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Science Olympiad 2023

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 1hrs 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

These pie charts show how people travel to work in 2 towns. In which town do more people travel to work by bike?

a)

town A

b)

town B

c)

both the same

d)

impossible to say

2.

The pie chart shows the colours of 32 beads. How many green beads are there?

a)

90

b)

8

c)

11

d)

9

3.
How many total votes were collected?
a)
5
b)
10
c)
15
d)
20
4.

How many more girls chose track as the favourite sport than boys?

a)

3

b)

6

c)

9

d)

1

5.
What is the base unit for measuring mass?
a)
Meter
b)
Liter
c)
Gram
6.
1 L = _______ mL
a)
1
b)
10
c)
100
d)
1000
7.

A baseball bat is about a _______

a)

kilometer

b)

Meter

c)

Centimeter

d)

millimeter

8.

A paper clip weighs about a _________

a)

gram

b)

kilogram

c)

milliliter

d)

Liter

9.
E
I have 3 pencils. The pencils are 17cm, 12cm, and 9cm. What is the total length of all my pencils?
a)
38 cm
b)
4 cm
c)
55 cm
d)
48 cm
10.

What is the normal rise and fall of the water currents in the oceans?

a)

Tidal wave

b)

Tidal range

c)

Spring Tide

d)

Neap Tide

11.
Tides are caused by
a)
strong winds that blow over ocean waters.
b)
the interaction of Earth, the moon and the sun.
c)
the shifting of the plates on the ocean floor.
d)
variations in the salinity of ocean water
12.

What do sea turtles eat?

a)

Jelly fish, seaweed, crab, shrimp, snails, algae

b)

Sharks

c)

Cheeseburgers

d)

Large fish

13.

Manatees are also called.....

a)

The sea vaccum

b)

The river pig

c)

The sea cow

d)

The ocean elephant

14.

Male fiddler crabs use their claws to attract females, __________ __________, And warn off predators

a)

cut grass

b)

eat food

c)

catch food

d)

defend territory

15.
Name this bone.
a)
femur
b)
radius
c)
tibia
16.
How many bones does the adult human body have?
a)
205
b)
204
c)
22
d)
206
17.
Name this bone aka "skull"
a)
coccyx
b)
cranium
c)
clavicle
18.
The long bones in the fingers are
a)
carpals
b)
tarsals
c)
phalanges 
d)
clavicles
19.
Name this bone.
a)
femur
b)
humerus
c)
tibia
20.
_______ Is any condition that interferes with the proper functioning of the body or mind
a)

Disease

b)

Infection

c)

Pathogen

21.

Viruses are the smallest disease-causing organisms.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

 is the body's defense against infectious organisms and other invaders. 

a)

Respiratory system

b)

Endocrine system

c)

Immune system

d)

Circulatory system

23.
A doctor would most likely prescribe an antibiotic to treat what type of pathogen?
a)
Fungi
b)

Protozoa

c)
Virus
d)
Bacteria
24.

The fixed point on the lever is called

a)

load

b)

resistance

c)

bar

d)

fulcrum

25.

When force is used to move an object across a distance, this is called...

a)

effort

b)

power

c)

energy

d)

work

26.

A simple machine that is made up of an incline plane wrapped around a cylinder, often used to hold things together is a...

a)

lever

b)

screw

c)

wedge

d)

pulley

27.
Which is not a type of simple machine?
a)
spring
b)
screw
c)
pulley
d)
wedge
28.

What am I?

a)

barometer

b)

anemometer

c)

wind vane

d)

rain gauge

29.
This type of cloud is thin, wispy, and made of ice crystals
a)
cumulus cloud
b)
stratus cloud
c)
cirrus cloud
d)
cumulonimbus cloud
30.
what type of cloud is shown?
a)
cumulus
b)
cirrus
c)
stratus
31.
What direction is the warm front moving?
a)
Northeast
b)
Northwest
c)
Southeast
d)
Southwest
32.
Hurricanes develop in ________ regions.
a)
Arctic
b)
Tropical
c)
Arid
d)
None of the above
33.

a)

Ursa Major

b)

Ursa Minor

c)

Virgo

d)

Scorpius

34.

a)

cassiopeia

b)

andromeda

c)

taurus

d)

orion

35.

Identify this celestial object.

a)

sun

b)

planet

c)

moon

d)

comet

36.

Identify this celestial object.

a)

nebula

b)

spiral galaxy

c)

star cluster

d)

comet

37.

What is pyrite sometimes called?

a)

saw dust

b)

fool's gold

c)

fire rock

d)

liquid gold

38.

This sedimentary rock is formed when rounded sediments are glued together.

a)

Breccia

b)

Conglomerate

c)

Sandstone

d)

Siltstone

39.
What mineral is the softest mineral on Moh's Hardness Scale and the main ingredient in baby powder?
a)

feldspar

b)

talc

c)

gypsum

d)

kaolinite

40.

Limestone is a _________ type of rock usually made of dead marine organisms.

a)

Igneous

b)

Sedimentary

c)

Metamorphic

d)

Mineral

41.

This mineral, also known as sodium chloride, is used for common rock salt.

a)

quartz

b)

sulfur

c)

halite

d)

calcite

42.

What tree is this?

a)

Flowering Dogwood

b)

White Oak

c)

Sweet Gum

d)

Southern Magnolia

43.

What tree is this?

a)

Sawtooth Oak

b)

White Oak

c)

Sweet Gum

d)

Turkey Oak

44.

What tree is this?

a)

Southern Magnolia

b)

Red Maple

c)

Water Oak

d)

Flowering Dogwood

45.

The movement or growth of a plant in response to light

a)

Thigmotropism

b)

Geotropism

c)

Phototropism

d)

Hydrotropism

46.
What is the state bird of Georgia?
a)
Northern Cardinal
b)
Brown Thrasher
c)
Mockingbird
d)
Carolina Wren
47.
Two or more substances that are mixed together but not chemically combined is a ___
a)
compound
b)
mixture
c)
keratin
d)
chromatography
48.

Ink can be separated by a method of -----------------------------------------------

a)

distillation

b)

filtration

c)

chromatography

d)

sedimentation

49.
Baking soda and vinegar combine to make carbon dioxide
a)
Chemical Change
b)
Physical Change
50.
What type of fingerprint is shown in the diagram below?
a)
Plain arch
b)
Plain whorl
c)
Central Pocket whorl
d)
Double Loop whorl