This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Overview > General Science – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Science Quiz 9 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What percentage of the earth does water make up? A) 70%. B) 30%. C) 50%. D) 90%. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 70%. 2. The part of the plant that absorbs water is..... A) Leaves. B) Roots. C) Stem. D) Flowers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Roots. 3. What color will a universal indicator turn to in a neutral solution? A) Green. B) Orange. C) Purple. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Green. 4. The sun's surface is dotted with these darker, somewhat cooler spots. These actually helped us recognize that the sun is rotating. A) Plasma. B) Sun spots. C) Solar Flares. D) Gnomons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sun spots. 5. UN in English abbreviated as UN, what stands for the UN? A) United Nations. B) United Narrow. C) United Nears. D) United Nearby. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) United Nations. 6. The sound less then 20Hz is called A) Ultrasound. B) Infrasound. C) Echo. D) All. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Infrasound. 7. A controlled experiment is an experiment that restricts the experiment to a singular result A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 8. Is amount of substance a basic quantity in measurement? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 9. Which is the sheet-like muscle at the bottom of a human chest? A) Stomach lining. B) Happiness. C) Skin. D) Diaphragm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Diaphragm. 10. How rocks are formed? A) There are three main types of rocks:sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic. Each of these rocks are formed by physical changes-such as melting, cooling, eroding, compacting, or deforming-that are part of the rock cycle. Sedimentary rocks are formed from pieces of other existing rock or organic material. B) They don't form. C) I don't know. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) There are three main types of rocks:sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic. Each of these rocks are formed by physical changes-such as melting, cooling, eroding, compacting, or deforming-that are part of the rock cycle. Sedimentary rocks are formed from pieces of other existing rock or organic material. 11. Which is the basic, structural and functional unit of living things? A) The cell. B) Tissues. C) Organs. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The cell. 12. P.mWhat time is it?..... A) Ten past eleven. B) Nine to five. C) Six o'clock. D) Three o'clock. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Three o'clock. 13. Further from the sun and much, much larger A) Rocky planets. B) Gas giants. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gas giants. 14. ..... is a large solid area of land surrounded by an ocean (a) continent (b) island (c) river (d) peninsula. A) Continent. B) Island. C) River. D) Peninsula. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Continent. 15. In an experiment to test the effect of water on plant growth, which of the following would not be a constant? A) Amount of water. B) Amount of sunshine. C) Type of plant. D) Type of soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Amount of water. 16. The most abundant gas in the Earth's atmosphere is? A) Hydrogen. B) Oxygen. C) Carbon dioxide. D) Nitrogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nitrogen. 17. Which of these grouping of elements could have the characteristic of brittle? A) Metal. B) Parsetal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parsetal. 18. When you plug in a radio into an outlet in the wall, it transforms: A) Mechanical to Thermal Energy. B) Electrical to Sound Energy. C) Chemical to Nuclear Energy. D) Electrical to Kinetic Energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Electrical to Sound Energy. 19. These allow your bones to be connected to one another and allow your bones to have movement. A) Chitin. B) Ligament. C) Tendon. D) Joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Joint. 20. Show the boundaries between countries, states, counties, or townships. A) Relief maps. B) Political maps. C) Road maps. D) Topographic maps. E) Physical maps. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Political maps. 21. Choose the correct term for the following definition. qualities of your body that you get (genetically) from your parents A) Heredity. B) Homeostasis. C) Function. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heredity. 22. What is the second most abundant element in the Earth's crust? A) Iron. B) Oxygen. C) Silicon. D) Aluminum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Silicon. 23. What are the product of combining water and carbon dioxide in the plant leaves in the presence of light energy? A) Oxygen and nitrogen. B) Sugar and oxygen. C) Nitrogen and oxygen. D) Sugar and nitrogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sugar and oxygen. 24. A natural or artificial body orbiting a planet or star. A) Gnomon. B) Spectroscope. C) Constellation. D) Satellite. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Satellite. 25. What is the ultimate source of energy? A) Sun. B) Milk. C) Food. D) Plants. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sun. 26. A(n)..... is a bar that turns around a fixed point A) Lever. B) Pulley. C) Screw. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lever. 27. Astrology is the science of studying the stars? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 28. If the net force is equal to zero, the forces acting on the object are A) Balanced. B) Unbalanced. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Balanced. 29. This animal belongs to the order Sirena. A) Dolphins. B) Seals. C) Baleen whales. D) Manatees. