This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Overview > General Science – Quiz 34 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Science Quiz 34 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What separates the layers of the earth's atmosphere? A) Moisture changes. B) Pressure changes. C) Temperature changes. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Temperature changes. 2. How many confirmed planets are in our solar system? A) 7. B) 8. C) 9. D) 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 8. 3. Litmus paper that is blue will turn/stay..... in the presence of a strong base. A) Green. B) Red. C) Blue. D) Orange. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Blue. 4. How many sig figs in 6000 A) 4. B) 1. C) 3. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1. 5. What type of bond is formed between an atom that completely transfers its valence electrons to another atom? A) Covalent bond. B) Ionic bond. C) Hydrogen bond. D) James bond. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ionic bond. 6. Charles..... developed the idea of natural selection. A) Darwin. B) Of England. C) The first. D) Lindbergh. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Darwin. 7. Involved in nearly every chemical reaction that supports life A) Carbohydrates. B) Nucleic Acids. C) Proteins. D) Lipids. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Proteins. 8. What is the function of the mitochondria in a cell? A) The mitochondria is responsible for storing genetic information and controlling the cell's activities. B) The mitochondria is responsible for producing energy for the cell. C) The mitochondria is responsible for providing structural support to the cell. D) The mitochondria is responsible for controlling the movement of substances in and out of the cell. NGSS.MS-LS1-7. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The mitochondria is responsible for producing energy for the cell. 9. Heat transfer through AIR and water currents {liquid) A) Heat/ Thermal Energy. B) Convection. C) Radiation. D) Conduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Convection. 10. What is the area on Earth that has the highest air pressure? A) Valley. B) Sea level. C) Mountain. D) Desert. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sea level. 11. How is the air pressure above the mountain compared to the sea level? A) The air pressure is unpredictable above the mountain. B) The air pressure is lower above the mountain. C) The air pressure is higher above the mountain. D) The air pressure is the same above the mountain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The air pressure is lower above the mountain. 12. If you are riding in a car and it goes from cruising at a constant speed to 0mph, this is an example of: A) Positive acceleration. B) Negative acceleration. C) Velocity. D) Acceleration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Negative acceleration. 13. What is the cation process in the obscent presents? A) Collem concepts. B) No tears. C) Air Benewable cases. D) Air-raisonous pussy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Air Benewable cases. 14. What's the first thing a caterpillar usually eats after it is born? A) Its own eggshell. B) Grass. C) Cheerios. D) Other bugs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Its own eggshell. 15. All substances have the same melting and boiling points A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 16. True or false:chloroplasts can be found in animal cells. A) True. B) False NGSS.MS-LS1-6. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False NGSS.MS-LS1-6. 17. Tropical rainforests can receive up to.....in. Of rain in a year A) 50. B) 900. C) 10, 000. D) 400. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 400. 18. Most absorption of nutrients from food happens in the human body's A) Stomach. B) Pylorus. C) Small intestine. D) Large intestine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Small intestine. 19. A break in the geologic record created when rock layers are eroded or when sediment is not deposited for a long period of time. A) Disconformity. B) Unconformity. C) Monoconformity. D) Angular Unconformity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unconformity. 20. Unwanted radioactive products formed during nuclear reactions are called A) Nuclear reactors. B) Fossil fuels. C) Nuclear waste. D) Nuclear fuels. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nuclear waste. 21. What would happen if the spinal cord was cut at the waist? A) Paralysis of all muscles below the cut. B) Paralysis of half the muscles below the cut. C) Paralysis all muscles in the body. D) No paralysis of any muscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paralysis of all muscles below the cut. 22. Which message is correct about the soil properties? A) The soil with very fine texture will not have water and air between the grain. B) Choosing soil to workConsider the color of the soil. C) The coarse soil will not catch each other tightly.Makes water and air easily pass. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The coarse soil will not catch each other tightly.Makes water and air easily pass. 23. .....energy is stored in the bonds between atoms A) Chemical. B) Heat. C) Nuclear. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nuclear. 24. The amount of light or radiation reflected by a surface, typically that of a planet or moon is A) Apogee. B) Albedo. C) Friction. D) Gravity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Albedo. 25. Are classified based on their shape and altitude A) Cumulonimbus. B) Clouds. C) Evaporation. D) Precipitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clouds. 26. Which American inventor is generally given credit for the invention of the lightning rod? A) Benjamin Franklin. B) Benjamin Church. C) Albert Einstein. D) Nikola Tesla. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Benjamin Franklin. 27. A drought is..... A) Very high rainfall. B) A period of above average precipitation in a certain region. C) A period of below average precipitation in a certain region. D) A desert. