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SCIENCE TRIVIA

Total questions: 100

Worksheet time: 1hrs 1mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The closest star to Earth is . . . .

a)

The Sun

b)

Proxima Centauri

c)

The North Star

d)

Barnard's Star

2.

The correct formula for photosynthesis is . . .

a)

glucose + oxygen = carbon dioxide

b)

carbon dioxide + water = glucose

c)

carbon dioxide + water = glucose + oxygen

d)

glucose + oxygen = carbon dioxide + water

3.

Which rock is formed by pressure and heat?

a)

Sedimentary

b)

Metamorphic

c)

Igneous

d)

Limestone

4.

The particles in the image depict what state of matter?

a)

Solid

b)

Liquid

c)

Gas

d)

Plasma

5.

True or False: Sharks are mammals.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

What is the correct order of the planets in our solar system?

a)

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

b)

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto

c)

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter Uranus, Neptune

d)

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus

7.

Like your fingerprints, you also have a unique

a)

Tongue print

b)

Toe print

c)

Hair follicle

d)

Fingernail texture

8.

What type of animal eats only meat?

a)

carnivore

b)

herbivore

c)

omnivore

d)

frugivore

9.

If a temperature is 32 degrees Farenheit, what is the Celsius temperature?

a)

0

b)

32

c)

64

d)

100

10.

What are animals without backbones called?

a)

vertebrates

b)

invertebrates

c)

reptiles

d)

mammals

11.

What is the hardest natural substance called?

a)

wood

b)

granite

c)

diamond

d)

gold

12.

What natural phenomena are measured by the Richter scale?

a)

Earthquake

b)

Hurricane

c)

Tornado

d)

Floods

13.

Which planet in our solar system is known for its ring?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Mars

c)

Saturn

d)

Earth

14.

Who was the first person on the moon?

a)

Lance Armstrong

b)

Neil Armstrong

c)

Buzz Aldrin

d)

Michael Collins

15.

How many eyes does an earthworm have?

a)

None

b)

One

c)

Two

d)

Eight

16.

What former Braves baseball player recently died and was referred to as the "Homerun King"?

a)

Chipper Jones

b)

Willie Mays

c)

Andruw Jones

d)

Hank Aaron

17.
All mater is composed of __________.
a)
compounds
b)
atoms
c)
water
d)
H2O
18.

What is Newtons 3rd law?

a)

Everything has an equal an opposite reaction

b)

An object in motion stays in motion

c)

an object in rest stays in rest

d)

F=ma

19.
A path that allows only one route for an electric current is called a ____.
a)
parallel circuit
b)
parallel current
c)
series circuit
d)
series current
20.
Lightning is ____. 
a)
a large discharge of static electricity
b)
buildup of neutrons
c)
a high-voltage electric current 
d)
harmless 
21.

What is the name for trees that never lose their leaves?

a)

Evergreen

b)

Birch

c)

Oak

d)

Maple

22.

Why is light able to travel through space when sound cannot?

a)

Light is able to be reflected by objects.

b)

Light is able to travel through gas.

c)

Light is able to travel through a vacuum.

d)

Sound does travel through space.

23.

How many teeth does an adult human have?

a)

24 teeth

b)

40 teeth

c)

32 teeth

d)

38 teeth

24.

Ganymede is the largest moon in which planet of the solar system?

a)

Earth

b)

Jupiter

c)

Saturn

d)

Neptune

25.

Who discovered that white light is a spectrum of coloured rays

a)

Albert Einstein

b)

Isaac Newton

c)

Galileo Galilei

d)

Charles Darwin

26.

What instrument measures atmospheric water vapour?

a)

thermometer

b)

anemometer

c)

barometer

d)

hygrometer

27.

Quicksilver is also known as __________

a)

Mercury

b)

Silver

c)

Gold

d)

Bronze

28.

In which month is Earth closest to the sun?

a)

January

b)

February

c)

March

d)

April

29.

What do you call the pigment in your skin and hair that gives them color?

a)

Lutein

b)

Melanin

c)

Protein

d)

Carotene

30.

Which plant is the fastest growing specie?

a)

Cogon

b)

Mushroom

c)

Beans

d)

Bamboo

31.

Eye problems caused by computer use fall under CVS. What does CVS stand for?

a)

computer vision syndrome

b)

computer visual syndrome

c)

color vision syndrome

d)

cellular visual syndrome

32.

Which group of mammals lay eggs instead of giving birth to live young?

a)

Marsupial mammals

b)

Placental mammals

c)

Monotremes

d)

Extremes

33.

