This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Overview > General Science – Quiz 28 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Science Quiz 28 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the purpose of a levee? A) To divert floodwaters away from populated areas. B) To slow down the flow of floodwaters. C) To store floodwaters until they can be released safely. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 2. The reaction in which heat is released is called: A) Neutralisation Reaction. B) Exothermic Reaction. C) Endothermic Reaction. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exothermic Reaction. 3. What is the scientific name for the theory of relativity? A) String Theory. B) Special Relativity. C) General Relativity. D) Quantum Mechanics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) General Relativity. 4. A tropical cyclone that forms in the Atlantic Ocean A) Earthquake. B) Hurricane. C) Cyclone. D) Typhoon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hurricane. 5. What is a non-communicable disease? A) An illness that can be passed on by germs from person to person. B) A disease that cannot be passed on to another person. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A disease that cannot be passed on to another person. 6. ..... is the condition of the atmosphere at a certain place and time. A) Weather. B) Atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weather. 7. The ability to do work or cause change A) Work. B) Motion. C) Energy. D) Force. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Energy. 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? A) The wagon. B) The puppy's collar. C) Daylon. D) The sidewalk. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The sidewalk. 9. All matter is made up of A) Puppies. B) Atoms. C) Cells NGSS.MS-PS1-1. D) Adams. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Atoms. 10. Lichene is considered to be the symbiosis of two living beings, what are those two creatures A) Algae and fungi. B) Shaivan and Qaws. C) Shaivam and Kaval. D) None of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Algae and fungi. 11. Which of the following is a natural satellite of Jupiter? A) Ganymede. B) Ceres. C) Phobos. D) Titan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ganymede. 12. Name an instrument used to measure the intensity of earthquakes? A) Oometer. B) Hytomwter. C) Judge Scale. D) Ammeter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Judge Scale. 13. Which form of energy does a moving car posess? A) Potential. B) Kinetic. C) Electrical. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kinetic. 14. True or False:Water is an element A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 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. A) FACT. B) FICTION. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) FACT. 16. What is the energy transformation? sun $\rightarrow$ apple tree (think about what the plant needs for photosynthesis) A) Solar to chemical. B) Heat to chemical. C) Chemical to solar. D) Chemical to mechanical. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Solar to chemical. 17. The world's first artificial satellite (October 1957) is the A) Mariner. B) Sputnik 1. C) Apollo 11. D) Voyager 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sputnik 1. 18. What is the chemical symbol for water? A) $H_2O$. B) $CO_2$. C) $O_2$. D) $H_2$ DOK Level 1:Recall. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) $H_2O$. 19. What are the base pairing rules of DNA? A) A-G, T-C. B) A-C, T-G. C) A-T, G-C. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A-T, G-C. 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? A) Mantle. B) Outer core. C) Inner core. D) Crust. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mantle. 21. Your hair serves two purposes: A) Protection and insulation. B) Support and protection. C) Insulation and sensation. D) None of these are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Insulation and sensation. 22. Since gases have volume they are matter. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 23. Most species of animals are..... A) Invertebrates. B) Mammals. C) Vertebrates. D) Spiders. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Invertebrates. 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? A) 140 mL. B) 200 grams. C) 140 grams. D) 260 g. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 140 grams. 25. The boundary between two air masses is known as: A) Climate. B) Flood. C) Storm. D) Front. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Front. 26. When the sound of frequency below 20 Hertz, we call the sound..... A) Audio sounds. B) Ultrasonic. C) Infrasonic. D) Supersonic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Infrasonic. 27. Which community relationship is best represented in the following?Two populations in one area both require the same food. A) Competition. B) Parasitism. C) Commensalism. D) Predation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Competition. 28. Made of lots of ice and dusty material in the center A) Nucleus. B) Coma. C) Tail. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nucleus. 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. A) Ptolemy. B) Nicholas Copernicus. C) Johannes kepler. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nicholas Copernicus. 30. A.....is a unit of measurement on a temperature scale. A) Unit. B) Scale. C) Degree. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Degree. 31. Is Hydrogen considered a metal or a non-metal? A) Metal. B) Non-metal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Non-metal. 