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Guppies are Omnivores! They like to eat elodea plants, brine shrimp and bloodworms.

No species of millipede has more than 750 legs


How much do bees sleep?
 Never
 2 hours per day
 12 hours per day
About how many eggs does a queen bee lay each day?
 1-2
 1000 – 3000
 10,000
It is now believed that dinosaurs became extinct because of:
 Diseases
 Hunting by early humans
 A meteorite impact
What shape is the galaxy we live in, the Milky Way?
 doughnut
 flat spiral
 pretzel
What is the name of the invisible line that runs right around the Earth’s middle, dividing it into two halves?
 Equator
 Beltline
 Core
What cloud type can described as wispy and thin?
 Stratus
 Cumulous
 Cirrus
 Nimbus
The appearance of unusually warm water off the pacific coast of Peru and Ecuador is called:
 El Niño
 La Niña
 Global Warming
 El Guapo
What weather tool is used to measure air pressure?
 Anemometer
 Barometer
 Seismometer
 Thermometer
 Physical Science
 Q: What method of arranging elements into related groups was invented by Dimitri
Mendeleyev?
A: The periodic table.
 Q: What physicist remarked: "God is subtle, but he is not malicious"?
A: Albert Einstein.
 Q: What M-word defines anything that occupies space?
A: Matter.
 Q: What do you call a substance containing only one kind of atom?
A: An element.
 Q: What teenager began studying physics after he noticed a chandelier swinging during a
1581 earthquake?
A: Galileo.
 Q: What elementary particle's antiparticle is the positron?
A: The electron.
 Q: What element comes last alphabetically?
A: Zirconium.
 Q: What American physicist pioneered the theory of "black holes" in 1939?
A: J. Robert Oppenheimer.
 Q: What's a charged atom, with unequal numbers of electrons and protons?
A: An Ion.
 Q: What theory of physics proposes that energy is not transferred continuously but in
discrete amounts>
A: The quantum theory.
 Q: What element was converted to plutonium in the first nuclear reactors?
A: Uranium.
 Q: What acronyms for "Weakly Interacting Massive Particles " and "Massive Compact Halo
Objects" do physicists use to explain dark matter?
A: Wimps and Machos.
 Q: What astronomical term gradually replaced the cumbersome "gravitationally completely
collapsed object"?
A: Black Hole.
 Q: What's short for "light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation"?
A: Laser.
 Q: What's a single unit of quanta called?
A: A quantum.
 Q: What did scientists build in a squash court under a football stadium at the University of
Chicago in 1942?
A: A nuclear reactor.
 Q: What's the atomic number of hydrogen?
A: One.
 Q: What element begins with the letter "k"?
A: Krypton.
 Q: What F-word is defined in physics as a "nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine to form
more massive nuclei"?
A: Fusion.
 Q: What E-word was the first elementary particle to be discovered?
A: The electron
The shape of a double helix looks like a:
 Inflated Balloon
 Sphere
 Twisted Ladder
 Triangle
Who discovered DNA?
 Watson and Crick
 Darwin and Crick
 Einstein and Watson
 Einstein and Darwin
How many pairs of chromosomes does a human have?
 46
 23
 52
 2
If parents already have 2 girls, what are the chances of their third child being a girl?
 100%
 Still 50%
 Less likely
 More likely
1. Let's start with an easy one. What is the chemical symbol for oxygen?
On
Ox
O
N
2. What are different masses of an atom in the same element called?
Isotopes
Atomic mass
Radioisotopes
Electronegativity
3. On a molecular level, why is water such a good solvent?
It is wet
It is polar
It is non-polar
It contains hydrogen and hydrogen itself is a good solvent
4. 6.02 x 10^23 represents which number?
Avogadro's number
Ramanujan number
Euler's function
Omega constant
5. Which of the following statements is true about noble gases?
Ununoctium, atomic number 118, is really not a noble gas
They belong to the group called halogens
All of them are diatomic
They are very non-reactive
6. The genotype for skin colour can be expressed as--
Aa
AaBbCc
AaBb
AaBbCcDdEe
7. If you change the OH- group of glycerol to NO2, which substance will be formed?
Nitroglycerin
Water
Salt
Ozone
8. Which country does not have an element named after it?
America
Poland
Hungary
France
9. Glycolysis is the process of breaking glucose down into what?
Pyrite
Glycerol
Carbon
Pyruvate
10. The _________ controls involuntary body functions such as breathing and heart rhythms.
Frontal lobe
Cerebellum
Medulla oblongata
Occipital lobe
11. Which organelle is responsible for carrying proteins to amino acid chains during DNA
synthesis?
Ribosomes
Cell wall
mRNA
Lungs
12. A person's father has the genotype bb (blue eyes). The mother has the genotype BB
(brown eyes). What is the chance that any children will have blue eyes? Remember that
brown eyes are dominant.
50% chance
25% chance
75% chance
0% chance
13. The Fibonacci Sequence is an example of which kind of formula?
Arithmetic
Geometric
Recursion
No formula
14. Gasoline is made of many substances, therefore it is difficult to come up with a chemical
formula. However, it can be said that gasoline--
Is made of many inorganic substances
Consists of mostly hydrocarbons
Has a red colour
Is safe to be ingested in any amount
15. Who discovered that certain elements follow a pattern and have similar properties, thus
creating the Periodic Table of the Elements?
Mendelev
Einstein
Bohr
Lewis
16. Natural selection is not the only process that effects the survival of certain alleles. What is
the particular genetic effect that states certain alleles will be expressed by chance
fluctuations?
Mutation
Speciation
Evolution
Genetic drift

