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BQ Challenge Q+A - Science PDF
BQ Challenge Q+A - Science PDF
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Is the air around the earth called the hemisphere or the atmosphere?
the atmosphere
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Which spreads out to fill any container that holds it: a liquid, a solid or a
gas?
a gas
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Which is the largest part of the brain: the cerebrum or the cerebellum?
the cerebrum
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Name the part of the ear that vibrates when sound waves reach it.
the eardrum
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What are the two main gases in the air that we breathe?
nitrogen and oxygen
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During the Space Shuttle program, did the U.S. launch spacecraft from the
Johnson Space Center in Houston or the Kennedy Space Station at Cape
Canaveral?
the Kennedy Space Station at Cape Canaveral (in Florida)
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The final flight of the thirty-year U.S. space shuttle program was
performed by Atlantis in 2011. True or false?
true
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Is the asteroid belt located between the paths of Earth and Mars or
Mars and Jupiter?
Mars and Jupiter
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Which cells receive and carry messages in your body: nerve cells or
muscle cells?
nerve cells
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Which member of a bee colony is the only one that lays eggs?
the queen bee
GRADE 5
What color does litmus paper turn when its dipped in a base solution?
blue
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Whats the name for the doctor who takes care of your teeth?
a dentist
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What force makes your hands feel warm when you rub them together?
friction
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What do you call the large spacecraft that orbits the earth and is home to
visiting astronauts from many countries?
The International Space Station
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Which cells have walls made from cellulose: plant cells or animal cells?
plant cells
GRADE 2
What four things do most green plants need to make their own food?
sunlight, air, water, soil
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Find two words for the same body part: pancreas, windpipe,
trachea, diaphragm.
windpipe, trachea
GRADE 2
Oil spills from a ship will NOT pollute the water. True or false?
false (It will. Oil is a pollutant.)
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On which planet would you weigh the most: Jupiter, Saturn or Neptune?
Jupiter (because acceleration due to gravity is strongest on Jupiter)
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What do you call an exploding star near the end of its life?
a supernova
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Which of these animals care for their young: frogs, turtles, mice or spiders?
mice
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Which has the most gravity: a red giant, a white dwarf or a black hole?
a black hole (Its gravity is so strong that not even light can escape.)
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Microsoft was co-founded by computer mastermind Bill Gates. What hitech company was co-founded by Steve Jobs?
Apple
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What happens when drops of water get too heavy for a cloud to
hold them?
it rains
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What do you call a beam of light so powerful it can cut through metal?
a laser beam
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What living things absorb carbon dioxide from the air and replace it
with oxygen?
green plants
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Where is the air pressure greater: at the bottom or the top of a mountain?
the bottom
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What do you call the branch of science that deals with the design,
construction and operation of robots?
robotic