This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Overview > General Science – Quiz 98 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Science Quiz 98 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Two kinds of luster are: A) Shiny and hard. B) Yellow and cube shaped. C) Metallic and nonmetallic. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metallic and nonmetallic. 2. What is the main cause of seasons on the Earth? A) Changes in the amount of energy coming from the sun. B) The tilt of the Earth's axis in relation to the sun. C) The distance between the Earth and the Sun. D) The speed that the Earth rotates around the sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The tilt of the Earth's axis in relation to the sun. 3. My aunt broke her leg and had to go to hospital for. A) Treatment. B) Transfusion. C) Transportation. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Treatment. 4. Is the component of the Earth that is composed of all liquid water found on the planet. A) Condensation. B) Evaporation. C) Weathering. D) Hydrosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hydrosphere. 5. Atomic number is A) The number of electrons. B) The number of protons. C) The number of neutrons. D) The location of an atom on the periodic table. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The number of protons. 6. What is one way in which humans enable the spread of invasive species? A) Transportation by boat/person. B) Global Warming. C) Deforestation. D) Hunting of invasive species. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Transportation by boat/person. 7. Your lab instructor has given you directions to complete a lab. You decide to try the lab a different way and end up cutting your hand on a glass beaker. What should you do first? A) Run cold water on your hand to stop the bleeding. B) Apply direct pressure to the cut to stop the bleeding. C) Inform your instructor. D) Ask to go to the bathroom and stop at the nurse's office on the way back to class. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Run cold water on your hand to stop the bleeding. 8. What is the primary function of the roots in a plant? A) To absorb water and nutrients. B) To make food through photosynthesis. C) To provide support. D) To produce flowers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To absorb water and nutrients. 9. The..... variable(s) of an experiment are what change during the course of the experiment. A) Objective. B) Experimental. C) Control. D) Subjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Experimental. 10. Which air turns milky when it is blown into a lime water? A) Carbon dioxide. B) Oxygen. C) Nitrogen. D) Hydrogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carbon dioxide. 11. In living organisms, leaves and heart are examples of? A) Organism. B) Organ. C) Organ system. D) Cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Organ. 12. A push or pull on an object is called..... A) Acceleration. B) Mass. C) Force. D) Inertia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Force. 13. What is the speed of light in a vacuum? A) 150, 000, 000 meters per second. B) 299, 792 kilometers per second. C) 299, 792, 458 meters per second. D) 300, 000, 000 meters per second. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 299, 792, 458 meters per second. 14. Which type of crust is found under oceans? A) Oceanic crust. B) Igneous crust. C) Continental crust. D) Sedimentary crust. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oceanic crust. 15. Bonding between metals and non-metals A) Covalent Bond. B) Homogenous Mixture. C) Heterogenous Mixture. D) Ionic Bond. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Covalent Bond. 16. Which property is the size of an atom A) Atomic Radius. B) Effective Nuclear Charge. C) Electronegativity. D) Ionization Energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Atomic Radius. 17. What is the function of the switch in a circuit? A) To make the electricity hotter or colder. B) Turn on and off the flow of electricity. C) The pathway that electricity flows. D) To add more power to the circuit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Turn on and off the flow of electricity. 18. Which one is not the unit of energy? A) Joules. B) Calorie. C) Kilowatt hour. D) Watt. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Watt. 19. Within any....., the same clock time occurs. A) Contintental time zone. B) Standard time zone. C) Eastern time zone. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Standard time zone. 20. The lightest elements in the periodic table? A) Hydrogen. B) Helium. C) Carbon. D) Nitrogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hydrogen. 21. What is the line on the graduated cylinder used to measure the volume called? A) Hash. B) Water level. C) Dash. D) Meniscus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Meniscus. 22. Choose the correct term for the following definition:A graph that divides up a circle to show the relationship of the parts. A) Bar graph. B) Line graph. C) Pictograph. D) Pie chart. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pie chart. 23. Baby plant present in a seed is called A) Plumule. B) Radicle. C) Embryo. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Embryo. 24. Which one of the following was not a provision of the Government of India Act of 1935? A) Establishment of All India Federation. B) Provincial Autonomy. C) Establishment of Federal Court. D) Provision for granting independence to India. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Provision for granting independence to India. 25. Which gas is used in Balloons and airships? A) Hydrogen. B) Nitrogen. C) Carbon dioxide. D) Helium. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Helium. 26. Traits tend to disappear over time or fade away A) Recessive traits. B) Dominant traits. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Recessive traits. 27. What activity does the following 3 statements represent? It enables a scientist to refer to his work at a later time. They are able to share their findings with other scientists in other parts of the world. Their data will be available for future scientists to help them further their understanding of how things work in the world. A) Testing your hypothesis. B) Observing data. C) Videoing a lab. D) Documenting your work. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Documenting your work. 28. What are the most common elements in Earth's atmosphere? A) Carbon and aluminum. B) Nitrogen and oxygen. C) Hydrogen and helium. D) Silicon and sodium. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nitrogen and oxygen. 29. 