SCIENCE TRIVIA

1. It is the largest living structure on earth that reaches over 200 km in length. 2. Animals that eat plants as their primary food source. 3. Born on July 5th 1996, Dolly was the first mammal to be cloned from an adult cell. What animal is she? 4. He is French chemist and microbiologist who was well known for inventing a process to stop various foods and liquids making people sick. Called Pasteurization, it reduces the amount of microorganisms that could lead to disease without having a noticeable effect on taste and quality in a way which methods such as sterilization might. 5. Red blood cells carry oxygen around the body. Where are they created? 6. Where is the smallest bone found in the human body? 7. While using energy from sunlight, plants turn carbon dioxide into food. What is this process called? 8. Which of the following contributes the most to global warming - Using Fossil Fuels, Cutting Down Trees or Solar Radiation? 9. It might only take you a few minutes to finish a meal but it how many hours does food take before it has completely digested? 10. What do you call an animal that carries its young in its pouch? 11. What is the fastest land animal? 12. The fastest animal in the world? 13. What is the longest cell in the body? 14. What is the Law of Conservation of Energy? 15. It refers to the energy an object has because of its movement. A car in motion has this, as does a basketball when you pass or shoot it. 16. An Italian scientist who developed telescopes and used them to make revolutionary observations about our solar system, discovering new objects like the moons that orbit Jupiter. 17. It is the hottest planet in our solar system with a surface temperature of over 450 degrees celcius. 18. Known as the 'Red Planet'. It features a dusty, rocky surface, relatively calm conditions and a thin atmosphere. 19. The most well known comet in the Solar System. It orbits the Sun and can be seen with the naked eye from Earth around every 75 years, returning for its next visit sometime in 2061. 20. Stretching out to an impressive length of 6696 kilometres (4160 miles) long, this is the longest river on earth. 21. The volcanic rock which is known as the only rock that can float in water. 22. How is sound produced? 23. It is the nearest star to earth aside from the sun. 24. Which animal can go longer than a camel without water? 25. What is the name of a place that uses telescopes and other scientific equipment to research space and astronomy? 26. What is the name of the first satellite sent into space? 27. When a gas changes into liquid what is the process called? 28. What is the fourth state of matter? 29. The largest part of the brain that responsible for our memory and thinking skills. 30. What is the largest kind of cat in the world? 31. The process when solid changes directly to gas? 32. What are the two main metals found in the earths core? 33. What orbits the nucleus of an atom? 34. What is the green pigment found in the chloroplasts of plant cells that enable them to produce their own food? 35. What is the name for the imaginary line around the center of the Earth?

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