This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Overview > General Science – Quiz 106 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Science Quiz 106 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following can be recycled? A) Zip lock bags. B) Plastic spoon. C) Paper plates. D) Soda bottle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Soda bottle. 2. One of the 4 main purposes of bones is to allow your body to..... A) Dance. B) Make chitin. C) Move. D) Sense. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Move. 3. Lungs help to pump blood to all parts of the body A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 4. What does it mean for a population to be considered as Endangered? A) When a particular species has started a rapid decline and is likely to become endangered in the near future. B) When a particular species has been reduced to the point where they are in danger of dying out. C) When a particular organism has completely died out. D) When a particular species has stared a rapid increase population wise. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When a particular species has been reduced to the point where they are in danger of dying out. 5. Most recycling focuses on four major categories of products. Which one of these is NOT one of them? A) Chemicals. B) Paper. C) Glass. D) Plastic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chemicals. 6. How many cups are in five and a half gallons? A) 88. B) 65. C) 54. D) 42. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 88. 7. Who invented the Braille system A) Nikola Tesla. B) Thomas Alva Edison. C) Louis BRAILLE. D) Graham Bell. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Louis BRAILLE. 8. True or false:DNA can leave the nucleus A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 9. A man stands at a point 240m from a high wall. He claps his hands and hears the first echo 1.5s later. Calculate the speed of sound in the air. A) 330 m/s. B) 480 m/s. C) 320 m/s. D) 160 m/s. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 320 m/s. 10. Trachea is divided into A) Bronchitis. B) Bronchi. C) Bronchioles. D) Lungs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bronchi. 11. What is the term for the electrons in the outermost shell of an atom A) Valence Electrons. B) Outer Electrons. C) Outside Electrons. D) Final Electrons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Valence Electrons. 12. Choose the correct term for the following definition:A graph that presents statistical data by using pictures. A) Pictograph. B) Line graph. C) Pie chart. D) Bar graph. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pictograph. 13. The apparent daily path of the Sun changes with the seasons because A) Earth's axis is tilted. B) The Sun rotates. C) Earth's distance changes. D) The Sun revolves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Earth's axis is tilted. 14. The Sahara Desert in Africa has a landscape of huge sand dunes. This landscape is constantly changing. Which force in nature causes this constant change of the desert landscape? A) Lightning strikes. B) Earthquake. C) Hurricane. D) Wind storms. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wind storms. 15. Principles are ideas based on scientific rules and laws that are generally accepted by scientists. They are fundamental truths that are the foundation for other studies. Principles are qualitative. A) System. B) Investigation. C) Data. D) Scientific principle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scientific principle. 16. Force that resists the motion of two surfaces that are touching A) Friction. B) Circular motion. C) Mass. D) Static. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Friction. 17. It is a system in which it formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with itsenvironment? A) Environment. B) Lithosphere. C) Ecosystem. D) Atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ecosystem. 18. It is a component of electric circuit that provides electrical energy. A) Battery. B) Switch. C) Light bulb. D) Wire. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Battery. 19. Deductive reasoning may allow you to.....what you may expect to observe A) Predict. B) Theorize. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Predict. 20. Which gas do humans exhale? A) Oxygen. B) Carbon Dioxide. C) Nitrogen. D) Hydrogen DOK Level 1:Recall. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carbon Dioxide. 21. Fat soluble Vitamins Are:Which vitamin dissolved dissolved? A) Vitamin A / Vitamin A. B) Vitamin d / vitamin D. C) Vitamin E & K / Vitamin E and K. D) All of the Above / All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the Above / All of the above. 22. Sound travels in..... A) Waves. B) Particles. C) Images. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Waves. 23. The area at the mouth of a river where it empties into a body of water is called..... A) Delta. B) Water fall. C) Glacier. D) Equator. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Delta. 24. True or false?The mass of an object is found by weighing the object. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 25. The process by which running water, wind, or ice carry away bits of broken-up rock A) Weathering. B) Sediment. C) Erosion. D) Cememtation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Erosion. 26. As you ascend into the troposphere, the temperature drops because the air gets thinner. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 27. What part is NOT an animal cell part.? A) Ribosome. B) Chloroplast. C) Cytoplasm. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chloroplast. 28. The following is an example of reusing: A) Bringing cans back to a recycling center. B) Using fewer napkins when you eat. C) Using less water when you brush your teeth. D) Washing zip top bags after use so they can be used again. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Washing zip top bags after use so they can be used again. 29. The parent rock of Gneiss is A) Obsidian. B) Granite. C) Marble. D) Biotite. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Granite. 30. When dust goes into the eye, which part becomes swollen and becomes pink A) Conjugate (kanjankativa). B) Eye. C) Eye melter (teencies). D) None of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conjugate (kanjankativa). 31. The major factor which causes seasonal weather changes on the Earth is: A) Atmosphere. B) Elliptical orbit. C) Variation in distance from sun. D) Tilt of the axis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tilt of the axis. 32. How do most fossils form? A) A dead organism becomes buried in sediment. B) An entire organism becomes frozen in ice. C) An insect becomes trapped in amber. D) A dead organism becomes buried in tar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A dead organism becomes buried in sediment. 