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Science Trivia

Can you answer these random questions about science correctly?
Quiz by MisterFahrenheit
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Last updated: January 13, 2019
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1. What do you call the animals that could live on both land and in water?
Mammals ✓
Arthropods ✓
Reptiles ✓
Amphibians ✓
2. What do you call the subatomic particle that is neutral and has no electrical charge?
Electron ✓
Proton ✓
Nucleus ✓
Neutron ✓
3. Who created the Theory of Relativity?
Galileo Galilei ✓
Albert Einstein ✓
Stephen Hawking ✓
Isaac Newton ✓
4. What do you call the tiny blood cells that help your body form clots to stop bleeding?
Platelets ✓
Red blood cells ✓
White blood cells ✓
Plasma ✓
5. Sound travels at approximately what meters per second in air at 0 °C?
331.5 m/s ✓
348 m/s ✓
323.5 m/s ✓
344 m/s ✓
6. Who discovered radium and polonium?
Antoine Henri Becquerel ✓
Wilhelm Röntgen ✓
J. J. Thomson ✓
Pierre Curie and Marie Curie ✓
7. What planet has the most moons?
Jupiter ✓
Mars ✓
Saturn ✓
Mercury ✓
8. Light travels at approximately what kilometers per second in a vacuum?
350,000 km/s ✓
300,000 km/s ✓
225,000 km/s ✓
200,000 km/s ✓
9. What is the symbol for Silver?
Au ✓
Si ✓
Al ✓
Ag ✓
10. What does DNA stand for?
Desoxyribonucleate acid ✓
Deoxyribonucleus acid ✓
Deoxyribonucleic acid ✓
Desoxyribonucletic acid ✓
11. Where does sound travel faster; water or air?
Water ✓
Air ✓
12. What is the scientific name for salt?
Sodium hydroxide ✓
Hydrochloric acid ✓
Sodium chloride ✓
Sodium oxide ✓
13. Who was the father of the big bang theory?
Edwin Hubble ✓
Albert Einstein ✓
Willem de Sitter ✓
Georges Lemaître ✓
14. What do you call scientists who study insects?
Ichthyologists ✓
Entomologists ✓
Ornithologists ✓
Limnologists ✓
15. Which of these is made out of pure carbon?
Diamond ✓
Silver ✓
Gold ✓
Quartz ✓
16. What is the largest moon in our Solar System?
Titan ✓
Europa ✓
Ganymede ✓
Callisto ✓
17. What is the thinnest layer of the Earth?
Mantle ✓
Inner core ✓
Crust ✓
Outer core ✓
18. What is the largest planet in our solar system?
Jupiter ✓
Saturn ✓
Neptune ✓
Uranus ✓
19. On what planet is a year shorter than a day?
Uranus ✓
Venus ✓
Mars ✓
Mercury ✓
20. How many legs do spiders have?
Six ✓
Five ✓
Twelve ✓
Eight ✓
21. What do you call a baby kangaroo?
Joey ✓
Louie ✓
Dewie ✓
Jills ✓
22. How long does it take for light to travel from the Sun's surface to the Earth?
6 minutes and 20 seconds ✓
7 minutes and 20 seconds ✓
8 minutes and 20 seconds ✓
9 minutes and 20 seconds ✓
23. What do you call the flap in the throat that keeps food from entering the windpipe and the lungs?
Esophagus ✓
Larynx ✓
Trachea ✓
Epiglottis ✓
24. What is the only human organ that can float in water?
Lungs ✓
Liver ✓
Brain ✓
Heart ✓
25. What is the scientific study of animal biology?
Herpetology ✓
Animalogy ✓
Zoology ✓
Paleontology ✓
26. What do you call the last section of the large intestine?
Rectum ✓
Cecum ✓
Colon ✓
Appendix ✓
27. What is the hottest planet?
Mars ✓
Venus ✓
Mercury ✓
Uranus ✓
28. How long is a parsec?
19.6 light-years ✓
3.14 light-years ✓
19.2 light-years ✓
3.26 light-years ✓
29. What is the only planet not named after a Roman god or goddess?
Neptune ✓
Earth ✓
Uranus ✓
Saturn ✓
30. What do you call the most basic unit of matter?
Cell ✓
Atom ✓
Ion ✓
Microbe ✓
Lucknowite
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Level 42
Jan 12, 2019
Interesting!
MisterFahrenheit
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Level 19
Jan 12, 2019
Science really is interesting! I'm glad you enjoyed the quiz!
Ferbin
+1
Level 76
Jan 16, 2020
I believe the speed of sound one is incorrect.
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