This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Overview > General Science – Quiz 55 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Science Quiz 55 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The simple past of verb look is..... A) Luck. B) Lose. C) Lock. D) Looked. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Looked. 2. Tertiary Consumer A) Uses energy from the sun to create energy. B) Consumes producers only. C) Consumes producers and primary consumers. D) Consumes primary and secondary consumers only. E) Returns the building materials from dead things to the environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Consumes primary and secondary consumers only. 3. What are the basic steps of the scientific method? A) Problem, hypothesis, experimentation, analysis, conclusion. B) Problem, hypothesis, experimentation, conclusion. C) Problem, hypothesis, experimentation, analysis, conclusion, application of the principle. D) Problem, info gathering, hypothesis, experimentation, conclusion, application of the principle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Problem, info gathering, hypothesis, experimentation, conclusion, application of the principle. 4. Which of the following is the first calculating device? A) Abacus. B) Turing machine. C) N.A. D) Calculator. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abacus. 5. In all electrical appliances, the two wires needed to form a complete circuit are the ..... Wires. A) Earth and live. B) Earth and neutral. C) Fuse and live. D) Live and neutral. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Live and neutral. 6. Scientists carry out research, give information and make new materials. Which statement is true of all scientists? A) Scientists study things found in outer space. B) Scientists study the natural world. C) Scientists study items on earth. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scientists study the natural world. 7. Which cloud name means the cloud is large and puffy? A) Stratus. B) Cumulus. C) Cirrus. D) Rainstorm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cumulus. 8. The four main oceans are:Pacific Ocean, Arctic Ocean, Indian Ocean, and the..... Ocean. A) European. B) Southern. C) Mediterranean. D) Atlantic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Atlantic. 9. The sun is the only star In our solar system. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 10. Those wishing to reduce the "bad" cholesterol levels in their blood should avoid A) Polyunsaturated fats. B) Monosaturated fats. C) Carbohydrates. D) Saturated fats. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Saturated fats. 11. If the scale on a map is 1 centimeter = 5 kilometers, what actual distance does 3 centimeters represent? A) 10 kilometers. B) 20 kilometers. C) 15 kilometers. D) 25 kilometers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 15 kilometers. 12. When seen on a aircraft drawing, what does the application refer to? A) To a specific aircraft. B) To a particular section. C) To a specific drawing. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To a specific aircraft. 13. Push a large box & a small box with the same force, the small box will go faster A) 1st Law. B) And & Lu. C) Show if. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) And & Lu. 14. Which scale measures the acid or base in a substance? A) Alkaline scale. B) PH scale. C) Neutral scale. D) Litmus scale. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) PH scale. 15. True or False? The control center of the cell is the nucleus. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 16. What does the large intestines do? A) It brings in bile to digest fat from the food. B) It mechanically digests food. C) It absorbs food for the cells. D) Absorbs the water then makes the waste from the remaining food. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Absorbs the water then makes the waste from the remaining food. 17. The solid innermost portion of our Earth. A) Crust. B) Outer core. C) Mantle. D) Inner core. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inner core. 18. When the vehicle tire is running low it means ..... A) Vehicle tires experience friction with ground surface, asphalt, concrete, etc. so that the result of the friction is the thinning of the tire layer. B) Vehicle tires are left because the price is expensive. C) Because the tire layer is made of rubber. D) The vehicle tires must be replaced as soon as possible. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vehicle tires experience friction with ground surface, asphalt, concrete, etc. so that the result of the friction is the thinning of the tire layer. 19. What units are used to measure distance? A) Seconds. B) Grams. C) Meters. D) Liters. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Meters. 20. The loudness or softness of a sound is its..... A) Frequency. B) Wavelength. C) Energy. D) Volume. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Volume. 21. Formulated three laws concerning the motion of planets (.....'s Laws):1. The planets orbit the Sun in elliptical paths.2. The closer a planet comes to the Sun, the more rapidly it moves.3. The ratio of the cubes of a planet's mean distance from the Sun to the square of its orbital period is constant. A) Ptolemy. B) Nicholas Copernicus. C) Johannes kepler. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Johannes kepler. 22. The soft part of a Teeth:..... A) Gum. B) Pulp. C) Enamel. D) Dentine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pulp. 23. Energy that can be measured with a thermometer. A) Mass. B) Electrical energy. C) Sound nergy. D) Thermal/heat energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thermal/heat energy. 24. What state of matter is ice? A) Solid. B) Liquid. C) Gas. D) Plasma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Solid. 25. The periodic rise and fall of sea level caused by the gravitational attraction among Earth, the Moon, and the Sun A) Tide. B) Maria. C) Sphere. D) Ellipse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tide. 26. A spider is an insect. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 27. What is the dependent variable? A) The variable that is changed. B) The variable that is a result of change. C) The variable that stays constant throughout the experiment. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The variable that is a result of change. 28. A section drawn directly on the exterior view shows the shape of the cross section of a part is called A) Half Section. B) Revolved Section. C) Removed Section. