SCIENCE QUIZ BEE 2023

EASY ROUND

1. Which of the following is the meaning of LASER?

A. Light Application by Stimulated Emission of Radiation

B. Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
C. Light Amplification by Strengthening Emission of Radiation
D. Light Application by Strengthening Emission of Radiation

2. Which is the main gas that makes up the Earth's atmosphere?

A. Oxygen
B. Nitrogen
C. Carbon
D. Helium

3. Which of the following filed of science deals with the study of

mushroom?
A. Hematology
B. Ornithology
C. Mycology
D. Gynecology

4. Which example of particles that can be drawn closer to occupy

smaller volume?
a. Fruit juice c. air inside the syringe
b. block of wood d. ice cube

5. This refers to an optical device is modeled after the human eye

A. Microscope C. Camera
B. Telescope D. Periscope

6. Which electromagnetic wave carries more energy than the others?

A. Microwaves C. UV Radiation
B. Radio waves D. Visible light

7. Which of the following is the hardest natural substance on

Earth?

B. Platinum C. Diamond
C. Aluminum D. Emerald

8. Who among the following is credited with the creation of the

World Wide Web?
A. Tim Berners-Lee
B. Mark Zuckerberg
C. Bill Gates
D. Steve Jobs
9. The concept of gravity was discovered by which famous
physicist?
A. Aristotle
B. Plato
C. Sir Isaac Newton
D. Albert Einstein

10. How many days on Earth does it take for Venus to rotate once on
its axis?
A. 243 C. 300
B. 200 D. 245
11. In the visible spectrum, which color has the longest wavelength?
A. Blue B. Green C. Red D. Violet

12. In what era can the oldest fossil be found?

A. Cenozoic B. Mesozoic C. Paleozoic D. Pre-Cambrian

13. Alfred Wegener is a German scientist who hypothesized that the Earth was once made
up of a single large landmass called Pangaea. Which of the following theories did
Wegener proposed?

A. Plate Tectonics
B. Continental Shift Theory
C. Continental Drift Theory
D. Seafloor Spreading Theory

14. Where can most of the fossils be found?

A. Black soil
B. Granite rock
C. Lava flows
D. Sedimentary rock

15. In 1912, Alfred Wegener proposed a theory that the Earth is once a single landmass.
What is the name of the Mesozoic supercontinent that consisted of all of the present
continents?
A. Eurasia B. Laurasia C. Pangaea D. Gondwanaland

MODERATE
1. Two people believe they are related. Which would be the best technique to determine if
they are related?
A. Testing blood types C. Karyotyping
B. DNA testing D. Amniocentesis

2. What do you expect to find at a mid-ocean ridge?

A. Relatively young rocks C. thick accumulation of sediments
B. Reverse fault D. very ancient rocks
3. What happens to the density of a gas as its volume decreases at constant pressure
and temperature?
A. Decreases C. Increases
B. Stays the same D. Unpredictable
4. Which of the following material will not carry an electrical charge?
A. Insulator C. Semiconductor
B. Conductor D. None of the above

5. Which of these animals show a correct example of homologous structures?

A. Fingers of human and arm of starfish.
B. Flipper of whale and forelimb of a cat.
C. The tongue of frog and proboscis of the mosquito.
D. Wings of butterfly and bat.

6. What colors describes the entire visible light spectrum according to increasing
energy?
A. Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo and Violet
B. Red, Orange , Yellow, Green, Blue and Violet
C. Red, Green, Blue, Cyan and Magenta
D. Violet, Indigo, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange and Red

7. Humans and chimpanzees share roughly how much DNA?

A. 98% B. 89% C. 78% D. 68%
8. Which of the following is the heaviest organ in the body?
A. Brain B. Liver C. Skin D. Heart

9. Which of the following is the largest gland in the body?

A. Skin B. Liver C. Lungs D. Brain

10. Which of the following refers to the substance that cannot be

broken down into simpler form by ordinary chemical reaction?
A. Compound B. Mixture C. Element D. Cell

11. Which of the following is an example of chemical property?

A. Crushing of stones
B. Cracking of eggs
C. Liquid turned ice
D. Burning of wood

12. 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

13. 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

14. Which kind of plastic can be recycled?

A. Thermosets
B. Thermoplastic
C. Microplastic
D. None

15. Which of the following metal is liquid at room temperature?

A. Sodium
B. Lead
C. Mercury
D. Rubidium

DIFFICULT

1. Humans can produce energy by which of the following activity?

a. anaerobic respiration
b. aerobic respiration
c. neither anaerobic nor aerobic respiration
d. both anaerobic and aerobic respiration

2. Who among the following is the English physicist who discovered electromagnetic
induction?
 a. Nikola Tesla
b. Michael Faraday
c. Robert Koch
d. Sir Isaac Newton

3. In a vacuum, a feather and a ball are released simultaneously 10 meters from the air,
which object reaches the ground first?
a. feather
b. ball
c. feather and ball at the same time
d. none for it will float

4. Which of the following organs do the pulmonary arteries service?

a heart b lungs c lower trunk and legs d all of the above

5. Which of the following is the term given to a solid that has the ability of a solid to be hammered
into a thin sheet?
a. Ductility b. Conductility c. Malleability d. Irritability

6. Who among 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

7. Spiders are members of which of the following class?

A Diplopoda b Insecta c Chilopoda d Arachnida

8. This refers to the process produces most of the energy that is radiated by the Sun?
A. gravitational contraction
B. chemical combustion
C. nuclear fusion
D. nuclear fission

9. A man 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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?

a. Away
b. Towards
c. Pass through
d. Both away and towards

13. Which of the following refers to the phenomenon that causes an accumulation of heat in
the lower atmosphere because of the absorption of longwave radiation from the Earth's
surface?
a. Halo effect
b. Greenhouse effect
c. Rosenthal effect
d. Hawthorne effect
14. The ozone layer is located in which region of the atmosphere?
a. Stratosphere
b. Mesosphere
c. Lithosphere
d. Exosphere

15. The clavicles are the bones commonly referred to as:

a) the shoulder blades
b) the shin bones
c) the collar bones
d) the thigh bones

Clincher
 Which organelle is referred to as "the Power House of the cell"?
Mitochondria
 What is the last phase of mitosis?
TELOPHASE
 What is the scientific name for the voice box in a human?
Larynx
 Which of the following does NOT travel in a vacuum?
a. radio waves b) gamma rays c) magnetic waves d) sound waves
 What is a partial or total loss of memory of a temporary or permanent
nature known as? Amnesia
 Who named the two kinds of electrical charges "positive" and "negative"?
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
 What is the molten rock that remains underground called? Magma
 Which stone, usually green, was used for Chinese, Aztec and
Mayacarvings? Jade