SCIENCE QUIZ BEE

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MULTIPLE CHOICE
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1. Humans can produce energy by:

a) anaerobic respiration
b) aerobic respiration
c) neither anaerobic nor aerobic respiration
d) both anaerobic and aerobic respiration
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ANSWER: d) both anaerobic and aerobic

respiration
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2. Spiders are members of what class?

a) Diplopoda
b)Insecta
c) Chilopoda
d)Arachnida
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ANSWER: d) Arachnida
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3. The solidified lava of a volcano belongs to

which rock family? Is it:
a) igneous
b) metamorphic
c) sedimentary
d) fossilized
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ANSWER: a) igneous
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4. Pangaea is the name of a former continent

that included:
a) all the continents
b) only Europe and Asia
c) only South America and Africa
d) only North and South America
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ANSWER: a) all the continents

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5. Which of the following processes doesn't

account for an increase in atmospheric CO2
(carbon dioxide) levels?
a) deforestation
b) photosynthetic processes
c) plant respiration
d) fossil fuel combustion
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ANSWER: b) photosynthetic processes

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6. The most abundant element in the

universe is thought to be:
a) carbon
b) oxygen
c) hydrogen
d) nitrogen
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ANSWER: c) hydrogen
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7. Which of the following scientists was

awarded the Nobel Prize in 1911 for the
discovery of the radioactive elements, radium
and polonium?
a) John Dalton
b) Dmitri Mendeleev
c) Emil Fischer
d) Marie Curie
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ANSWER: d) Marie Curie

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8. What process produces most of the energy

that is radiated by the Sun?
a) gravitational contraction
b) chemical combustion
c) nuclear fusion
d) nuclear fission
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ANSWER: c) nuclear fusion

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9. As you go up a mountain top, your weight:

a) increases slightly
b) decreases slightly
c) remains exactly the same.
d) none of the above
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ANSWER: b) decreases slightly

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10. Which of the following organs do the

pulmonary arteries service?
a) heart
b) lungs
c) lower trunk and legs.
d) all of the above
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ANSWER: b) lungs
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MULTIPLE CHOICE/IDENTIFICATION
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1. What is the term given to a solid that has

the ability of a solid to be hammered into a
thin sheet?
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ANSWER: MALLEABILITY
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2. The word atom is from a Greek word

meaning:
a) small
b) indivisible
c) unseen
d) visible
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ANSWER: b) indivisible
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3. Susan pushes against a 100 kilogram rock

with a force of 5 Newtons, but the rock
doesn't move. The force the rock exerts on
Susan is
a) 0 Newtons
b) 5 Newtons
c) 20 Newtons
d) 100 Newtons
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ANSWER: b) 5 Newtons
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4. Global climate change is being attributed

to the atmospheric increase in what two
gases produced by human activities?
a) oxygen and hydrogen
b) ozone and methane
c) nitrous oxide and sulfur dioxide
d) methane and carbon dioxide
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ANSWER: d) methane and carbon dioxide

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5. Name the English physicist who discovered

electromagnetic induction?
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ANSWER: (MICHAEL) FARADAY

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6. Term refers to the study of tissues.

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ANSWER: HISTOLOGY
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7. The clavicles are the bones commonly

referred to as:
a) the shoulder blades
b) the shin bones
c) the collar bones
d) none of the above
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ANSWER: c) the collar bones

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8. The ozone layer is located in which

region of the atmosphere?
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ANSWER: STRATOSPHERE
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9. The first reflecting telescope was built by:

a) Galileo
b) Copernicus
c) Tycho Brahe
d) Isaac Newton
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ANSWER: d) Isaac Newton

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10. In the fission of Uranium-235, what is the

average number of neutrons produced in the
fission reaction?
a) 1.5
b) 2.5
c) 3.5
d) 4.5
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ANSWER: b) 2.5
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IDENTIFICATION
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1. Assume that a ray of light passes from glass

into air at an angle of incidence greater than
zero degrees. Will the ray of light be bent
toward or away from the normal as it passes
into the air?
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ANSWER: AWAY FROM

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2. Name the person who developed a table of

elements which revealed regularities in
elemental properties?
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ANSWER: DMITRI MENDELEEV

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3. What is the name of the phenomenon that

causes an accumulation of heat in the lower
atmosphere because of the absorption of
longwave radiation from the Earth's surface?
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ANSWER: GREENHOUSE EFFECT

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4. Who is considered the father of

Taxonomy?
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ANSWER: (CAROLUS) LINNAEUS

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5. What is the mass of a 60-kilogram

astronaut in space, far from any planets?
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ANSWER: 60 KILOGRAMS
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6. Who named the two kinds of electrical

charges "positive" and "negative"?
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ANSWER: BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

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7. What is the molten rock that remains

underground called?
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ANSWER: MAGMA
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8. Which stone, usually green, was used for

Chinese, Aztec and Mayacarvings?
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ANSWER: JADE
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9. What is a partial or total loss of memory of

a temporary or permanent nature known as?
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ANSWER: AMNESIA
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10. Which organelle is referred to as "the

Power House of the cell"?
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ANSWER: MITOCHONDRIA
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For convenience, living things are placed into various

groups. The taxonomic breakdown of living things
consists of the following categories:
Family, Class, Genus, Phylum, Order, Kingdom and
Species
Give the order of these terms from least specific to most
specific.
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ANSWER:
KINGDOM, PHYLUM, CLASS, ORDER,
FAMILY, GENUS, SPECIES
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What is the last phase of mitosis?

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ANSWER: TELOPHASE
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What is the scientific name for the voice box

in a human?
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ANSWER: LARYNX
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Which of the following does NOT travel in a

vacuum?
a) radio waves
b) gamma rays
c) magnetic waves
d) sound waves
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ANSWER: d) sound waves

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What gas makes up the majority of our

atmosphere?
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ANSWER: NITROGEN
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