General Science Quiz

1.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What weather phenomenon causes more deaths in the U.S. annually than any other except lightning?

Tornadoes

Earthquakes

Volcanoes

Landslides

2.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What is given to wood whose normal cells have been replaced with mineral deposits?

Fossil Wood

Damp Wood

Petrified Wood

Hardwood

3.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Pollination by birds is called:

Autogamy

Ornithophily

Entomophily

Anemophily

4.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

To what familiar fruit is the plantain similar?

Papaya

Bannana

Pineapple

Strawberry

5.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

Unlike rodents, the rabbit has how many incisor teeth?

3

5

2

4

6.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

What percent of fire-related deaths are due to smoke inhalation rather than burns?

80%

10%

50%

99%

7.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What U.S. President was recognized as a world authority on American game animals?

Theodore Roosevelt

William McKinley

John Adams

Grover Cleveland

8.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

How many men have walked on the moon?

9

10

11

12

9.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

The fastest-running terrestrial animal is:

Lion

Cheetah

Jaguar

Man

10.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Brass get discoloured in air because of the presence of which of the following gases in air?

Oxygen

Hydrogen Sulphide

Carbon Dioxide

Nitrogen

11.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Washing soda is the common name for ?

Sodium Carbonate

Calcium Bicarbonate

Sodium Bicarbonate

Calcium Carbonate

12.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The hardest substance available on earth is ?

Gold

Iron

Diamond

Platinum

13.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What kind of organism come last in every food chain?

Omnivores

Consumers

Producers

Decomposers

14.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Condensation is when a liquid changes to a gas.

True

False

15.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

What changes when the pull of gravity changes?

Weight

Mass

16.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

........ is the fifth and largest planet in the solar system.

Uranus

Saturn

Jupiter

Mars

17.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

At 100 degrees Celsius, what happens to water?

It melts.

It freezes.

It boils.

It condenses.

18.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Bees must collect nectar from approximately how many flowers to make 1 pound of honeycomb? Is it:

10 Thousand

20 Million

50 Million

2 Million

19.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

Albacore is a type of:

Tuna

Shellfish

Meteoroid

Marble

20.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

The only species of cat that lives and hunts in groups is:

Jaguar

Lion

Cougar

Leopard

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