Human Body questions and answers

1) True or false - there are 206 bones in an


True. Some bones in infants skulls have
adult human body and 300 bones in an
not yet fused together.
infants body?

2) True or false- most of the dust in your


True - up to 70%!
home is made of human skin?

3) Can you lick your elbow? No. Now be honest, did you try?

Yes, the cartilage disks in your spine


4) If you go into space, do you get taller?
expand under zero gravity.

5) What is the hardest substance in the


Tooth enamel.
human body?

An ancient form of medicine which


6) What is trepanning? involved making holes in human skull to
relieve pressure; don't try at home!

7) In terms of attributed human deaths


House flies. They are vectors for disease
which are more dangerous; snakes, bees,
causing bacteria.
sharks or house flies?

8) True or false; your body's temperature


True
rises slightly during digestion?

In the middle ear. Collectively called


9) Where are the three smallest bones in
ossicles, the 3 bones are the Malleus
the human body? What are they called?
(hammer), Incus (anvil) & Stapes (stirrup).

10) What's the lifespan of a human red


Around 120 days.
blood cell?

11) True or false; A modern human's brain


True.
is smaller than a Neanderthal's brain?

12) What is the longest type of cell in the


The nerve cell (neuron).
body?
13) What does bile do in you body? Emulsify fats in the small intestine

14) What is a Pyrogen? A substance that causes fever.

It's your outer ear (the bit you see made


15) Where would you find your pinna?
out of cartilage)

16) Who has more hair follicles, blondes or


Blondes.
brunettes?

17) Which is the rarest blood type in


AB negative. <1% of the population
humans?

The eye's lens continues to grow


18) Why does eyesight change as you get
throughout life, becoming thicker and less
older?
transparent.

19) True or false; nitroglycerine can be used


True. It dilates blood vessels.
to treat heart attacks?

20) Do you have the same number of neck


Yes.
vertebrae as giraffe's?

21) How much salt does the average human


Around 250 grams.
body contain?

People often favor one leg over the other.


22) If I kept walking in a straight line on a
It is possible that over time the
flat surface with no visible features, is it
discrepancy between the two leg strides
possible to walk in circles eventually?
may indeed cause you to walk in circles.

Chemistry trivia questions and answers

1) True or false - sterling silver is


False. It contains up to 7.5% copper
pure silver?

2) Which chemical causes the


burning taste sensation when Capcaicin
eating chilies?

3000 degrees celsius and 100,000 atmospheres.


3) What temperature and
That's 10132500 kPA, at least 20,000 times more
pressure is needed to convert
pressure than the pressure inside the average bike
graphite into a diamond?
tire!

A long tube of glass usually marked in 0.1mL units


4) What is a buret? that's equipped with a stopcock for the controlled
addition of a liquid to a receiving flask

Mercury (melting point of -38.87 deg Celsius). Room


temperature is usually defined as 25 deg. Celsius.
5) Which is the only metal that is
Gallium gets close to also melting at room
liquid at room temperature?
temperature > it's melting temperature is 29.78 deg.
Celsius... almost made it!

6) Who invented the first battery? Count Alessandro Volta

White gold is usually an alloy of gold and a white


7) Is a white gold ring pure gold? metal such as silver and palladium. Nickel is no
longer used due to skin allergies.

8) What is 'fools gold'? Iron pyrite crystals.

9) What is the symbol for Silver? Ag


Adenosine triphosphate, the molecule that is used
10) What does ATP stand for?
for energy by all cells

Astronomy questions and answers

1) What survives impacting Meteorite.


Earth's surface; a meteor, a
meteorite or an asteroid?

2) What is the strongest


known magnet in the A Neutron Star
Universe?

