This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Overview > General Science – Quiz 36 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Science Quiz 36 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The energy stored in water held behind a dam is called..... energy. A) Potential. B) Electrical. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Potential. 2. The temperature scale commonly used in the US is the..... A) Fahrenheit Scale. B) Heat scale. C) Celsius scale. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fahrenheit Scale. 3. True or False:If you see something dangerous taking place during a lab, you should immediately tell the teacher. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 4. Choose the correct answer, to make this statement true. The..... are the "recycling center." A) Ribosomes. B) Lysosomes. C) Cytoplasm. D) Mitochondria. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lysosomes. 5. Friction is useful, as well as harmful. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 6. ..... is a push or a pull A) Friction. B) Force. C) Measurement. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Force. 7. The mass of a wagon is 40 kg. The wagon accelerates at 8 m/s2. What is the force? A) 5n. B) 3.825Kg. C) 320N. D) 38.25 Kg. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 320N. 8. Spagetti was cooking on a stove. The water got so hot that steam floated up from the pan. Steam is an example of a..... A) Food. B) Gas. C) Liquid. D) Solid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gas. 9. What is the process of turning a liquid into a gas called? A) Respiration. B) Condensation. C) Evaporation. D) Transpiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Evaporation. 10. The reflecting surface of a..... curves inward. A) Light. B) Convex lens. C) Concave mirror. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Concave mirror. 11. Which non-contact force is defined as the force of attraction between any two objects? A) Magnetic forces. B) Friction. C) Electric forces. D) Gravity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gravity. 12. Mechanical energy has..... types. A) 2. B) 5. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2. 13. Who was the founder of taxonomy? A) Carolus Linnaeus. B) Galileo. C) Antoine Lavoisier. D) Isaac Newton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carolus Linnaeus. 14. True or false?The atomic mass of an atom equals the sum of the masses of the protons and neutrons. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 15. Which word means to study something carefully to understand what it means? A) Analyze. B) Classify. C) Research. D) Observation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Analyze. 16. The teeth, used to tear food into pieces are known as- A) Premolars. B) Molars. C) Incisors. D) Canines. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Canines. 17. A kilogram weighs (at the earth's surface, e.g., the grocery store) approximately: A) 2.2 pounds. B) 1.5 pound. C) 5.5 pounds. D) 10 pounds. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2.2 pounds. 18. It is accurate to call the side of the moon that we don't see the "dark side" of the moon. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 19. Light energy is absorbed by..... component of plant A) Chlorophyll. B) Stomata. C) Mitochondria. D) Chloroplasts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chlorophyll. 20. The only liquid layer of the solid earth is the A) Crust. B) Mantle. C) Outer core. D) Inner core. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Outer core. 21. When a glass rod is rubbed with a piece of silk cloth the rod A) Becomes positively charged while the cloth has a negative charge. B) And the cloth both acquire positive charge. C) And the cloth both acquire negative charge. D) Becomes negatively charged while the cloth has a positive charge. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Becomes positively charged while the cloth has a negative charge. 22. This scientists encouraged people to learn the reasons behind what they were observing and is considered to be the "Father of the Scientific Method" A) Thomas Bradwardine. B) Rodger Bacon. C) Nicolas of cusa. D) Robert Grosseteste. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Robert Grosseteste. 23. What is the name of the compound Na2(SO4)? A) Sodium sulfite. B) Sodium sulfuroxide. C) Sodium sulfate. D) Sodium sulfide. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sodium sulfate. 24. Which statement is an inference? A) The striations were made by glaciers during the Ice Age. B) The water is 5.5 meters deep. C) The temperature is 12oC. D) The substance turned blue. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The striations were made by glaciers during the Ice Age. 25. Studies regarding Cancer is known as A) Cardiology. B) Entomology. C) Oncology. D) Crypto. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oncology. 26. A material that does not carry heat well is a(n) A) Conductor. B) Insulator. C) Vacuum. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Insulator. 27. "Opera" is an art began in..... in the 1500s. A) Italy. B) Greece. C) France. D) Europe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Italy. 28. Tastes bitter or chalky A) Acid. B) Base. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Base. 29. Which of the following is a predator? A) Fox. B) Giraffe. C) Grass. D) Zebra. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fox. 30. Water, sunlight, and terrain are examples of: A) Biotic factors. B) Niche. C) Abiotic factors. D) Ecosystem dynamics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Abiotic factors. 