32. Clouds that bring thunderstorms A) Precipitation. B) Evaporation. C) Cumulonimbus. D) Clouds. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cumulonimbus. 33. Which of the following words are all associated with the nervous system? A) Hypothalamus, pons, cortex. B) Which of the following words are all associated with the nervous system?. C) Lymph nodes, spleen, tonsils. D) Antigens, T cells, cilia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hypothalamus, pons, cortex. 34. Which of these is NOT a force? A) Weight. B) Electrical resistance. C) Friction. D) Normal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Electrical resistance. 35. What is the term for the condition of the atmosphere at a specific time and place? A) Weather. B) Precipitation. C) Climate. D) Temperature. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weather. 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. A) Dwarf planet. B) Comet. C) Asteriod. D) Meteoroid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comet. 37. The moon is only about.....% of the earth's mass A) 25%. B) 10%. C) 1%. D) 15%. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1%. 38. Observations are..... A) Facts. B) Made using your 5 senses. C) Part of your evidence. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 39. What does the Respiratory System help you with? A) Shape and Protection. B) How you breathe. C) Controls your body. D) Movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) How you breathe. 40. Like the planets, the moon does not create its own light, it simply reflects light from the sun. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 41. What is the human body's biggest organ? A) The brain. B) The heart. C) The lungs. D) The skin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The skin. 42. What encody's absence of oxygen in procedures? A) Lacback Buybee. B) Air-raisonous pussy. C) Nothing. D) Air Benewable cases. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Air-raisonous pussy. 43. How many types of rocks are there? A) Metamorphic rocks, sedimentary rocks and igneous rocks. B) Metamorphic rocks. C) Sedimentary rocks. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metamorphic rocks, sedimentary rocks and igneous rocks. 44. A reference point from which all other measurements are made is called a(n)..... A) Origin. B) Standard unit. C) Starting point. D) Beginning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Standard unit. 45. Classification clouds A) Shape and altitude. B) Wicked. C) Green. D) Food web. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shape and altitude. 46. Almost all light comes from..... A) Light bulbs. B) The sun. C) Glow worms. D) The sparkle in your eyes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The sun. 47. This kind of telescope contains 2 glass lenses with one large lense that bends light that passes through it, forming an image. A) Refracting telescope. B) Reflecting telescope. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Refracting telescope. 48. In an experiment to test the effect of water on plant growth, what is the dependent variable? A) Plant growth. B) Type of plant. C) Amount of sunshine. D) Amount of water. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plant growth. 49. Cell ..... Organ A) Non of them. B) Organism. C) Body. D) To tissue. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To tissue. 50. The country with the most people? A) Bangladesh CCSS.SL.1.2. B) India. C) China. D) America. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) China. 51. It is a chemical reaction between carbon dioxide and water. A) Cellular respiration. B) Chemical change. C) Water cycle. D) Photosynthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Photosynthesis. 52. Molten rock material inside Earth A) Magma. B) Mineral. C) Igneous rock. D) Rock. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Magma. 53. The two types of current are..... A) AC/DC. B) Alternating Current. C) Direct Current. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 54. What is the work of potassium A) It operates the functions of the heartbeat and the Nadi Institute. B) It does not operate the functions of heartbeat and pulse institute. C) It does not operate heartbeat functions. D) None of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It operates the functions of the heartbeat and the Nadi Institute. 55. A car accelerates from rest to 70 m/s in 10 seconds. What is the acceleration? A) 0.7 m/s2. B) 7 m/s2. C) 70 m. D) 700 m/s2. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 7 m/s2. 56. True of False:If the coarse and fine focus knobs are not turning, you should force them to turn. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 57. One way that a force can cause the change in an object's motion is to..... A) Eat ice cream. B) Start the object moving. C) Shine on the object. D) Do nothing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Start the object moving. 58. The process of skin cells hardening to make your hair and nails. A) Mineralization. B) Collagenating. C) Keratinization. D) None are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Keratinization. 59. Which layer of the earth is believed to have the largest mass? A) Inner core. B) Mantle. C) Outer core. D) Crust. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mantle. 60. What kind of energy is given off from a nuclear fusion reaction and from a nuclear fission reaction? A) Solar energy. B) Thermal energy. C) Radiant energy. D) Hydroenergy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thermal energy. ← 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