3) Which is the hottest planet


Venus, surface temperature 460oC
in the solar system?

4) How far is the moon away


Around 376 600 km away.
from Earth?

5) How old is our Sun? 5 billion years... we think...

6) What is the name given to


planets outside our solar Extrasolar planets
system?

Vredefort Ring in South Africa, 299km diameter!


7) Where is the largest known
There is conjecture around the Chicxulub crater in Mexico
meteorite crater on Earth?
being potentially bigger though.

8) What causes an Aurora? Charged particles from solar wind


Geology & Geography questions and answers

1) Is Obsidian an igneous, sedimentary


Igneous.
or metamorphic rock?

2) Which country has the longest Canada, due to the number of northern
coastline? islands.

3) What formation on Earth can have the


names tabular, blocky, wedge, dome, Icebergs
pinnacle, dry dock, growler or bergy bit?

4) Which crystalline formations are on


Stalactites.
cave ceilings; stalagmites or stalactites?

No. Tsunamis are caused by water


displacement as a result of an undersea
5) Is a Tsunami and a tidal wave the earthquake or a landslide. Tidal waves are
same thing? caused by the moon & Sun's gravitational
pull combined with prevailing winds and
water currents.

A particle small enough to be carried by


6) What is the definition of dust?
air currents.

7) When was the first seismograph


Approximately A.D. 200 in China
invented?

Weather and our atmosphere questions & answers

1) What's the highest recorded 372km/h! Over Mt Washington, New


surface wind speed? Hampshire on April 12, 1934.
2) What is the name of the layer of
Troposphere
air closest to us in the atmosphere?

3) True or false - is lightning 3 times


True
hotter than the Sun?

4) True or false; when lighting hits a


tree the water inside the tree boils
True
and expands, blowing the tree
apart?

5) Is the stratosphere above or


Extending 50km above the troposphere
below the troposphere?

General physics and mathematics questions and answers

1) Where does sound travel faster;


Water.
water or air?

2) What is opposite to matter? Antimatter.

3) Why do bubbles pop? They get too dry from the surrounding air.

The energy of the Universe is constant; it can


4) What is the Law of
neither be created or destroyed but
Conservation of Energy?
only transferred and transformed.

5) What does a manometer


The pressure of a closed system.
measure?

6) What is the unit measurement


The Becqueral (Bq). 1 Bq = 1 disintegration per
for the activity of a radioactive
second
source?

7) If you mix all light colours, do White. Technically adding all colours of light
you get black, white or a rainbow? together is called colour addition.

8) How many separate patents did


1093!
Thomas Edison file?

No, at least not using everyday paper. NB:


We've had some feedback about this one.
The 'Mythbusters' show did try this and get 8
folds, however this required a paper sheet the
size of a football field and further folding required
a steamroller!
9) Can you fold a piece of paper in
Check this link. Of course, this is a wikipedia
half 7 times?
stub and as such needs further verification
on it's statements. We've followed the stated
instructions and only achieved a "7 fold" a
couple of times. For most cases it really isn't
that possible.

Thanks for the feedback!

Transmission Control Protocol / Internet


10) What does TCP/IP stand for?
Protocol.

11) When and where was the At least 2000 years ago. It was invented
abacus invented? in Mesopotamia, most likely by the Babylonians
Biology questions and answers

1) What type of organism makes Blue-green algae from South Africa at 3.2 billion years
up the oldest known fossil? old.
2) What does the Scoville Heat Unit
The heat of chilies
Scale measure?
3) Is a tomato a fruit or vegetable?o A fruit.
4) What is the collective name of
animals and plants that live on a lake Benthos
bottom?
5) What is the largest living structure
The Great Barrier Reef, Australia
on Earth?
6) What is oldest living thing known A bristlecone pine in California... it's about 4600 years
on Earth? old!
Bamboo. Some species reach up to 39 metres in
7) What is the world's tallest grass?
height.
8) What Australian timber made the
Turpentine; Syncarpia glomulifera
London docks?
The hollow woody tissue in plants that carries water
9) What is Xylem? and minerals from the roots to throughout the entire
plant
10) What is the scientific name of a
Eucalyptus saligna
Sydney Blue Gum?
11) Which is the only Australian
mammal restricted to alpine The Mountain Pygmy Possum
environments?
Merino wool fibres are wavy, not straight. Wavy wool
traps air which is an excellent insulator. This trapped air
can be heated by the body. 'Fine' wool fibres have 12
12) Why is Merino wool so good at
repeating waves for every cm, where as 'Coarse' wool
keeping you warm in winter?
fibres have less than 2 waves per cm. Merino wool can
be 'Super Fine', making an awesome material for warm
sweaters

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