Science Trivia

Can you answer these random questions about science correctly?

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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 ✓

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