

niche

d)

habitat

13.

Earth is composed of four subsystems called "spheres." Which is NOT one of Earth's spheres?

a)

ecosphere

b)

hydrosphere

c)

atmosphere

d)

biosphere

14.

Which of the following is NOT a gas that is responsible for the greenhouse effect?

a)

carbon dioxide

b)

methane

c)

nitrogen

d)

sulfur hexafluoride