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Question	Answer	% Correct
What is the scientific name for salt?	Sodium chloride	92%
What is the scientific study of animal biology?	Zoology	91%
What is the largest planet in our solar system?	Jupiter	90%
What do you call the subatomic particle that is neutral and has no electrical charge?	Neutron	88%
What do you call a baby kangaroo?	Joey	87%
What do you call the animals that could live on both land and in water?	Amphibians	85%
What does DNA stand for?	Deoxyribonucleic acid	84%
Which of these is made out of pure carbon?	Diamond	84%
How many legs do spiders have?	Eight	84%
What is the symbol for Silver?	Ag	80%
What do you call the most basic unit of matter?	Atom	78%
What is the thinnest layer of the Earth?	Crust	78%
Who discovered radium and polonium?	Pierre Curie and Marie Curie	78%
Who created the Theory of Relativity?	Albert Einstein	77%
What do you call scientists who study insects?	Entomologists	77%
What do you call the tiny blood cells that help your body form clots to stop bleeding?	Platelets	77%
What is the only planet not named after a Roman god or goddess?	Earth	71%
What is the only human organ that can float in water?	Lungs	70%
What planet has the most moons?	Jupiter	68%
How long does it take for light to travel from the Sun's surface to the Earth?	8 minutes and 20 seconds	62%
What do you call the flap in the throat that keeps food from entering the windpipe and the lungs?	Epiglottis	59%
What do you call the last section of the large intestine?	Rectum	52%
Light travels at approximately what kilometers per second in a vacuum?	300,000 km/s	50%
What is the hottest planet?	Venus	49%
Where does sound travel faster; water or air?	Water	43%
What is the largest moon in our Solar System?	Ganymede	40%
On what planet is a year shorter than a day?	Venus	30%
How long is a parsec?	3.26 light-years	27%
Who was the father of the big bang theory?	Georges Lemaître	27%
Sound travels at approximately what meters per second in air at 0 °C?	331.5 m/s	22%