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Revolved Section. 29. Which community relationship is best represented in the following?Tapeworms live on food in a dog's intestine. A) Commensalism. B) Matualism. C) Predation. D) Parasitism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Parasitism. 30. What in the cell has the instructions to tell it what type of cell it needs to be? A) DNA / Genes. B) Cytoplasm. C) Cell Membrane. D) Mitochrondria. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) DNA / Genes. 31. Gravity separates the..... in the troposphere. A) Gases. B) Vapor. C) Methane. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gases. 32. What instrument is used to measure the temperature of a body or an object A) Tearmometer. B) Thirmometer. C) Thermometer. D) Thermometer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thermometer. 33. How many colors are the sunlight? A) 5. B) 7. C) 8. D) 0. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 7. 34. Which is not a metamorphic rock? A) Marba. B) Gneiss. C) Conglomerate. D) Slate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Slate. 35. Adenine (A), Thymine (T), Guanine (G), and Cytosine (C) are what part of DNA? A) Phosphates. B) Nucleus. C) Pentose. D) Nitrogenous Bases. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nitrogenous Bases. 36. Sound waves are caused by A) Frogs. B) Echoes. C) Vibrations. D) Noise. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vibrations. 37. The flow of heat energy from one molecule to the next is..... A) Convection. B) Cooperation. C) Conduction. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conduction. 38. The Chatelier's Principle Says A) That if a reaction is in equilibrium and temperature, pressure, or amount of reactant change, the rate of the reaction will also change. B) That a reaction in equilibrium will fall out of equilibrium even if nothing changes. C) No chemical reactions will ever reach equilibrium. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That if a reaction is in equilibrium and temperature, pressure, or amount of reactant change, the rate of the reaction will also change. 39. When a meteoroid enters the Earth's atmosphere, it becomes a A) Meteor. B) Meteoroid. C) Comet. D) Meteorite. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Meteor. 40. Which of the following is NOT an example of friction? A) Using the brakes on your bike to slow you down. B) Putting your hand out the window. C) A satellite traveling through deep space. D) A hockey puck going across an ice rink. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A satellite traveling through deep space. 41. How many years will it take Saturn to complete one orbit A) 3.5 years. B) 29.5 years. C) 100 years. D) 13.5 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 29.5 years. 42. Who was the founder of gravity? A) Galileo. B) Antoine Lavoisier. C) Isaac Newton. D) Carolus Linnaeus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Isaac Newton. 43. What is a vertical column on the periodic table? A) Group. B) Period. C) Atom. D) Nucleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Group. 44. Moisture falling from the atmosphere as rain, snow or hail A) Air Pressure. B) Fog. C) Stratus. D) Precipitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Precipitation. 45. A center of cell protein synthesis A) Ribosome. B) Lysosome. C) Rasan. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ribosome. 46. What is the largest desert? A) Antarctic. B) Gobi. C) Sechura. D) Sahara. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antarctic. 47. In 1781 with a reflecting telescope, Sir William Herschel discovered the which planet? A) Pluto. B) Mercury. C) Saturn. D) Uranus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Uranus. 48. What creates stalctites and stalagmites A) Ground water mixed with sediments. B) Sediments. C) Sediments that have melted. D) Ground water. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ground water mixed with sediments. 49. What is the name of the element with the chemical symbol 'He'? A) Hydrogen. B) Lithium. C) Helium. D) Neon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Helium. 50. Electrons and neutrons are found in the nucleus of atoms. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 51. A statement that uses symbols, formulas, and numbers to stand for a chemical reaction. A) Chemical equation. B) Chemical reaction. C) Reactant. D) Solvent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chemical equation. 52. CaCo3 is known as? A) Lime stone. B) Slaked lime. C) Carbonated lime. D) Quick lime. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lime stone. 53. Which biologist proposed the theory of evolution through natural selection? A) Charles Darwin. B) Stephen Hawking. C) Francesco Redi. D) Alexander Fleming. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Charles Darwin. 54. This is a part of a nose that can receive and detect the different odors. A) Olfactory nerve. B) Olfactory bulb. C) Olfactory epithelium. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Olfactory epithelium. 55. Which action is NOT how science and technology usually interact? A) Science provides technology with tools. B) Science produces a demand for new technologies. C) Science knowledge can limit technologies that are produced. D) Science discovers information that can be applied in new technologies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Science provides technology with tools. 56. Who Invents telephone.? A) Alexander Graham Bell. B) Charles Darwin. C) Gregar John Mendel. D) Alexander Fleming. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alexander Graham Bell. 57. Stars appear to rise in the east and set in the west? A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 58. Total Mass is..... during a chemical reaction A) Lost. B) Not affected. C) Created. D) Destroyed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not affected. 59. In a flowering plant species, red flower color (R) is dominant over white flower color (r). What is/are the possible genotype/s that would result in a red-flowering plant? A) R. B) Rr. C) RR or Rr. D) RR. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) RR or Rr. 60. In a total solar eclipse, the Moon is located between the sun and Earth, blocking the sun's rays. However, one of the sun is still visible. What is it? A) Umbra. B) Corona and loops of gas. C) Solar core. D) Convective zone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Convective zone. ← 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