This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Overview > General Science – Quiz 87 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Science Quiz 87 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which gas is released by plants and then taken in by animals? A) Carbon dioxide. B) Oxygen. C) Water vapor. D) Air. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oxygen. 2. This scientist came up with experiments to disprove spontaneous generation and invented a way to help prevent bacteria from spoiling liquids. A) Louis Pasteur. B) Charles Linnaeus. C) Charles Darwin. D) Albert Einstein. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Louis Pasteur. 3. Is basalt a rock? A) Yes. B) No. C) I don't know. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 4. Momentum is the Product of..... A) Massand volume. B) MassandVelocity. C) Distanceand speed. D) Half ofmassandVelocity squared. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) MassandVelocity. 5. All planets pulled toward the sun due to A) Gravity. B) Centripetal force. C) Force of attraction. D) Both a and b. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both a and b. 6. What is Biological Community? A) Is when different populations that live in the same environment at a certain time. B) Is when different populations are able to live together in their environment. C) Is when a collection of different species are exposed to pollution at the same time. D) Is the study of the fiction stories created drawn and animated in Japan (manga and anime). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is when different populations that live in the same environment at a certain time. 7. The nerves which control involuntary actions are known as A) The central nervous system. B) The jerk control nervous system. C) The peripheral nervous system. D) The autonomic nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The autonomic nervous system. 8. Which of the following is not a property of the image formed by a [lane mirror? A) Virtual and erect. B) Object size = image size. C) Object distance = image distance. D) Real and inverted. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Real and inverted. 9. National Moth Week' is observed in which month? A) July. B) August. C) September. D) June. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) July. 10. A typical amoeba has how many cells? A) 1. B) 4. C) 2. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1. 11. Which technology company has launched a platform that displays flood forecasts named 'FloodHub'? A) Apple. B) Microsoft. C) Google. D) Meta. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Google. 12. The particles of gases..... A) Vibrate about their fixed postions. B) Are able to slide over each other. C) Move about freely at high speeds and in random direction. D) Do not move. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Move about freely at high speeds and in random direction. 13. One of the 4 main purposes of bones in the body is to.....your body, so you're not a pile a mush. A) Support. B) Move. C) Hold. D) Protect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Support. 14. A very hot gas made of particles that have an electric charge. A) Plasma. B) Liquid. C) Gas. D) Solid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plasma. 15. Earth is gradually shrinking. The interior becomes too little for the exterior. A) Convection. B) Continental drift. C) Expansion. D) Contraction. E) Isostasy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Contraction. 16. Choose a conductor from the list below A) Metal key. B) Paper. C) Cork. D) Rubber. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metal key. 17. The density of an object is 0.08 what will it do when placed in water? A) Sink. B) Float. C) Half way between sink and float. D) Dissolve. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Float. 18. Diabetes is a disease that affects which organ in the body? A) Stomach. B) Pancreas. C) Spleen. D) Lungs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pancreas. 19. The sun produces its heat by converting heat to mass. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 20. Which statement describes the daily motion of the moon? A) It rises and sets at same time. B) It rises and sets 50 minutes later. C) It rises 50 minutes later and sets 50 minutes earlier. D) It rises 50 minutes earlier and sets 50 minutes later. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It rises and sets 50 minutes later. 21. What is definition to "evaluate" ? A) Steps to do something. B) Find similarities. C) Find differences. D) Review, look over and make opinion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Review, look over and make opinion. 22. Most changes to the earth's surface happen at a very slow rate, but sometimes they happen fast. Which example describes a change the the Earth that is very fast. A) Breaking down of rocks by water. B) Movement of sediment by wind. C) Volcanic eruptions that create new lands. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Volcanic eruptions that create new lands. 23. Solar radiation travels in A) Straight lines. B) Zigzag line. C) Disperse. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Straight lines. 24. Electromagnetic energy (such as visible waves, X-rays, gamma rays and radio waves) is called..... energy. A) Heat. B) Sound. C) Light. D) Electrical. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Light. 25. Which of the following is correct about Pressure? A) Pressure is a scalar quantity. B) Pressure is a vector quantity. C) Pressure is a scalar quantity but obeys vector laws. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pressure is a scalar quantity. 26. Osteoblasts are the cells in your bones that make new bone. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 27. What is a group on the periodic table? A) An up and down column. B) A row the toes across the periodic table. C) A diagonal line separating the metals and nonmetals. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An up and down column. 