This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Overview > General Science – Quiz 81 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Science Quiz 81 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is pressure? A) A measure of the amount of water vapor in the air. B) The force of the air on a given surface divided by the area of that surface. C) The horizontal movement of air. D) A measure of the degree of hotness of the air. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The force of the air on a given surface divided by the area of that surface. 2. A close living situation between 2 species where at least one benefits is called A) Association. B) Mutual relationship. C) Community. D) Symbiosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Symbiosis. 3. Comets can be found in a region of the solar system called the..... A) Kuiper belt. B) Dwarf Pluto. C) The ring saturn. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kuiper belt. 4. The majority of the energy on Earth comes from the sun, but small amounts come from..... A) Constant wind. B) Methane from cow farts. C) Radioactive decay. D) Other stars. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Radioactive decay. 5. What is the term for the temperature at which a liquid changes to a solid? A) Freezing point. B) Condensation point. C) Melting point. D) Boiling point. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Freezing point. 6. Most fossils are created from the soft parts of an organism. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 7. Which is not an example of a lipid? A) Oil. B) Fat. C) Sugar. D) Wax. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sugar. 8. Cattail is an emergent plant. A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TRUE. 9. The following is what type of reaction:NH3 + HCl $\rightarrow$ NH4Cl A) Decomposition. B) Single Replacement Replacement. C) Synthesis. D) Double Replacement Replacement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Synthesis. 10. What is made up of only one type of atom? A) Compound. B) Atom. C) Element. D) Molecule. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Element. 11. What are things that reduce friction called? A) Water. B) Lubricants. C) Tar. D) Magnets. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lubricants. 12. In which way are plants different from animals? A) They make up one kingdom. B) There are many different kinds. C) They are multicellular. D) They make their own food. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They make their own food. 13. The remains of a meteor which impacts the ground is called a..... A) Comet. B) Particle. C) Meteor. D) Meteorite. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Meteorite. 14. Which of the following is an Example of A Renewable Resource? Which of the following is an example of a renewable resource? A) Coalcarbon. B) WaterAgua. C) Oilaceite. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) WaterAgua. 15. Who invented the barometer? A) Torricelli. B) Archimedes. C) Galileo. D) Pascal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Torricelli. 16. ..... is a number equal to the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom. A) Element. B) Natural element. C) Atomic number. D) Neutron. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Atomic number. 17. Which factors have the greatest impact on the direction of global winds? A) The distance of Earth from the Sun and Earth's position in its orbit. B) Earth's rotation and tilt of Earth's axis. C) The tilt of Earth's axis and the distance of Earth from the Sun. D) Earth's rotation and the distance of Earth from the Sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Earth's rotation and tilt of Earth's axis. 18. A bout how many eggs does a queen bee lay? A) 1000-3000. B) 10000. C) 100-300. D) 1-2. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1000-3000. 19. The process of wearing or grinding something down by wind, water, or other natural agents A) Geology. B) Unconformity. C) Erosion. D) Runoff. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Erosion. 20. Predictable wind patterns that ships used to use to cross the ocean for exploration and trade purposes A) Mountain clouds. B) Trade winds. C) Jet streams. D) Stratus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trade winds. 21. Rabindranath Tagore's song "Jana Gana Mana" which was adopted by the Constituent Assembly as the National Anthem of India on 24th January, 1950, was first sung at which session of the Indian National Congress? A) 1930 Lahore Session. B) 1885 Bombay Session. C) 1916 Lucknow Session. D) 1911 Calcutta Session. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1911 Calcutta Session. 22. The Scientist who won a Nobel Prize in Physics? A) Robert Brown. B) Isaac Newton. C) Albert Einstein. D) Antoni van Leeuwenhoek. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Albert Einstein. 23. The production of visible light by living organisms A) Phosphorous. B) Phosphoresence. C) Biolumination. D) Bioluminescence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bioluminescence. 24. Light is an example of..... energy A) Mechanical. B) Electrical. C) Radiant. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Radiant. 25. A TV was originally priced at $ 800. It is now being sold at a discount of 20%. What is the discounted price? A) $ 640. B) $ 860. C) $ 720. D) $ 960. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) $ 640. 26. Which one of the following converts sunlight directly into electrical energy? A) Solar cell. B) Solar furnace. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Solar cell. 27. What apparatus (scientific equipment) would be most accurate to measure volume? A) Measuring cylinder. B) Ruler. C) Beaker. D) Measuring scales. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Measuring cylinder. 