SCIENCE QUIZ BOWL QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

EASY ROUND
Which of the following metal is liquid at room temperature?
A. Sodium
B. Lead
C. Mercury*
D. Rubidium

Select which is not a part of the endocrine system?

A. Adrenal gland
B. Pituitary gland
C. Lungs*
D. Thyroid gland

A billiard ball was hit with an initial velocity of 15 m/s and stopped after 3 seconds. What in its
deceleration?
A. -5 m/s2
B. 5 m/s*
C. 5 m/s2
D. -5 m/s

It is a natural phenomenon characterized by the eruption of super hot water and steam from the
bedrock.
A. Distillation
B. Geyser*
C. Rain gauge
D. Water turbine

Which planet is the hottest in the solar system?

A. Mars
B. Venus*
C. Mercury
D. Saturn

The most abundant element in the universe is thought to be:

A. Oxygen
B. Carbon Dioxide
C. Nitrogen
D. Hydrogen*

What is the largest internal organ of the human body?

A. Lungs
B. Liver*
C. Kidney
D. Stomach

Which of the following is an example of a chemical property?

A. Crushing of stones
B. Burning of woods*
C. Cracking an egg
D. Cutting strips of paper

Plants create their own food by absorbing and processing sunlight. The ability to produce your
own food source is a metabolic process known as what?
A. Heterotrophy
B. Autotrophy*
C. Homotrophy
D. Ditrophy

A group of cells that work together to perform a function is called?

A. Cell system
B. Organ system
C. Tissue*
D. Organism

Red blood corpuscles are formed in the __________?

A. Liver
B. Bone Marrow*
C. Kidneys
D. Heart

Humans can produce energy by:

A. anaerobic respiration
B. aerobic respiration
C. neither anaerobic nor aerobic respiration
D. both anaerobic and aerobic respiration*

Spiders are members of what class?

A. Diplopoda
B. Insecta
C. Chilopoda
D. Arachnida*

The solidified lava of a volcano belongs to which rock family?

A. Igneous*
B. Metamorphic
C. Sedimentary
D. Fossilized

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

MODERATE
What is the most common term used in genetics to describe the observable physical
characteristics of an organism caused by the expression of a gene or set of genes?
A. Phenotype*
B. Genotype
C. XX
D. YY

Which of the following processes does not account for an increase in atmospheric CO2 (carbon
dioxide) levels?
A. Deforestation
B. Photosynthetic processes*
C. Plant respiration
D. Fossil fuel combustion

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*

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

An aqueous solution in which the concentration of OH– ions is greater than that of H+ ions is:
A. basic*
B. acidic
C. neutral
D. in equilibrium

Vector A is added to a Vector B. Under what conditions does the resultant vector A + B have
greatest magnitude?
A. When A and B are parallel and in the same direction*
B. When A and B are parallel and in the opposite direction
C. When A and B are perpendicular
D. The magnitude of A + B does not depend on the directions of A and B.

Two carts have masses m and 2m. They move on an airtrack (ignore friction). You push each
cart with the same force for the same length of time. Compared to the momentum of the heavy
cart (mass 2m) the momentum of the light cart (mass m) is _________?
A. Four times
B. Twice
C. Equal to*
D. One-half

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 N
B. 5 N*
C. 20 N
D. 100 N
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*

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

DIFFICULT
What is the difference between the prokaryotes and eukaryotes?
Answer: The eukaryotes has a nucleus, and the prokaryotes does not.
→
Balance the equation: NH NO N +O + H O
4 3 2 2 2
→
Answer: 2 NH NO 2 N +O + 4 H O
4 3 2 2 2

_________ is the most important chemically-active fluid involved in the formation of rocks.
Answer: Water

You are standing on what continent when you are at a latitude of 90 degrees south?
Answer: Antarctica

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.
Answer: Greenhouse Effect

Which organelle is known as the powerhouse of the cell?

Answer: Mitochondria

What is the molten rock that remains underground called?

Answer: Magma

Name the English physicist who discovered electromagnetic induction?

Answer: Michael Faraday

Name the person who developed a table of elements which revealed regularities in elemental
properties?
Answer: Dmitri Mendeleev

The ozone layer is located in which region in the atmosphere?

Answer: Stratosphere