General Science Quiz 28 (60 MCQs)

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1. What is the purpose of a levee?
2. The reaction in which heat is released is called:
3. What is the scientific name for the theory of relativity?
4. A tropical cyclone that forms in the Atlantic Ocean
5. What is a non-communicable disease?
6. ..... is the condition of the atmosphere at a certain place and time.
7. The ability to do work or cause change
8. Daylon's family just bought a new puppy, and Daylon decided to take him for a walk. He put the puppy in a wagon and pulled the wagon along the sidewalk. From which of these reference points does the puppy appear to be moving?
9. All matter is made up of
10. Lichene is considered to be the symbiosis of two living beings, what are those two creatures
11. Which of the following is a natural satellite of Jupiter?
12. Name an instrument used to measure the intensity of earthquakes?
13. Which form of energy does a moving car posess?
14. True or False:Water is an element
15. We have strong evidence that our solar system is not the only one; we know there are many other suns with planets orbiting them.
16. What is the energy transformation? sun $\rightarrow$ apple tree (think about what the plant needs for photosynthesis)
17. The world's first artificial satellite (October 1957) is the
18. What is the chemical symbol for water?
19. What are the base pairing rules of DNA?
20. Layer composed mainly of ferro-magnesium silicates. It is about 2900 km thick, and is separated into the upper and lower layers. This is where most of the internal heat of the Earth is located. What is this layer?
21. Your hair serves two purposes:
22. Since gases have volume they are matter.
23. Most species of animals are.....
24. An empty beaker has a mass of 60 grams. When mercury is added to the beaker, it has a mass of 200 grams. What is the mass of the mercury?
25. The boundary between two air masses is known as:
26. When the sound of frequency below 20 Hertz, we call the sound.....
27. Which community relationship is best represented in the following?Two populations in one area both require the same food.
28. Made of lots of ice and dusty material in the center
29. Postulated that the planets revolve in order in orbits around the sun, that the Earth is one of the planets, and that the Earth spins on its north-south axis from west to east at the rate of one rotation per day.
30. A.....is a unit of measurement on a temperature scale.
31. Is Hydrogen considered a metal or a non-metal?
32. Clouds that bring thunderstorms
33. Which of the following words are all associated with the nervous system?
34. Which of these is NOT a force?
35. What is the term for the condition of the atmosphere at a specific time and place?
36. Object in elliptical orbit around the Sun composed of dust and particles, frozen water, methane and ammonia; vaporized due to heat from the Sun, producing a coma and tail.
37. The moon is only about.....% of the earth's mass
38. Observations are.....
39. What does the Respiratory System help you with?
40. Like the planets, the moon does not create its own light, it simply reflects light from the sun.
41. What is the human body's biggest organ?
42. What encody's absence of oxygen in procedures?
43. How many types of rocks are there?
44. A reference point from which all other measurements are made is called a(n).....
45. Classification clouds
46. Almost all light comes from.....
47. This kind of telescope contains 2 glass lenses with one large lense that bends light that passes through it, forming an image.
48. In an experiment to test the effect of water on plant growth, what is the dependent variable?
49. Cell ..... Organ
50. The country with the most people?
51. It is a chemical reaction between carbon dioxide and water.
52. Molten rock material inside Earth
53. The two types of current are.....
54. What is the work of potassium
55. A car accelerates from rest to 70 m/s in 10 seconds. What is the acceleration?
56. True of False:If the coarse and fine focus knobs are not turning, you should force them to turn.
57. One way that a force can cause the change in an object's motion is to.....
58. The process of skin cells hardening to make your hair and nails.
59. Which layer of the earth is believed to have the largest mass?
60. What kind of energy is given off from a nuclear fusion reaction and from a nuclear fission reaction?