31. Upper jaws contains..... A) Molars. B) Incisors, Molars. C) Incisors, Canines. D) Pre Molars, Canines. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Incisors, Canines. 32. Which one of the following exits in a diatomic state? A) Hydrogen. B) Chlorine. C) Sodium. D) Both a and b. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both a and b. 33. What is the study of living organisms and their interactions with each other and their environment called? A) Sociology. B) Ecology. C) Psychology. D) Geology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ecology. 34. Choose the correct term for the following definition:Finding the size, quantity, or amount by comparing with a standard. A) Length. B) Diameter. C) Measurement. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Measurement. 35. How much of the ocean is pure water? A) 100%. B) 96%. C) 4%. D) 79%. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 96%. 36. How do scientists usually test a hypothesis A) With google. B) Random guesses. C) Experiment. D) Observations. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Experiment. 37. Which city is also known as 'The city of the Golden Temple' A) Mumbai. B) Amritsar. C) Bangalore. D) Gandhinagar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Amritsar. 38. Good science requires that you record your observations accurately? A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 39. The ax is an example of what kind of simple machine? A) Pulley. B) Screw. C) Wedge. D) Incline plane. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wedge. 40. The picking up and movement of rock fragments is called..... A) Deposition. B) Weathering. C) Erosion. D) Fault. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Erosion. 41. The corona stretches out for millions of miles, while the chromosphere is only about 1800 miles thick. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 42. Speed of sound waves travel depends on the A) Distance between the vibration source and the receiver. B) Type of material through which the sound travels. C) Size of the object making the sound. D) Type of device making the sound. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Type of material through which the sound travels. 43. If you rub your hands together they get warmer because of A) The weather. B) Magnetism. C) Gravity. D) Friction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Friction. 44. Who is known as the father of pasteurisation? A) Alec Jeffereys. B) Edward Jenner. C) Robert Koch. D) Louis Pasteur. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Louis Pasteur. 45. Re-processing material to make another product A) Reduce. B) Reuse. C) Recycle. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Recycle. 46. Tees give us ..... A) Clean air to breathe. B) Herbs and medicines. C) Wood to make furniture. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 47. Which of the following is a non-biodegradable waste? A) DDT. B) Plastic. C) Radioactive wastes. D) All the given choices. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the given choices. 48. In an atom, what is the number of protons equal to? A) The number of molecules. B) The number of nuclei. C) The number of neutrons. D) The number of electrons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The number of electrons. 49. SI is also called the: A) Speed increment. B) Metric system. C) Specific instrument. D) Special intelligence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metric system. 50. Meterology is the study of A) Rocks. B) Planets. C) Weather and climate. D) Dogs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Weather and climate. 51. A pollution that is from many sources, coming from agrilands, homes, subdivisions, septic tanks A) Eutrophication. B) Non-point Source Pollution. C) Point Source Pollution. D) Water Pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Non-point Source Pollution. 52. There is a lot of interest in how life originated on this planet. The scientific method cannot be used to study this question because the subject is not specific enough. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 53. What is a condition that a scientist changes in an experiment? A) Observation. B) Resource. C) Independent variable. D) Conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Independent variable. 54. Which of these characteristics do echinoderms have? A) Mantles. B) Nematocsts. C) Setae. D) Radial symmetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Radial symmetry. 55. Which statement is not true about birds? A) Birds are warm blooded. B) Birds are vertebrates. C) All birds can fly. D) All birds lay eggs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All birds can fly. 56. The opposition of a conductor against the current in a circuit is called as resistance of the conductor. The unit of resistance is:(1) A) Coulomb. B) Watt. C) Ampere. D) Ohm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ohm. 57. Hydroelectric power plants convert the energy of falling water into..... energy. A) Potential. B) Electrical. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Electrical. 58. If a strand of DNA has 20% Thymine, how much Adenine will it have? A) 40%. B) 20%. C) 60%. D) 80%. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 20%. 59. In the Northern Hemisphere summer ends in which month? A) September. B) October. C) December. D) August. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) September. 60. Provides flotation to hold the algae upright in the water A) Holdfast. B) Blades. C) Stipe. D) Pneumatocyst. 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