How many ribs does a human have?

a)

16

b)

18

c)

24

d)

26

34.

What is the role of the muscular system?

a)

Support the body

b)

Movement

c)

Digest food and absorb nutrients

d)

Transport oxygen

35.

Which of these organs is NOT directly involved with the digestive system?

a)

Lungs

b)

Liver

c)

Stomach

d)

Small intestine

36.

The excretory system is for removing solid waste and liquids?

a)

True

b)

False

37.

What is the main function of the circulatory system?

a)

Movement

b)

to remove waste

c)

action and senses

d)

Transport blood around your body

38.

You see a ball coming at you and you jump out of the way. This is an example of you sensing something and then acting on it. What system is responsible?

a)

Skeletal

b)

Muscular

c)

Nervous

d)

Respiratory

39.

The __________ system is responsible for all these jobs:

Making blood cells, supporting your body, allowing movement, storing minerals, and protecting your organs

a)

Muscular

b)

Skeletal

c)

Circulatory

d)

Excretory

40.

What is the basic structural and functional unit of living organisms?

a)

cells

b)

atoms

c)

molecules

d)

organelles

41.

Gravity plays a big part in the Water Cycle. In which of these processes does gravity work?

a)

water vapor rising into the atmosphere

b)

water flowing down into rivers and streams

c)

shifting of ocean currents as they strike land

d)

water turning into ice

42.

Which of the following processes contributes most to the movement of water from land to the atmosphere?

a)

Evaporation

b)

Precipitation

c)

Condensation

d)

Crystallization

43.

Which phase of the Water Cycle involves water vapor turning into liquid?

a)

Evaporation

b)

Precipitation

c)

Condensation

d)

Crystallization

44.

Which phase of the Water Cycle involves liquid water turning into steam/gas/water vapor?

a)

Evaporation

b)

Precipitation

c)

Condensation

d)

Crystallization

45.

The layer of gas surrounding the planet is the _________

a)

groundwater

b)

absorption

c)

run-off

d)

atmosphere

46.

What force pulls snow down to Earth?

a)

Condensation

b)

Sun

c)

Gravity

d)

Magnetism

47.

What is the jelly-like material that fills up the cell and supports the other organelles?

a)

nucleus

b)

cytoplasm

c)

cell wall

d)

mitochondria

48.

Which of these is only found in plant cells and not animal cells?

a)

cell membrane

b)

chloroplast

c)

nucleus

d)

cytoplasm

49.

Which of these is a round sac in the cell that store food, water, or waste for the cell?

a)

cell membrane

b)

cell wall

c)

vacuole

d)

cytoplasm

50.

When genetic information becomes altered and results in a different variation than normal it is called a _________

a)

variation

b)

mutation

c)

gene

d)

allele

51.

What is the most abundant element in the Universe?

a)

Hydrogen

b)

Helium

c)

Oxygen

d)

Lithium

52.

How many eggs does a queen bee lay per day?

a)

200

b)

2000

c)

20,000

d)

2,000, 000

53.

What percentage of the cells in your body are bacteria?

a)

2%

b)

15%

c)

68%

d)

90%

54.

How many legs do spiders have?

a)

6

b)

8

c)

10

d)

12

55.

What discovery earned Wilhelm Rontgen the first Nobel Prize for Physics?

a)

X-ray

b)

Radioactivity

c)

The neutron

d)

Wireless telegraphy

56.

What are sterile female honey bees called?

a)

Guards

b)

Workers

c)

Drones

d)

Queen

57.

What is the only letter of the alphabet that doesn't appear on the Periodic Table?

a)

J

b)

Q

c)

K

d)

Z

58.

What is the symbol for gold?

a)

G

b)

AI

c)

Au

d)

Gd

59.

H2O is a chemical symbol for

a)

Sugar

b)

Water

c)

Salt

d)

Bleach

60.

What is the chemical symbol for salt?

a)

Fe

b)

NaCl

c)

CO2

d)

NaOH

61.

An ______ is a substance that changes color at a certain range of pH values.

a)

indicator

b)

element

c)

apple

d)

All of these

62.

Which of these is a characteristic of metals?

a)

lustrous

b)

conductor

c)

ductile

d)

all of these

63.

What was the most widely accepted theory on how the universe originated?

a)

General Relativity

b)

The Big Bang Theory

c)

Quantum Physics

d)

Bash and Doc Theory

64.

How many moons does Mars have?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

65.

What is the rarest blood type in the world today?

a)

B-

b)

O-

c)

O+

d)

AB-

66.

