Science quiz

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WELL DONE !

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Science Quiz

Prepared by Naci Urkmez

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CHEMISTRY

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What is Na Cl (Sodium Choloride )?

a. Chalk

b. Sugar

c. Coal

d. Salt

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Which is the most abundant element on Earth?

a. Oxygen

b. Iron

c. Nitrogen

d. Carbon

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What is the chemical symbol for silver ?

a. Au

b. Ag

c. S

d. Si

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Which of the following is not a greenhouse gas?

a. ozone

b. carbon dioxide

c. hydrogen

d. methane

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BIOLOGY

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When was Darwin’s The Origin of Species published?

a. 1809

b. 1859

c. 1909

d. 1959

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Which type of insect has the largest number of

different species?

a. Flies

b. ants

c. beetles

d. moths

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How long is an elephant pregnancy?

a. 10 months

b. 16 months

c. 22 months

d. 28 months

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How old is the oldest tree in the world?

a. 90 years

b. 900 years

c. 9,000 years

d. 90,000 years

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PHYSICS

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Which is the best conductor of electricity?

a. Wood

b. air

c. water

d. rubber

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How far does sound travel through air in one second?

a. 340 metres

b. 1,340 metres

c. 2,340 metres

d. 3,340 metres

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What’s the boiling point of water at 5,000 metres above sea level?

a. 100°C

b. 95°C

c. 90°C

d. 85°C

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In which year did Einstein win the Nobel Prize for Physics?

a. 1821

b. 1871

c. 1921

d. 1971

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GENETICS

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What was the first mammal to be cloned?

a. a sheep

b. a rabbit

c. a dog

d. a monkey

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How much working DNA do humans and mice share?

a. 5%

b. 35%

c. 65%

d. 95%

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• What plant did Gregor Mendel use in his experiments on inheritance?

a. carrots

b. tomatoes

c. peas

d. potatoes

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How many genes does a person have?

a. 46

b. 21,000

c. 100,000

d. 31,000,000,000

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GEOLOGY

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Which country has the most volcanoes?

a. Russia

b. Ecuador

c. Italy

d. Indonesia

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When did India collide with Asia?

a. 50,000 years ago

b. 500,000 years ago

c. 5,000,000 years ago

d. 50,000,000 years ago

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Which country has most of the world’s uranium reserves?

a. The USA

b. Australia

c. Nigeria

d. China

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How much did the largest ever gold nugget weigh?

a. 65 g

b. 65 kg

c. 650 kg

d. 6.5 tonnes

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Answers1 salt2 oxygen3 hydrogen4 Ag (Au is gold, S is sulphur, Si is silicon)5 18596 beetles (more than 300,000 species)7 22 months8 9,000 years (a spruce tree in Sweden)9 water10 340 metres11 85°C12 192113 a sheep14 95%15 peas16 21,00017 Indonesia (150 volcanoes)18 50,000,000 years ago (the impact formed the Himalayas) 19 Australia20 65 kg