This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Overview > General Science – Quiz 21 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Science Quiz 21 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following is a good conductor of heat? A) Metal. B) Parsetal. C) Metalloid. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metal. 2. Most food systems on planet earth begin with A) Consumers. B) Plants. C) Fish. D) Animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plants. 3. The hydrologic cycle describes the circulation of Earth's: A) Y) sediment. B) W) tides. C) Z) rocks. D) X) water. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) X) water. 4. The time a computer takes to start has increased dramatically. One possible explanation for this is that the computer is running out of memory.This explanation is a scientific..... A) Hypothesis. B) Observation. C) Conclusion. D) Experiment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hypothesis. 5. The gaseous layer surrounding the Earth or another heavenly body is A) Gravity. B) Galaxy. C) Atmosphere. D) Satellite. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Atmosphere. 6. In which soil type would water drain easily? A) Sand. B) Clay. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sand. 7. ..... the amount of space an object takes up. A) Milliliter, mL. B) Volume. C) Cubic centimeter, cm. D) Liter, L. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Volume. 8. Which of the following is NOT a good source of protein? A) Peanuts. B) Fish. C) Carrots. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carrots. 9. ..... carry blood back to the heart from the capillaries. A) Red blood cells. B) Arteries. C) Veins. D) Ventricles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Veins. 10. Define the term "mass" . A) Mass/Volume. B) Anything that has mass and takes up space. C) The amount of space an object occupies. D) The amount of matter in an object. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The amount of matter in an object. 11. An experiment is conducted to test how different cleats change an athletes running speed. Six different types of cleats are tested and the 100m run time is recorded. What is the independent variable? A) The run time. B) The athlete. C) The type of cleat. D) The 100 meters. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The type of cleat. 12. Carbon is restored to the atmosphere when animals decompose? A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 13. What is Life Science? A) A term that means all scientific pursuits related to living organisms. B) A term that means all scientific pursuits of dead animals. C) A term that means all scientific pursuits to ocean life only. D) A term that means all scientific pursuits geology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A term that means all scientific pursuits related to living organisms. 14. A material that transmits most of the light that strikes it is called? A) Transparent. B) Opaque. C) Translucent. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Transparent. 15. What is the process of entering blood with all simplified food arobar wall bato? A) Confidential. B) Received food. C) Sumprail. D) No needings. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) No needings. 16. A term that describes a mixture of water and rock fragments that flows down the slopes of a volcano and typically enters a river valley. A) Pyroclastic flow. B) Lahar. C) Volcanic bombs. D) Lava. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lahar. 17. Which of the following shapes have five sides? A) Square. B) Pentagon. C) Triangle. D) Rectangle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pentagon. 18. Which action is an example of melting? A) Heating a block of ice until the ice turns to water. B) Warming a pan of water until the water is all gone. C) Stirring some sugar in water until the sugar is invisible. D) Cooling water in the freezer until the water becomes solid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heating a block of ice until the ice turns to water. 19. What should you do when gathering materials for an experiment? A) A. Read all directions carefully. B) B. Check all materials for chips or cracks (or broken). C) Clean the materials if they seem dirty/used. D) D. All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) D. All of the above. 20. The British East India Company was established by A) Charter of 1600. B) Charter of 1609. C) Royal Charter of 1726. D) Charter of 1661. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Charter of 1600. 21. T or F:A duck's quack doesn't echo. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 22. Halo of light around the sun only seen during an eclipse or with a chronograph A) Energy. B) Combustion. C) Fusion. D) Crown. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Crown. 23. Who proposed the quantum theory of light? A) Isaac Newton. B) Christian Huygens. C) James Maxwell. D) Albert Einstein. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Albert Einstein. 24. The capital of the Republic of Indonesia until 2020 is ..... A) Jakarta. B) Bandung. C) Jogjakarta. D) Surabaya. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jakarta. 25. Which of the following is measured in Pascal A) Conductivity. B) Thrust. C) Pressure. D) Frequency. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pressure. 26. The following is one of the properties of water, namely ..... A) The shape cannot change. B) If the heat will freeze. C) If cooled it will evaporate. D) The shape always adjusts to the container. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The shape always adjusts to the container. 27. Where is there a greater pressure and higher temperature? A) At the crust. B) At the top of the mantle layer. C) Outer core. D) Inner core. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inner core. 28. What was the control group? A) What the experimenter changes / manipulates. B) Whats being measured in an experiment. C) Group whose factors don't change, it's usually compared to the experimental group. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Group whose factors don't change, it's usually compared to the experimental group. 29. This scientist wrote The Origin of Species and promoted natural selection. A) Albert Einstein. B) Aristotle. C) Charles Darwin. D) Carolus Linnaeus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Charles Darwin. 30. What is the most prominent gas in the atmosphere? A) Co2. B) Oxygen. C) Nitrogen. D) Methane. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nitrogen. 31. Choose the correct answer, to make this statement true. Located just inside the cell membrane is the....., a thick fluid that resembles egg white. A) Ribosomes. B) Mitochondria. C) Cytoplasm. D) Lysosomes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cytoplasm. 32. The octopus belongs to what class of animals? A) Echinoderms. B) Cephalopods. C) Arthropod. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cephalopods. 33. Heavier, unstable atoms are called.....atoms. A) Crazy. B) Decayed. C) Radioactive. D) Isotopes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Radioactive. 34. Which is the smallest flightless bird? A) Rhea. B) Kiwi. C) Ostrich. D) Penguin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kiwi. 35. The sum of all forces acting on an object and direction is called the A) Contact Force. B) Net Force. C) Unbalanced Force. D) Balanced Force. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Net Force. 36. LADY BIRD BEETLE IS CALLED..... A) ENEMY OF PESTS. B) FARMER'S FRIEND. C) FRIEND OF CROPS. D) FRIEND OF FARMER. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FARMER'S FRIEND. 37. What types of view shows an object as it appears to an observer, and that some of the lines of an object are not parallel and therefore the actual angles and dimensions are not accurate. A) Isometric View. B) Perspective View. C) Detail View. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Perspective View. 38. We must develop..... for other's rights. A) Respect. B) Hatred. C) Rudeness. D) Feeling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Respect. 39. A Canyon is formed as a result of ..... a canyon is formed as a result of ..... A) Wind erosion wind erosion. B) Water Erosion Water Erosion. C) Wind Deposition Wind Deposition. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Water Erosion Water Erosion. 40. Eats other animals A) Omnivore. B) Herbivore. C) Carnivore. D) Insectivore. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carnivore. 41. What planet is closest to the Sun? A) Mars. B) Earth. C) Mercury. D) Venus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mercury. 42. The coldest, driest ecosystem on Earth that is covered in permafrost and only experiences 6-8 weeks of summer every year. A) Tundra. B) Desert. C) Tropical rainforest. D) Temperate grasslands. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tundra. 43. Which of the following is NOT a Metric unit of measurement? A) Miles. B) Grams. C) Liters. D) Meters. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Miles. 44. When you push on a door it pushes back with an equal and opposite force A) 1st Law. B) And & Lu. C) Show if. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Show if. 45. The majority of elements on the periodic table are: A) Metals. B) Gases. C) Man made. D) Nonmetals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metals. 46. How many meters are in a kilometer? A) 10, 000. B) 1000. C) 10. D) 100. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1000. 47. The word "procedure" in English is ..... A) Theory. B) Experiment. C) Procedure. D) Analysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Procedure. 48. Which rays are the ultimate source of life on earth? A) Xray's. B) Sun rays. C) Gamma rays. D) Ultraviolet rays. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sun rays. 49. Water, which is not fit for drinking is called- A) Polluted water. B) Potable water. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Polluted water. 50. Which of the following organisms produces the largest egg in the world? A) Python. B) Port Jackson shark. C) Ostrich. D) Cockatoo. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ostrich. 51. The mission life of the Lander and Rover of Chandrayaan-3 equals to A) 16 Earth days. B) 24 Earth days. C) 20 Earth days. D) 14 Earth days. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 14 Earth days. 52. If a client's grass is not green, what will you tell them to do to fix it? A) Add a 28-3-3 fertilizer. B) Add lime. C) Add peat moss. D) Add a 3-28-3 fertilizer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Add a 28-3-3 fertilizer. 53. Sound is faster than light A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 54. Coal, natural gas, and oil all produce energy. How? A) They are burned to produce heat. B) Their weight causes a turbine to spin. C) They power solar panels. D) They undergo nuclear fission. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They are burned to produce heat. 55. Life in plants was demonstrated by A) Robert Hook. B) J.C. Bose. C) N.S.C. Bose. D) Leeuwenhook. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) J.C. Bose. 56. Non-metal used in water purification process A) Iodine. B) Oxygen. C) Nitrogen. D) Chlorine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chlorine. 57. Telescopes are very useful tools for learning about objects in space because they can collect information about the light there. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 58. All changes in states of matter (boiling, melting, evaporation) are A) Physical changes. B) Chemical changes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Physical changes. 59. What is the force that pulls objects towards the center of the Earth? A) Friction. B) Magnetism. C) Gravity. D) Wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gravity. 60. The way that the domains within a magnet are organized determines the strength of the magnetic. What is the term for the way the domains are organized? A) Organized domains. B) Linear magnets. C) Aligned domains. D) Positive-negative domains. 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