This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Overview > General Science – Quiz 89 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Science Quiz 89 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the independent variable otherwise known as? A) Experimental variable. B) Integral variable. C) Manipulated variable. D) Controlled variable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Experimental variable. 2. What element is "K" A) Cadmium. B) Calcium. C) Potassium. D) Cobalt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Potassium. 3. The flow of energy that occurs when a warm air rises is..... A) Cold. B) Heat. C) Warm. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heat. 4. The ancient Greeks during 6th century BC and 7th century BC are considered the world's first real..... A) Testers. B) Observationists. C) Teachers. D) Scientists. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scientists. 5. The collection of information outside the laboratory, library or workplace setting. A) Fieldwork. B) Model. C) Inquiry. D) Hypothesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fieldwork. 6. Maria was observing swallowtail butterflies in the wild in Martindale. Which one of these is an "observation" that she could have made? A) The swallowtail likes to fly more than its other activities. B) The swallowtail belongs to the class, Insecta. C) The swallowtail is closely related to the Monarch butterfly anatomically. D) There are 550 species of swallowtail butterflies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The swallowtail likes to fly more than its other activities. 7. What are the three primary states of matter? A) Solid, liquid, and juice. B) Solid and liquid. C) Solid and gas. D) Solid, liquid, and gas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Solid, liquid, and gas. 8. The following are reasons why scientific investigations are conducted except one. A) To improve man's life. B) To create new and better products. C) To explain problems in nature. D) To gain fame and fortune. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To gain fame and fortune. 9. Choose the correct form of the verb:She..... to the market every day. A) Go. B) Gone. C) Going. D) Goes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Goes. 10. Ecological succession is the change in a community over time. Which statement below is true? A) The community will develop from more complex to more simple organisms. B) The community will develop from simple organisms to more complex organisms. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The community will develop from simple organisms to more complex organisms. 11. Velocity need both a magnitude and a..... A) Distance. B) Direction. C) Velocity. D) Displacement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Direction. 12. What weather phenomenon causes more deaths in the U.S. annually than any other except lightning? A) Tornadoes. B) Earthquakes. C) Volcanoes. D) Landslides. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tornadoes. 13. When water is heated and CHANGES INTO A GAS it..... A) Boils. B) Evaporates. C) Insulates. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Boils. 14. This is the passageway that sends signals to olfactory bulb. A) Olfactory bulb. B) Olfactory nerve. C) Olfactory epithelium. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Olfactory nerve. 15. It is when algae bloom (algal bloom), oxygen concentration is reduced in a water system A) Point Source Pollution. B) Non-point Source Pollution. C) Eutrophication. D) Water Pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eutrophication. 16. Temporary magnet created when there is a current in a wire coil A) Solenoid. B) Transformer. C) Electromagnet. D) Generator. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Electromagnet. 17. The distance and direction from a starting point to an ending point A) Instantaneous Velocity. B) Displacement. C) Average Speed. D) Reference Point. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Displacement. 18. What is the function of the Golgi apparatus in a cell? A) The Golgi apparatus is responsible for storing genetic information and controlling the cell's activities. B) The Golgi apparatus is responsible for producing energy for the cell. C) The Golgi apparatus is responsible for providing structural support to the cell. D) The Golgi apparatus is responsible for modifying, sorting, and packaging proteins and lipids for transport. NGSS.MS-LS1-2. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Golgi apparatus is responsible for modifying, sorting, and packaging proteins and lipids for transport. NGSS.MS-LS1-2. 19. Which of the following are amphoteric metals A) Potassium. B) Aluminium. C) Mercury. D) Magnesium. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aluminium. 20. What are the smallest particles of matter? A) Elements. B) Atoms. C) Mass. D) Molecules. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Atoms. 21. What is an example of an input device? A) Keyboard. B) Speakers. C) Monitor. D) DVD. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Keyboard. 22. What is the dry ice out of the following? A) Calcium hydroxide. B) Solid Carbon dioxide. C) Sodium Hydroxide. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Solid Carbon dioxide. 23. Units which may be expressed in terms of base units by means of mathematical symbols of multiplication and division. A) Derived unit. B) Metric unit. C) Standard unit. D) Unit unit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Derived unit. 24. Electricity produced by falling water is called A) Hydroelectricity. B) Tidal energy. C) Geothermal energy. D) Thermodynamics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hydroelectricity. 25. All of the following are states of water EXCEPT: A) Solid. B) Sand. C) Liquid. D) Gas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sand. 26. Motion of the earth around the sun is called A) Revolution. B) Rotation. C) Both a and b. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Revolution. 27. In scientific research, what is the term for a repeatable procedure that is used to test a hypothesis? A) Observation. B) Conclusion. C) Experiment. D) Analysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Experiment. 