This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Overview > General Science – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Science Quiz 12 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The clavicle attaches to the..... Laterally A) Tibia. B) Scapula. C) Carpal. D) Sternum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scapula. 2. Because mushrooms absorb nutrients from decaying leaves, they are classified as A) Protozoans. B) Saprophytes. C) Anaerobes. D) Autotrophs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Saprophytes. 3. Heat transfer always goes from- A) Hot to Cold. B) Freezing to Cold. C) Cold to Hot. D) Heat doesn't transfer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hot to Cold. 4. The total energy before and after transformation remains A) Same. B) Different. C) Change after transfer. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Same. 5. If the fulcrum is closer to the effort, it will take A) Equal force to the lift the load. B) No force to life the load. C) More force to lift the load. D) Less force to lift the load. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) More force to lift the load. 6. Which type of soil is better for supporting healthy plants? A) Sticky texture and red in color. B) Smooth texture and dark brown in color. C) Gritty texture and purple in color. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Smooth texture and dark brown in color. 7. What type of biome do we live in? A) Taiga. B) Temperate deciduous forest. C) Tundra. D) Rain forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Temperate deciduous forest. 8. What is the Coriolis Effect? A) Deep ocean currents spin clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counterclockwise in the southern. B) Surface ocean currents spin clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counterclockwise in the southern. C) Deep ocean currents spin counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern. D) Surface ocean currents spin counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Surface ocean currents spin clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counterclockwise in the southern. 9. Which is an example of someone using a simple machine to do work? A) A boy runs across the field. B) A girl eats her sandwich. C) A banker counts money. D) A man pushes his trolley up the ramp. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A man pushes his trolley up the ramp. 10. LVM3 is the largest rocket of which country? A) Israel. B) Bangladesh. C) India. D) Ukraine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) India. 11. Another advantage of using hydropower is that A) Dams cause flooding. B) It's able to produce a steady flow of energy 24 hours a day. C) No ecosystems are destroyed by damming up a river. D) It's very cheap to build a dam. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It's able to produce a steady flow of energy 24 hours a day. 12. What is Newton's 2nd Law? A) Forces are pushes and pulls. B) F = M x A. C) Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. D) Gravity opposes the Normal Force. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) F = M x A. 13. When naming a compound, what must the last part be? A) The element with "ide" at the end. B) The name of the element. C) The element with "ide" at the end, unless its a polyatomic ion. D) The element with the ending "ite". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The element with "ide" at the end, unless its a polyatomic ion. 14. Global cooling and glaciation would lead to..... A) Rising sea levels. B) Falling sea levels. C) Hurricanes. D) Earthquakes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Falling sea levels. 15. Coal that contains the highest % of carbon is:- A) Anthracite. B) Lignite. C) Sub bituminous. D) Bituminous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anthracite. 16. Any reaction that gives off energy is A) Exothermic. B) Endothermic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exothermic. 17. When the force on the object is..... the object will not move. A) Unbalanced. B) Rest. C) Balanced. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Balanced. 18. Individual components that are drawn as a rectangle with lines connecting it to other components that it interfaces with during operation are what type of diagrams? A) Step by step diagram. B) Block Diagrams. C) Wiring Diagrams. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Block Diagrams. 19. What is a graph that shows data as a line on a grid? A) Line graph. B) Bar graph. C) X-axis. D) Data table. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Line graph. 20. Measured value-accepted value divided by the accepted value x 100 is the formula for solving A) % error. B) Density. C) Molar mass. D) % composition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) % error. 21. What is the order of Radioactive disintegration reactions? A) First Order. B) Depends on the concentration. C) Zero Order. D) Second Order. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First Order. 22. An organisms function in its habitat, including its relationship with other organisms. A) Ecosystem. B) Abiotic factors. C) Biome. D) Niche. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Niche. 23. This represents how results were measured during an experiment, or the data. A) Experimental variables. B) Dependent variables. C) Control. D) Independent variables. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dependent variables. 24. Which part of the Cauliflower do we eat? A) Root. B) Stem. C) Leaves. D) Flower. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flower. 25. Choose the apppropate past of the verb hit A) You believed. B) Hotten. C) Hot. D) Hit. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hit. 26. What is used to indicate that a surface must be machine finish? A) Text. B) Leader lines. C) Finished marks. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Finished marks. 27. The north pole of a magnet will repel from the North pole of a nearby magnet. Why is this? A) They have the same charge so they attract. B) They have opposite charges so they repel. C) They have the same charge so they repel. D) They have opposite charges so they attract. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They have the same charge so they repel. 