28. The energy provides us with hot water from geysers and hot springs. This energy is called: A) Wind energy. B) Geo-thermal energy. C) Light energy. D) Nuclear energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Geo-thermal energy. 29. What does invertebrates have in common? A) No backbone. B) Backbone. C) Lots of bones. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No backbone. 30. What is a positive ion? A) Electron. B) Cation. C) Isotope. D) Anion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cation. 31. Gautama Buddha was born at..... and passed away at A) Vaishali, Taxila. B) Lumbini, Kushinagar. C) Taxila, Vaishali. D) Pataliputra. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lumbini, Kushinagar. 32. What do you call a scientist who studies rocks? A) Chemist. B) Geologist. C) Biologist. D) Meteorologist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Geologist. 33. Ohm's law is not applicable To:(1) A) Semiconductor. B) D.C Circuit. C) Small resistors. D) High current. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Semiconductor. 34. The sum total of all discovered fossils. A) Geological column. B) Fossil record. C) Extinct record. D) Fossil column. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fossil record. 35. What is the ideal mechanical advantage of an inclined plane which has 4 cm height and has a ramp length of 16 cm? A) 1/4. B) 4. C) 16. D) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 4. 36. As you travel higher in altitude, there is (a) material in the atmosphere. A) More. B) Less. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Less. 37. The left side of a chemical equation stands for the: A) Addend. B) Yield. C) Products. D) Reactants. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reactants. 38. Did dinosaurs and humans exist at the same time on Earth? A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 39. My father is teaching math in the school. He is a..... A) Mechanic. B) Teacher. C) Pilot. D) Nurse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Teacher. 40. Standard mass is an instrument used to measure mass. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 41. What is the cause of an earthquake? A) Because our earth is moving. B) Because the earthquake is natural. C) Due to energy in the earth (endogenous) and the process of disruption due to volcanic or volcanic activity. D) Because of the existence of other energy in the earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Due to energy in the earth (endogenous) and the process of disruption due to volcanic or volcanic activity. 42. True or false? A magnet can be used to create magnetism A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 43. When I get into the atmosphere I begin to burn up and I am often called the shooting star what am I? A) Meteors. B) Meteoroids. C) Atomic bomb. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Meteors. 44. The shape of white blood cell is: A) Irregular. B) Diagonal. C) Rectangular. D) Circular. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Irregular. 45. What is the 5th step of the scientific method? A) Construct hypothesis. B) Background research. C) Analyze results. D) Test hypothesis with experiments. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Analyze results. 46. The lowermost, weather occurs layer of atmosphere A) Thermosphere. B) Troposphere. C) Exosphere. D) Mesosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Troposphere. 47. Do Electrons Carry Positive or Negative Charges A) Positive. B) Negative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Negative. 48. An atom with more electrons than protons is a A) Negative Ion. B) Neutral Ion. C) Positive Ion. D) Molecue. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Negative Ion. 49. What are the two most abundant elements in Earth's Crust? A) Potassium & Silicon. B) Nitrogen & Potassium. C) Silicon & Oxygen. D) Nitrogen & Oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Silicon & Oxygen. 50. Huge pieces of lithosphere that slowly move on the asthenosphere and consist of the crust and the rigid, uppermost part of the mantle A) African Plate. B) Tectonic plates. C) North American Plate. D) Eurasian Plate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tectonic plates. 51. In which layer of the earth atmosphere, the satellites orbit around the earth? A) Mesosphere. B) Exosphere. C) Stratosphere. D) Trophosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exosphere. 52. Lack of molybdenum can cause..... A) Crop failure and increased susceptibility to disease such as ergot. B) Weak and maturity is delayed. C) Plants cannot fix nitrogen from the air to make protein and hinder the plant growth. D) Synthesis spindle fibers during cell division. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plants cannot fix nitrogen from the air to make protein and hinder the plant growth. 53. Inner plasma layer of the sun's atmosphere that is extremely hot A) Photosphere. B) Chromosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chromosphere. 54. Ocean tides are caused by..... A) Wind. B) Gravity. C) Spring. D) The galaxy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gravity. 55. Hydropower is a non-renewable source of energy. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 56. Also called an "educated guess" A) Prediction. B) Hypothesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hypothesis. 57. MgCl2 + Li2CO3 $\rightarrow$ MgCO3 + 2 LiCl A) Single displacement. B) Decomposition. C) Double displacement. D) Synthesis (or combination). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Double displacement. 58. A chemist that is involved in researching what reaction yields the most ethanol from crops is most likely considered to be working in the field of..... A) Physical chemistry. B) Applied chemistry. C) Biochemistry. D) Analytical chemistry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Applied chemistry. 59. How many large convection cells form on Earth? A) 2. B) 4. C) 3. D) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3. 60. What is the small intestine responsible for? A) Breaking down food. B) Adding food. C) Chewing. D) Takes in more enzymes and starts absorption. 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