28. .....is the force applied to a machine by the user A) Effort force. B) Resistant force. C) Work. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Effort force. 29. What term in science refers to a systematic approach to solving a problem or answering a question? A) Hypothesis. B) Experiment. C) Conclusion. D) Methodology. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Methodology. 30. What's a herbivore A) Eats meat. B) Eats plants. C) Eats meat and plants. D) Decomposes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eats plants. 31. ..... Is any condition that interferes with the proper functioning of the body or mind A) Disease. B) Infection. C) Pathogen. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Disease. 32. This system helps the body get rid of carbon dioxide and brings in oxygen. A) Circulatory. B) Skeletal. C) Endocrine. D) Respiratory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Respiratory. 33. Which of the following is a source of non-renewable energy:coal or solar power? A) Coal. B) Solar power. C) Both. D) Neither. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coal. 34. What layer of our atmosphere contains the most breathable air? A) Thermosphere. B) Stratosphere. C) Troposphere. D) Mesosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Troposphere. 35. Most of the craters on the surface of the moon are formed by impacts from smaller astronomical objects hitting it. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 36. Which vitamin is called ascorbic acid, meaning "no scurvy" ? A) VITAMIN B. B) VITAMIN C. C) VITAMIN K. D) VITAMIN D. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) VITAMIN C. 37. What is a fundamental magnitude? A) Force. B) Speed. C) Presssure. D) Time. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Time. 38. What is the debt ion in sulfuric acid? A) So 4. B) H. C) O4. D) HS. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) So 4. 39. The energy that a power source gives to electrons in a circuit is the..... A) Circuit. B) Voltage. C) Magnetic pole. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Voltage. 40. As the population of small fish in a lake decreases, the population of large fish that depend on the small fish for food will? A) Begin to produce their own food. B) Reproduce faster. C) Decrease in number. D) Increase in number. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Decrease in number. 41. When the sun and moon are in alignment at new and, full moon..... occur A) Neap tide. B) Attraction. C) Spring tide. D) Low tide. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spring tide. 42. What is the name of the volcano that erupted in St. Vincent? A) La Soufriere. B) Alice arm. C) Hudson. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) La Soufriere. 43. Birds, that have two toes pointing upward and two toes downward is known as- A) Climbing Bird. B) Perching bird. C) Wading Bird. D) Scratching Bird. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Climbing Bird. 44. Which should you NOT do if you catch on fire? A) Drop. B) Roll. C) Run. D) Stop. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Run. 45. What makes plants green? A) Chaps. B) Chlorophyll. C) Chlorox. D) Chlorine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chlorophyll. 46. Ozone protects us from..... rays. A) UV. B) And. C) Radio waves. D) Microwaves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) UV. 47. The place above the focus A) Magnitude. B) Intensity. C) Epicenter. D) Focus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Epicenter. 48. Liza is..... sure that she wants to do Engineering. A) Probably. B) Completely. C) Slightly. D) Absolutely. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Absolutely. 49. A(n)..... is an element or compound found in the Earth's crust. A) Rock cycle. B) Mineral. C) Color. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mineral. 50. Which process is most power originate? A) Zioct chemical process. B) Air-raisonous pussy. C) Air Benewable cases. D) Eumicative process. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Air Benewable cases. 51. Human beings are classified as: A) Mammals. B) Reptiles. C) Echinoderms. D) Fungi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mammals. 52. CompoundSpanish:compuesto A) Made of two or more elements bonded together. B) Another word for an element. C) Makes a reaction happen faster. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Made of two or more elements bonded together. 53. What is the gel-like fluid inside the cell that contains important organelles? A) Nucleus. B) Ribosomes. C) Mitochondria. D) Cytoplasm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cytoplasm. 54. What is the chemical symbol for the element hydrogen A) H. B) H. C) He. D) He. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) H. 55. Water will..... when it gets cold enough, changing it from a LIQUID to a SOLID A) Melt. B) Freeze. C) Boil. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Freeze. 56. Sound waves are ..... waves. A) Transverse. B) Electric. C) Longitudinal. D) Oscillating. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Longitudinal. 57. The edible part of Onion is A) Root. B) Flower. C) Swollen leaves. D) Stem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Swollen leaves. 58. 1) What is the part of the tooth you can see above the gum? A) Crown. B) Pulp. C) Cavity. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crown. 59. The shaking of the earth Is called: A) Storm. B) Cyclone. C) Wave. D) Earthquake. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Earthquake. 60. A(n)..... is a ramplike simple machine A) Inclined plane. B) Pulley. C) Screw. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inclined plane. ← 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