33. Explain the greenhouse effect. A) The greenhouse effect is a cooling process that lowers the Earth's temperature. B) The greenhouse effect is a natural process that warms the Earth's surface by trapping heat in the atmosphere. C) The greenhouse effect is caused by excessive use of air conditioning. D) The greenhouse effect is a man-made phenomenon that has no impact on the environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The greenhouse effect is a natural process that warms the Earth's surface by trapping heat in the atmosphere. 34. ..... plants have true roots, true stems, and true leaves. A) Non-vascular. B) Fungi. C) Vascular. D) Protist. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vascular. 35. What is the SI unit of distance? A) Second. B) Joule. C) Meter. D) Kilogram. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Meter. 36. A(n)..... is a tool with few parts A) Force machine. B) Heat machine. C) Simple machine. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simple machine. 37. Cytoplasm is a gel-like substance that holds the organelles inside the cell. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 38. Composed mainly of iron and magnesium silicates; liquid part known as asthenosphere A) Mantle. B) Outer and inner core. C) Crust. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mantle. 39. Who is the father of Microbiology? A) Brown. B) Hooke. C) Einstein. D) Leewenhook. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Leewenhook. 40. Electron Location A) Found outside nucleus, in orbitals. B) Found in nucleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Found outside nucleus, in orbitals. 41. Rock that formed formed from magma that solidified with Earth's crust, also called plutonic rock A) Rock. B) Intrusive igneous rock. C) Magma. D) Extrusive igneous rock. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Intrusive igneous rock. 42. A biological..... is a group of interbreeding populations that is reproductively isolated from other groups. A) Species. B) Hybrid. C) Phylogeny. D) Family. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Species. 43. Which viewpoint has a hard time explaining index fossils that were once thought extinct but now we know are not? A) Uniformitarianism. B) Catastrophism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Uniformitarianism. 44. Orbit or movement around the sun. A) Revolution. B) Rotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Revolution. 45. Which type of rock is formed from layers of sediment? A) Igneous rock. B) Metamorphic rock. C) Volcanic rock. D) Sedimentary rock. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sedimentary rock. 46. A group of organs that work together to perform a major function is called ..... A) Organ system. B) Levels of organisation. C) Organism. D) Human. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Levels of organisation. 47. What causes Uranus to have a blue-green color A) Oxidation of iron in minerals. B) Reflection of sunlight off of the planet's surface. C) Large deposits of opaline rocks. D) Methane in its atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Methane in its atmosphere. 48. Merino is a one? A) The cow. B) Sheep. C) A sheep that gives wool. D) Goat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A sheep that gives wool. 49. Used by animals to obtain energy from food A) Cytokineses. B) Photsynthesis. C) Fermentation. D) Respiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Respiration. 50. What is accuracy? A) The degree of closeness of measurements of a quantity to its actual value. B) The degree to which repeated measurements under unchanged conditions show the same results. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The degree of closeness of measurements of a quantity to its actual value. 51. Which of the following is not a rock A) Pumice. B) Lava. C) Halite. D) Sandstone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lava. 52. Why do the stars of the northern sky appear to circle around Polaris? A) The stars revolve around the Earth. B) The celestial sphere rotates around Polaris. C) The Earth is rotating around its axis. D) The stars of the Milky Way are revolving in a spiral. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Earth is rotating around its axis. 53. The two(2) main categories of science include:Natural and Social A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 54. Which among the following statements are true? A) Wheel was an important invention of human. B) The early wheels are said to have been rougher. C) The idea of wheel after looking at a rolling log. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 55. What is a fundamental characteristic of all matter? A) All matter is made up of large molecules. B) All matter is made up of small particles called molecules. C) All matter is made up of small particles called atoms. D) All matter is made up of large particles called cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All matter is made up of small particles called atoms. 56. Penguins are found on what continent? A) Antarctica. B) Asia. C) Africa. D) Australia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antarctica. 57. What happens when there is thunder? A) A bright light will appear. B) A burnt smell will be noticed. C) A strong force will be felt. D) A loud sound will be heard. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A loud sound will be heard. 58. An adult has..... teeth. A) 42. B) 32. C) 22. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 32. 59. One cup of water is left outside for two days when it was checked there was only half a cup left. What happened? A) Evaporation; physical change. B) Condensation; chemical change NGSS.MS-PS1-4. C) Condensation; physical change. D) Evaporation; chemical change. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Evaporation; physical change. 60. What is a negative ion? A) Anion. B) Electron. C) Cation. D) Isotope. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anion. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesScience QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesGeneral Science Quiz 1General Science Quiz 2General Science Quiz 3General Science Quiz 4General Science Quiz 5General Science Quiz 6General Science Quiz 7General Science Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books