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A period of below average precipitation in a certain region. 28. Variables are the factors that change during the experiment A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 29. Ratio of dominant to recessive traits A) 4:1. B) 3:1. C) 0:6. D) 3:2. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3:1. 30. Which of the following statements about prostaglandins is not true? A) Prostaglandins promote inflammation. B) Prostaglandins can only constrict blood vessels. C) Prostaglandins are made in the renal medulla. D) Prostaglandins can lead to pain and fever. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prostaglandins can only constrict blood vessels. 31. Which instrument is used to measure pressure? A) Lactometer. B) Saccharimeter. C) Manometer. D) Ammeter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Manometer. 32. A geologist believes that every layer in a series of stratified rock represents a different time period in earth's past. Is he a uniformitarian or a catastrophist? A) Uniformitarian. B) Catastrophist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Uniformitarian. 33. Who is known as "Father of white Revolution" in India? A) K. N. Bahl. B) B. P. Pal. C) M. S. Swaminathan. D) V. Kurien. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) V. Kurien. 34. Dams built for hydroelectric plants helps in flood control and irrigation. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 35. If the formula of an ionic compound is MgX2 where X is and unknown ion. Which could be unknown ion? A) SO4-2. B) O-2. C) Br-1. D) K+1. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Br-1. 36. Choose the correct answer for the following definition. Treeless plain or grassland near the equator. A) Tundra. B) Savanna. C) Jungle. D) Desert. E) Rainforest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Savanna. 37. Electricity produced from the energy of moving water A) Biomass. B) Nonrenewable resource. C) Hydroelectricity. D) Renewable resource. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hydroelectricity. 38. A train is taking passengers from Raleigh to Charlotte. As it passes through Cary it passes a person in their car waiting for the train to pass. Which person observes that the passengers are moving? A) Train conductor. B) Car driver waiting for train to pass. C) Passengers on the train. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Car driver waiting for train to pass. 39. Digestion of food A) Involuntary action. B) Voluntary action. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Involuntary action. 40. Detailed research on comets indicates that they cannot be older than..... years. A) 10, 000. B) 100, 000. C) 1 million. D) 100. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 10, 000. 41. How utensils are made from? A) Metal. B) Mineral. C) Diamond. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metal. 42. The purpose of a hypothesis is..... A) To start a plan to test your idea. B) To allow you to prove your idea is correct. C) To provide the answer to your investigation. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To start a plan to test your idea. 43. Who developed the concepted of Inertia? A) Newton. B) Watson. C) Crick. D) Galileo. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Galileo. 44. When energy changes from one form to another, the total amount of energy..... A) Decreases. B) Increases. C) Stays the same. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stays the same. 45. Which blood flows by the veins A) Impure blood. B) Pure blood. C) Both. D) None of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Impure blood. 46. How many days is equal to one year? A) 265. B) 356. C) 265. D) 365. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 365. 47. A north and a south pole of two magnets would..... A) Attract each other. B) Repel one another. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Attract each other. 48. Scientists from the German country, presented by the cell theory A) Shleedon & Shwan. B) Hook & shwan. C) Newto & Mockery. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shleedon & Shwan. 49. The Earth's weather occurs in the thin layer of the atmosphere that is closest to the earth. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 50. The number of canines in both the jaws:..... A) 6. B) 12. C) 8. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 4. 51. Vegetable Production System (Veggie)' is associated with which space agency? A) ISRO. B) ESA. C) NASA. D) Jaxa. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) NASA. 52. Of the following, which scientist was more of a theoretical scientist? A) Thomas Edison. B) Albert Einstein. C) Francesco Redi. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Albert Einstein. 53. The relation between focal length and radius of curvature is A) R = 2/f. B) 1/f = 2R. C) R = 2F. D) F = R/2. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) F = R/2. 54. Venus spins backward. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 55. A/An..... is a possible explanation for a set of observations or answer to a scientific question. A) Experiment. B) Theory. C) Scientific investigation. D) Hypotheis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hypotheis. 56. The base unit of metric length. A) Liter. B) Kilogram. C) Meter. D) Milligram. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Meter. 57. The lower the position of an ion in the electrochemical series, the easier it is for the ion to be discharged. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 58. Which subatomic particle is not found in the nucleus? A) Proton. B) Neutron. C) Electron. D) Neuron. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Electron. 59. What does the prefix "milli" mean A) 100. B) 1 000 000. C) 1 000. D) 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1 000. 60. One of your skin's main functions is to.....the body by preventing unwelcome substances from entering the body. A) Sense. B) Support. C) Maintain. D) Protect. 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