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Total questions: 80
Worksheet time: 40mins
The human eye can detect and differentiate over ___ million colors.
5
10
15
20
____________ ______________ won the Nobel Prize in 1921.
Gregor Mendel
Jane Goodall
Marie Currie
Albert Einstein
______________________ taste food by standing on top of it!
rodents
butterflies
hornets
ants
Sneezing with your eyes open is ____________________.
difficult
impossible
painful
fast
Adults have 206 bones but children have _____.
150
200
258
300
Velcro was invented about ___ years ago.
20
50
40
30
The __________ eye blinks an average of 4,200,000 times a year.
fish
giraffe
human
frog
It takes about ___ hours for food to entirely digest.
8
12
18
23
40 - 50 percent of body heat is lost through he head with no hat because of its extensive respiratory system.
true
false
Which 3 animals spend about 80% of their lives sleeping?
armadillos, opossums, and sloths
alligators, giraffes, and rhinos
cats, lions, and salmon
dogs, humans, and wizard cows
The only letter that does not appear on the Periodic Table of Elements is the letter ___.
B
X
Z
J
Which gemstone is only made of carbon?
ruby
diamond
sapphire
emerald
Do you weigh slightly more or less when the Moon is directly overhead.
more
no change
less
Which is heavier, a ton of feathers or a ton of coal?
feathers
neither
coal
both
During the average lifetime, a person will produce enough ____________ to fill 2 swimming pools.
ear wax
hair
dead skin cells
saliva
People have a unique tongue print.
yes
no
It is possible for people to tickle themselves.
true
false
80% of the __________ is water.
skin
heart
brain
stomach
Which of the following objects is a conductor of electricity?
Wooden Toothpick
Penny
Plastic Spoon
What are the poles of a magnet called?
Top and Bottom
East and West
North and South
What materials are attracted to magnets?
Wood
Iron
Aluminum
What do we call molten rock when it is inside the earth?
Magma
Lava
Volcano
Which of the following has a larger gravitational pull?
Earth
Jupiter
Mars
What is the sun?
Star
Planet
Asteroid
What is in your stomach that helps continue the digestion of your food?
Mucus
Saliva
Stomach Acid
Which of the following planets is not a rocky planet?
Jupiter
Venus
Mars
About how long does it take for the moon to orbit the Earth?
1 day
1 month
1 year
Glaciers are masses of ice that move slowly on land. Which of these features was most likely formed by a glacier?
A wide valley
A mountain range
A deep ocean
Why is light able to travel through space when sound cannot?
Light is able to be reflected by objects.
Light is able to travel through gas.
Light is able to travel through a vacuum.
What is NOT a renewable energy source?
coal
wind
solar
What will cause an object to move?
Applied forces
Balanced forces
Unbalanced forces
Which physical property will change if you visit the moon?
mass
weight
volume
In which state of matter are the particles moving the fastest?
solid
liquid
gas
What is the atomic symbol for Chlorine?
C
Cl
Ch
Co
Matter changing state from a gas to a liquid is called what?
evaporation
condensation
boiling
freezing
A raccoon eats plants and animals. It is an example of a(n)
carnivore
omnivore
decomposer
herbivore
The element _______is found in all of the organic compounds.
Iron
Nitrogen
Carbon
Oxygen
An unbalanced force causes:
acceleration
change in mass
balanced forces
change in time
Tectonic plates are made up of continental crust and ________ crust.
continental
oceanic
plates
mantle
Particles are widely spaced except when they collide.
solid
liquid
gas
plasma
What is the earth's primary source of light energy?
moon
sun
waves
fire
Mosquitoes prefer to bite people with Type ___ blood.
A
O
B
AB
When a koala is born, it is about the size of a _____________.
jelly bean
penny
banana
quarter
A caterpillar has ______ muscles than a human.
less
more
the same
An avocado is actually a large ___________.
nut
berry
lime
mellon
It is impossible to sneeze while you are sleeping.
True
False
The Cookie Monster's real first name is ____.
Calvin
Sid
Marco
Theo
Octopuses think with their ___________.
eyes
legs
tentacles
tail
"Jingle Bells" was originally written for ________________.
Halloween
Thanksgiving
New Year's Day
Easter
Ants won’t cross a line of ___________.
pepper
salt
chalk
saw dust
Arachibutyrophobia is the fear of getting _________________________.
peanut butter stuck to the roof of your mouth
in an automobile
picked last for a team
your sneakers dirty
A fire will burn faster moving _______________
uphill
downhill
along a river
sideways
The average raindrop takes 2 _________ to hit the ground.
seconds
minutes
hours
days
Ocean algae produces about ___ percent of the world's oxygen.
25%
50%
75%
99%
Sound travels about ___ times faster in water than in air.
2
3
4
5
Earth's sky is ________, our eyes just see it as blue.
purple
white
yellow
gray
A bolt of lightning can reach roughly ________ degrees Fahrenheit.
25,000
50,000
75,000
100,000
A species of moth has the best ___________ in the world.
hearing
seeing
smell
taste
A suction cup will not work in _______________.
outer space
cold temperatures
water
hot temperatures
Asparagus can grow up to ___ inches in a day.
7
8
9
10
There are over _______ apple varieties grown in the U.S.
25
250
2,500
25,000
Flamingos turn pink from eating ___________
fish
shrimp
algae
insects
________ “hold hands” while sleeping, so they don’t float away from each other.
Otters
Beavers
Dolphins
Sea Turtles
The ______________ is the most venomous snake in the world.
Inland Taipan
Forest Cobra
Diamond Head
Copperhead
Dogs are not colorblind, but they can’t see the color ____________.
red
blue
green
yellow
A dog’s sense of smell is over ______ times better than a human’s.
100
1,000
10,000
100,000
Cows have ______ stomachs!
two
three
four
five
Male _________ are the ones who are pregnant and give birth, not the females.
horseshoe crabs
jellyfish
penguins
seahorses
Green sea turtles can go over ___ hours without coming up for air.
4
5
6
7
Horseshoe crab blood is _________.
purple
blue
green
white
Humans have around _______ muscles in their entire bodies.
500
700
900
1,000
You can hear a lion’s roar from a distance of ___ miles.
2
3
4
5
Hippopotamus milk is ______.
black
pink
brown
yellow
Grizzly bears can run up to ___ miles per hour
30
40
50
60
Next to humans, ______________ are the deadliest animal on Earth.
mosquitoes
ticks
jellyfish
snakes
__________________ were the first living creatures to be sent into space.
Monkeys
Bees
Fruit flies
Ants
Bats can eat up to_________ insects in an hour.
100
1,000
5,000
8,000
The blue whale weighs as much as ___ elephants.
10
20
30
40