28. The speed of light = 186, 000 miles a second. Calculate the distance which light would travel in just 100 seconds. A) 18, 600, 000 miles. B) 86, 000, 000 miles. C) 1, 860 miles. D) 18, 600 miles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 18, 600, 000 miles. 29. A cyclist starts at rest and Accelerates at 0.5m/s2 south for 20s, what is his final velocity A) 0.025 m/sSouth. B) 10 m/s South. C) 0.025 m/sNorth. D) 10m/sNorth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 10 m/s South. 30. An object as it appears to the eye, but it is not satisfactory for showing complex forms and shapes is what kind of drawings A) Exploded View Drawings. B) Perspective Drawings. C) Pictorial Drawings. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pictorial Drawings. 31. The atmosphere is divided into how many layers? A) 5. B) 4. C) 1. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 4. 32. What is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature A) Iron. B) Water. C) Nickel. D) Mercury. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mercury. 33. "A metal ball and a rubber ball of the same size is dropped in the same time" Which ball reaches the ground first? A) Metal ball. B) Rubber ball. C) Both balls. D) No ball. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both balls. 34. What is underground molten rock? A) Lava. B) Magma. C) Intrusive. D) Soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Magma. 35. What is the smallest part of an element that can still be identified as the element? A) Molecule. B) Atom. C) Compound. D) Ion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Atom. 36. -A ball is sitting at the top of a ramp. As the ball rolls down the ramp, the potential energy of the ball decreases. What happens to the potential energy as the ball moves? A) It is lost as gravitational energy. B) It is destroyed as the ball moves. C) It is converted to kinetic energy. D) It is used to make the ball slow down. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is converted to kinetic energy. 37. Litmus paper can be used to determine the ..... of a substance. A) Relative pH. B) Chemical formula. C) Temperature. D) Relative volume. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Relative pH. 38. In 1492 Christopher Colombus discovered a continent which is now called a continent ..... A) Asia. B) Australia. C) American. D) Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) American. 39. Which of the Following Vitamin Helps in Blood Clotting?Which vitamins help blood clotting? A) Vitamin A. B) Vitamin C. C) Vitamin K. D) Vitamin D. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vitamin K. 40. Peter pan went to..... A) Alwaysland. B) Foreverland. C) Disneyland. D) Neverland. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neverland. 41. A particle in a nucleus with a positive charge A) Neutron. B) Cloud. C) Electron. D) Proton. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Proton. 42. Historians tell us that the geocentric theory originated with the man named..... A) Prometheus. B) Ptolemy. C) Newton. D) Aristotle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aristotle. 43. Most elements will gain or lose electrons so that they end up with..... valence electrons. A) 8. B) 6. C) 10. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 8. 44. Which weather term best describes a cloud that forms very close to the ground? A) Sleet. B) Wind. C) Fog. D) Hail. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fog. 45. A tool that is used to magnify, or make objects appear larger. This tool allows you to see small details that could NOT be seen with a hand lens. A) Microscope. B) Safety Goggles. C) Hand Lens. D) Balance Scale. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Microscope. 46. These attach your muscles to your bones, usually there are at least 2 per muscle. A) Joint. B) Ligaments. C) Tendon. D) Chitin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tendon. 47. The force acting on a body for a short time are called as: A) Tension. B) Momentum. C) Average force. D) Impulse. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Impulse. 48. Is earth made up of soil and rocks? A) No. B) Yes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yes. 49. A characteristic of a substance that describes its ability to change into different substances A) Chemical property. B) Physical change. C) Chemicala change. D) Physical property. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chemical property. 50. Ozone layer protects us from..... A) Cosmic rays. B) UV rays. C) Infrared rays. D) LASER. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) UV rays. 51. Naturally occurring, inorganic solid with a crystalline form A) Mineral. B) Magma. C) Rock. D) Hardness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mineral. 52. Which object is shaped most like Earth? A) An oval egg. B) A round ball. C) A flat pancake. D) A square block. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A round ball. 53. Which vitamin can be manufactured by skin exposure to the sun? A) Thiamin. B) Vitamin K. C) Vitamin D. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vitamin D. 54. Plant physiology subcategory of botany that focuses on the function of plants. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 55. An animal that hunts and eats other animals for food A) Predator. B) Prey. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Predator. 56. Energy at rest; Energy that something possesses because of its position A) Conservation. B) Energy. C) Potential. D) Kinetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Potential. 57. Choose the correct term for the following definition:The decimal system of weights and measures. A) Weight. B) Metric system. C) Circumference. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metric system. 58. At Which Temperature Are Fahrenheit and Celsius Equal? How temperature is the same as the Frenheit and the Celsius scale are the same? A) -10. B) -30. C) -40. D) -20. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) -40. 59. Arthropods include arachnids, crustaceans, insects, centipedes, and millipedes A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 60. Choose the correct answer. What is in the chest trachea that divides into two tubes.? A) Trachea. B) Esophagus. C) Larynx. D) Bronchus. E) Pharynx. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bronchus. ← 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