Science Quiz bee 9.

What is the densest naturally occurring

I. Multiple Choice element in the periodic table?
1. A hard rock called ___ comes from loose A. Osmium
volcanic ash which becomes cemented B. Mercury
together. C. Helium
A. Tuff D. Argon
B. Lapilli 10. Which of the following metal is liquid at
C. Cinders room temperature?
D. Volcanic Bombs A. Sodium
2. It is a natural phenomenon characterized B. Mercury
by the eruption of super hot water and steam C. Lead
from bedrock. D. Rubidium
A. Distillation 11. What kind of small objects composes
B. Ran Gauge much of the universe?
C. Geyser A. Atoms
D. Water Turbine B. Anti-matter
3. Arcturus is an orange star. Its surface C. Dark-matter
temperature is 42,000 degree celcius. What D. Monster energy
is its distance away from the sun? 12. Give an example of a decapod.
A. 8.38 light year A. Beetle
B. 38 light year B. Crab
C. 27 light year C. Lizard
D. 520 light year D. Snake
4. It is usually formed from ashes and other 13. What is the shape of the Earth?
dust material which are thrown high up into A. Round
the air and hard before they can spread B. Flat
further down. C. Has no shape
A. Composite slope D. Spheroid
B. Cinder cone 14. Which is a hypothetical string theory
C. Shield slope weightless particle?
D. Lava cone A. Graviton
5. A billiard ball was hit with an initial B. Anti-matter
velocity of 15m/s and stopped after 3s. what C. Earth worm jim
is its deceleration? D. Brayonic matter
A. -5 m/s2 15. What is the level of nitrogen in the
B. 5m/s2 atmosphere of the Earth?
C. 5m/s A. 70%
D. -5m/s B. 15%
6. Name the metal used in the making of C. 7%
microchips. D. 2%
A. Vibranium 16. What is the function of a cell?
B. Adamantium A. Structure and protection
C. Silicon B. Organizes DNA
D. None of the above C. ATP Formation
7. What kind of plastic can be recycled? D. Digests, recycles materials
A. Thermosets 17. Chloroplasts plays an important role in..
B. Both A. Organizes and moves internal parts of the
C. Thermoplastic cell.
D. None B. Cell contraction, movements and
8. Select which is not a part of the endocrine structural support.
system? C. Photosynthesis
A. Adrenal gland D. Assembly of subunits of ribosomes
B. Lungs 18. What is the function of the central
C. Pituitary gland vacuole?
D. Thyroid gland A. ATP Formation
 B. Photosynthesis 7. What is the most
C. Protein synthesis abundant gas in the
D. Increase the cell surface area and stores Earth's atmosphere?
metabolic work.
8. Roughly how long does it
19. Nucleus plays an important role in ___.
take for the sun's light to
A. Organizing DNA
reach Earth - 8 minutes, 8
B. Digests, recycles materials
hours or 8 days?
C. Organizes and moves internal parts of the
cell. 9. Which famous British
D. Makes lipids, degrade fats and inactivates physicist wrote A Brief
toxins. History of Time?
20. Which of these is a method of internal
fertilization? 10. At what temperature are
A. Oviparity Celsius and Fahrenheit
B. Viviparity equal?
C. Ovoviviparity 11. What modern-day
D. All of these country was Marie Curie
21. What type of fertilization do humans born in?
have?
A. External fertilization 12. What is the biggest planet
B. Both in our solar system?
C. Internal fertilization
D. None
22. Who discovered test cross in genetics?
A. Gregor Mendel
B. William Harvey
C. Charles Darwin
D. It’s not clear
23. What is an allele?
A. A pair of the chromosomes
B. An allele is a variant of the genes
C. It is a genetics term used to denote the
opposite sexes
D. All of the above

II. Enumeration (Difficult)

1. What does DNA stand
for?
2. How many bones are in
the human body?
3. The concept of gravity
was discovered by which
famous physicist?
4. What is the hardest
natural substance on
Earth?
5. Which is the main gas
that makes up the Earth's
atmosphere?
6. Humans and chimpanzees
share roughly how much
DNA?
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Key to Correction
Multiple Choice 33 1. How many vertebrae does
1. A the average human possess?
2. C
3. B Sputnik 1 2. What was the name of the
4. B first man-made satellite
5. C launched by the Soviet
6. C Union in 1957?
7. C Apollo 15 3. Which Apollo moon mission
8. B was the first to carry a lunar
9. A rover?
10. B
11. C 32 4. How many teeth does an
12. B adult human have?
13. D Mycology 5. What is the study of
14. A mushrooms called?
15. A
16. A 6.
17. C
7.
18. D
19. A 8.
20. D
21. C 9.
22. A 10.
23. B

Enumeration
1. Deoxyribonucleic acid
2. 206
3. Sir Isaac Newton
4. Diamond
5. Nitrogen
6. 98 %
7. Nitrogen
8. 8 minutes
9. Stephen Hawking
10. -40
11. Poland
12. Jupiter