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Manatees. 30. The word "conclusion" in English is ..... A) Conclusion. B) Theory. C) Experiment. D) Hypothesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conclusion. 31. The smallest unit of living things is ..... A) Molecule. B) Organ. C) Sel. D) Body. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sel. 32. Which part of the Potato do we eat? A) Leaf. B) Root. C) Stem. D) Fruit. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stem. 33. Class Chondrichthytes, which contains sharks and rays, consists of fishes with body support composed of..... A) Bone. B) Cartilage. C) Flesh. D) Blubber. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cartilage. 34. Social science deals with A) Book. B) Ocean. C) Social life. D) School. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Social life. 35. Plants diseases are controlled by ..... methids A) Many. B) Four. C) Five. D) Two. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Two. 36. What is a kinetic energy? A) Food energy. B) Potential energy. C) An energy from plants. D) An energy of motion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An energy of motion. 37. When you see a red shirt, what colors (if any) are being reflected? A) Green. B) Orange. C) Yellow. D) Red. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Red. 38. Which of the following forms metamorphic rocks? A) Cooling and weathering. B) Crystalization. C) Heat and pressure. D) Compaction and cementation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Heat and pressure. 39. It is the term for the process by which plants release water vapor into the air. A) Transformation. B) Transpiration. C) Steam. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Transpiration. 40. Which is the smallest part of a cell? A) Nucleus. B) Atom. C) Nucleic acid. D) Cytoplasm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nucleus. 41. Are all strawberries red? A) No, black strawberries exist too. B) No, yellow strawberries exist too. C) No, white strawberries exist too. D) Yes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) No, white strawberries exist too. 42. Hot liquid rock that cools and hardens forms..... A) Rock. B) Sedimentary rock. C) Igneous rock. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Igneous rock. 43. ..... is a metric unit of measure that is 1/1000 of a liter, it equals one cubic centimeter. A) Milliliter, mL. B) Cubic centimeter, cm. C) Liter, L. D) Volume. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Milliliter, mL. 44. Why does the Sun rise and set? A) Earth is rotating (spinning) on its axis. B) The Sun is moving around the Earth. C) Earth is revolving around the Sun. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Earth is rotating (spinning) on its axis. 45. Scientists believe that the continents of the earth were all one large landmass 280 million years ago. The moving of tectonic plates caused this mass to break off into different pieces, making up the continents as we know them today. What was this landmass called? A) Mesozoic. B) America. C) African continent NGSS.HS-ESS2-1. D) Pangea. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pangea. 46. Pairs of muscles that work together are called: A) Antagonistic muscles. B) Synergetic muscles. C) Involuntary muscles. D) Voluntary muscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antagonistic muscles. 47. Milk Teeth are also known as? A) Permanent Teeth. B) Double Teeth. C) Temporary Teeth. D) Strong Teeth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Temporary Teeth. 48. What are fossils that are assumed to represent a certain period in earth's past? A) Geological column. B) Index fossils. C) Paraconformity. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Index fossils. 49. In the Star Wars films, the Imperial TIE fighters are propelled by ion engines (TIE stands for Twin Ion Engine). While spacecrafts are fictional, real ion engines power some of today's spacecrafts. A) FICTION. B) FACT. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FACT. 50. The average salinity of sea water is A) 2.5%. B) 3.5%. C) 2%. D) 3%. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3.5%. 51. Energy from ancient plants and animals A) Fossil Fuel. B) Solar. C) Hydro. D) Potential. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fossil Fuel. 52. The rate at which an object moves A) Force. B) Velocity. C) Speed. D) Motion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Speed. 53. Name the longest reptile in the world. A) Viper. B) King Cobra. C) Alligator lizard. D) Anaconda snake. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anaconda snake. 54. Study of the climate and weather A) Meteorology. B) Oceanography. C) Biology. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Meteorology. 55. Dispersal of energy in all direction called A) Diffraction. B) Reflecting. C) Scattering. D) Refraction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scattering. 56. An example of an artificial or man made fertilizer is A) NPK. B) Manure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NPK. 57. This macronutrient is usually burned first by the body for energy. A) Fats. B) Proteins. C) Carbohydrates. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carbohydrates. 58. A(n)..... uses symbols to show the parts of a circuit. A) Schematic diagram. B) Ampere. C) Static electricity. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Schematic diagram. 59. How many oxygen atoms are present in the following? 4Ca(OH)2 A) 4. B) 1 NGSS.MS-PS1-1. C) 6. D) 8. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 8. 60. Which model of the solar system places the Sun in the center A) Inferior. B) Superior. C) Heliocentric. D) Geocentric. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Heliocentric. ← 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