28. Which planet is known for its prominent rings? A) Mars. B) Saturn. C) Neptune. D) Uranus. E) Jupiter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Saturn. 29. (19) Which is the strongest sense in a dog? A) Hearing. B) Taste. C) Smell. D) Touch. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Smell. 30. What is the class of working drawing that is the description/depiction of a single part? A) Installation drawing. B) Assembly drawing. C) Detail drawing. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Detail drawing. 31. The formula for sodium chloride is..... A) NaCl2. B) Na2Cl2. C) Na2Cl. D) NaCl. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) NaCl. 32. The smallest chemical unit of matter. A) Matter. B) Atoms. C) Protons. D) Molecules. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Atoms. 33. The branch of science that deals with the physical universe beyond Earth's atmosphere. A) Astronomy. B) Geology. C) Paleontology. D) Constellations. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Astronomy. 34. The data from the Mt. St Helen's eruption indicates that the major geological formations we see today can be formed quickly as a result of catastrophes, true or false? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 35. The stem of the creeper bears big and heavy..... on it. A) Seeds. B) Fruits. C) Branches. D) Leaves. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fruits. 36. What is the process of breaking down glucose with the help of oxygen called? A) Egestion. B) Absorption. C) Respiration. D) Assimilation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Respiration. 37. What gas do plants absorb from the atmosphere during photosynthesis? A) Nitrogen. B) Carbon Dioxide. C) Oxygen. D) Hydrogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carbon Dioxide. 38. A(n)..... is an area around a magnet in which magnetic forces can act. A) Magnetic field. B) Open circuit. C) Parallel circuit. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Magnetic field. 39. The volume occupied by three milliliters of water is the same as three cubic centimeters of water? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 40. Which is an example of an insulator? A) Copper. B) Diamond. C) Graphite. D) Silver. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diamond. 41. A scientific investigation begins with A) An article in a science journal. B) A conclusion. C) A hypothesis. D) A testable question. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A testable question. 42. Reactant Spanish:reactivo A) A substance present at the beginning of chemical reaction. B) Present at the end of a chemical reaction. C) Makes a chemical reaction happen faster. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A substance present at the beginning of chemical reaction. 43. This organelle is in all eukaryotic cells. It is the control center of the cell because it holds the DNA: A) Chloroplast. B) Nucleus. C) Mitochondria. D) Ribosome. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nucleus. 44. We should trust Carbon-14 dating because it allows us to accurately date artifacts back millions of years. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 45. An organized system of millions or billions of stars, gas, solar systems, and dust that are held together by gravitation attraction A) Friction. B) Constellation. C) Galaxy. D) Albedo. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Galaxy. 46. The photosynthesis process releases a large amount of energy. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 47. Which statement best describes the geocentric theory? A) The stars form concentric spheres around the sun. B) All celestial bodies revolve around the Earth. C) The Earth and the planets revolve around the sun. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) All celestial bodies revolve around the Earth. 48. Which energy source does NOT use turbines? A) Nuclear. B) Hydropower. C) Wind. D) Solar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Solar. 49. Main source energy A) Decomposer. B) Plant. C) Herbivore. D) Sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sun. 50. When the Earth is between the Moon and Sun and casts a shadow on the Moon, we call this shadow a: A) Perigee. B) Maria. C) Apogee. D) Umbra. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Umbra. 51. How does a metamorphic rock form? A) Heat and pressure. B) Compaction and cememtation. C) Melting and solidification. D) Melting and pressure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heat and pressure. 52. Here is one of the true properties of water is ..... A) The surface is always horizontal. B) Bergerak lambat. C) Move fast. D) Always moves from low places to higher places. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The surface is always horizontal. 53. Select the correct group of vertebrates. A) Papercomputer tablettv. B) Snails wormscatscows. C) Cowsfishspiderscars. D) Cowshumanshorsesbirds. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cowshumanshorsesbirds. 54. Which of the plant groups needs both land and water to complete their life cycle? A) Tracheophyta. B) Pteridophyta. C) Thallophyta. D) Bryophyta. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bryophyta. 55. When you make a CLAIM, you are..... A) Explaining your scientific reasoning. B) Showing Evidence. C) Answering a question/making a statement. D) Making an observation with your five senses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Answering a question/making a statement. 56. Water that flows due to the gravitational forces among Earth, the Moon, and the Sun has energy referred to as A) Hydroelectricity. B) Solar energy. C) Geothermal energy. D) Tidal energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tidal energy. 57. A fusion process is just the opposite of fission process. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 58. Which one is not found in an animal cell A) Cytoplasm. B) Nucleus. C) Chloroplast. D) Cell membrane. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chloroplast. 59. The ability to do work. A) Comets. B) Asteroids. C) Energy. D) Crown. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Energy. 60. A scientist noted that there were golden gophers in a field. This is..... data. A) Dependent (responding). B) Qualitative. C) Independent (manipulated). D) Quantitative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Qualitative. ← 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