What does pH stand for?

a)

Parts Hydrogen

b)

Potential of Helium

c)

Potential of Hydrogen

d)

Parts Helium

67.
Which planet in our solar system has an axis that is titled by 98 degrees?
a)
Saturn
b)
Uranus
c)
Jupiter
d)
Saturn
68.
Which American inventor is generally given credit for the invention of the lightning rod?
a)
Albert Einstein
b)
Nikola Tesla
c)
Benjamin Franklin
d)
Benjamin Church
69.
Titan, Enceladus, Mimas & Iapetus are just some of the moons orbiting which planet?
a)
Saturn
b)
Jupiter
c)
Neptune
d)
Venus
70.
In humans, what is the only internal organ capable of regenerating lost tissue?
a)
Pancreas
b)
Arteries
c)
Stomach
d)
Liver
71.
Approximately 2% of all people have what eye color?
a)
Red
b)
Violet
c)
Green
d)
Blue
72.
Which is the most abundant metal in the earth's crust?
a)
Bronze
b)
Aluminum
c)
Copper
d)
Lead
73.

Coal, oil, and natural gas are all what types of fuel?

a)

nuclear

b)

atomic

c)

fossil

74.

What is the center of an atom called?

a)

molecule

b)

proton

c)

nucleus

75.

Who proved that the Earth orbits the Sun?

a)

Galileo

b)

Capernicus

c)

Tyson

76.

What do you call the process of breaking white light into colors?

a)

reflection

b)

attraction

c)

refraction

77.

What is the name for the largest part of the brain?

a)

Cerebrum

b)

brain stem

c)

cerebellum

78.

What is the name of a substance made up of two or more chemically bonded elements?

a)

molecule

b)

compound

c)

acid

79.

What do you call the two poles (ends) of a magnet?

a)

north and east

b)

north and south

c)

east and south

80.

Which of these terms describes the largest area of land?

a)

habitat

b)

Biome

c)

ecosystem

81.

What is the colored part of the eye called?

a)

iris

b)

pupil

c)

cornea

d)

retina

82.

What system of the human body is made up of blood, blood vessels, and the heart?

a)

nervous

b)

digestive

c)

skeletal

d)

circulatory

83.

What tube connects the mouth and the stomach?

a)

trachea

b)

throat

c)

esophagus

d)

diaphragm

84.

What birds can fly backwards?

a)

finch

b)

hummingbird

c)

blue jay

d)

eagle

85.

Which of the following is a mammal?

a)

chicken

b)

owl

c)

ostrich

d)

bat

86.

What is a group of fish called?

a)

pack

b)

school

c)

swarm

d)

colony

87.
Which type of scientist digs up fossils?
a)
paleontologist
b)
meteorologist
c)
geologist
d)
astronaut
88.

What type of scientist am I, if I study about the planets, stars and sun?

a)

Astronomer

b)

Biologist

c)

Chemist

d)

Geologist

89.
We live in the __________________layer, a level of the atmosphere.
a)
Troposphere
b)
Stratosphere
c)
Mesosphere
d)
Exosphere
90.
Which part is farthest from earth?
a)
troposphere
b)
thermosphere
c)
exosphere/ outerspace
d)
mesosphere
91.
Where you will find the ozone layer.
a)
stratosphere
b)
thermosphere
c)
exosphere
d)
mesosphere
92.
This gas makes up 21% of the atmosphere
a)
ozone
b)
oxygen
c)
nitrogen
d)
water vapor
93.
This gas makes up 78% of the atmosphere
a)
oxygen
b)
nitrogen
c)
ozone
d)
carbon dioxide
94.

Color, density, hardness, and melting and boiling point are all examples of

a)

Physical properties

b)

Chemical properties

c)

All of the above

95.

The elements in this family are soft, silvery, and very reactive with water.

a)

Alkaline Earth Metals

b)

Alkali Metals

c)

Transition Metals

d)

Lanthanides

96.
The positive particles of an atom are 
a)
electrons 
b)
positrons 
c)
neutrons 
d)
protons 
97.

What do we call molten rock when it is inside the earth?

a)

Magma

b)

Lava

c)

Volcano

98.

What is in your stomach that helps continue the digestion of your food?

a)

Mucus

b)

Saliva

c)

Stomach Acid

99.

To get relief from acidity, which substance should be consumed?

a)

Cola

b)

Milk of Magnesia

c)

Fruit Juice

d)

Buttermilk

100.

Which pandemic led to invention of the first vaccine

a)

Cow Pox

b)

Small Pox

c)

Chicken Pox

d)

Bubonic Plague

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