6th planet from the Sun; the second-largest planet with the most complex ring system A) Jupiter. B) Neptune. C) Uranus. D) Saturn. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Saturn. 30. The energy-giving nutrient is called A) Carbohydrate. B) Protein. C) Vitamin. D) Mineral. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carbohydrate. 31. The part of the plant cell that makes it's own food A) Nucleus. B) Mitochondria. C) Cell membrane. D) Chloroplast. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chloroplast. 32. One benefit of geothermal energy is that..... A) A plant can be built ANYWHERE. B) It doesn't cost a lot of money to build. C) It harms ecosystems where it's built. D) It can provide power 24 hours a day. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It can provide power 24 hours a day. 33. What is a physical change? A) Change in matter where the chemical composition of each molecule changes. B) Change in matter that involved no chemical reaction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Change in matter that involved no chemical reaction. 34. Choose the correct answer:Data whose value does not depend upon that of another variable. A) Independent variable. B) Dependent variable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Independent variable. 35. ..... organisms feed on both plants and animals. A) Herbivorous. B) Omnivorous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Omnivorous. 36. Number of protons + number of neutrons in nucleus A) Atomic number. B) Mass number. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mass number. 37. It deals with the study of microscopic organisms is called ..... A) Cytology. B) Histology. C) Micro biology. D) All of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Micro biology. 38. What are the components of simple electric circuit? A) Battery, light bulb. B) Battery, light bulb, wire. C) Battery, light bulb wire and switch. D) Battery, light bulb, switch. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Battery, light bulb wire and switch. 39. Who among the following considered as the 'father of artificial intelligence'? A) Lee De Forest. B) John McCarthy. C) Charles Babbage. D) JP Eckert. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) John McCarthy. 40. The Scientific Method is..... A) Ways scientist make problems and ask questions. B) Ways scientist never solve problems. C) Ways scientists answer questions and solve problems. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ways scientists answer questions and solve problems. 41. What does the mitochondria do? A) Makes energy for the cell. B) Tells cells what to do. C) Storage for cell. D) Makes the plant cell strong and tough. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Makes energy for the cell. 42. What is the difference between renewable and nonrenewable resources? A) Renewable resources can be replaced faster than non-renewable. B) Non-renewable resources can be replaced by more resources. C) Renewable resources are renewed into something new. D) Non-renewable resources cannot be used by humans. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Renewable resources can be replaced faster than non-renewable. 43. This data is based on measurable, repeatable information. A) Operational data. B) Historical data. C) Objective data. D) Subjective data. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Objective data. 44. A rock formed by compaction and cementation will produce a A) Metamorphic rock. B) Igneous rock. C) Sedimentary rock. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sedimentary rock. 45. What always plays the main role in a landslide, regardless of the cause? A) Mud. B) Wind. C) Gravity. D) Earthquakes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gravity. 46. Earth's most important heat source is..... A) Heating systems. B) The sun. C) Heating oil. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The sun. 47. Cyanobacteria is an algae. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 48. Who discovered first antibiotic medicine of the world. A) Alexander Fleming. B) Robert Hook. C) Thomas Alva Edition. D) Robert Brown. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alexander Fleming. 49. Which of the following is considered a model for enzyme action? A) Lock and Key model. B) Enzyme interaction model. C) Transformation model. D) Transcription model. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lock and Key model. 50. When working with chemicals in the laboratory which of the of following describes the use of appropriate apparel? A) Always wear gloves and aprons or lab coats. Wear goggles when needed. B) Always wear goggled and aprons or lab coats, Wear gloves when needed. C) Always wear goggles and gloves. Wear aprons or labs coats when needed. D) Always wear aprons or lab coats. wear gloves and goggles when needed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Always wear goggled and aprons or lab coats, Wear gloves when needed. 51. Match the Biome with the correct description:Very sandy and dry, this biome usually only gets 15-20cm of rain a year. Cacti are found here along with rattlesnakes and scorpions. A) Tundra. B) Desert. C) Thrust. D) Grassland. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Desert. 52. The star system was formed form a rotating gas cloud or.....? A) Planetisimal tides. B) Proton. C) Nebula. D) Nuclei. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nebula. 53. Walruses are native to the Artic. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 54. Occurs when we start to see less and less of the moon A) Full moon. B) New moon. C) Waning moon. D) Waxing moon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Waning moon. 55. A wave that has the vibration perpendicular to the direction of the wave is called: A) Transverse. B) Longitudinal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Transverse. 56. Which scientist is best known for the formula E=MC2 A) Thomas Edison. B) Albert Einstein. C) Galileo. D) Issac Newton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Albert Einstein. 57. A hypothesis becomes a scientific law when it is supported by a large body of scientific evidence ..... tested for generations and confirmed often enough that it is unlikely to be disproved by future tests. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 58. What is the value of the prefix centi-? A) 1/100. B) 100. C) 1/1, 000. D) 1, 000. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1/100. 59. A natural or artificial body orbiting a planet or star is a(n) A) Atmosphere. B) Satellite. C) Galaxy. D) Gravity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Satellite. 60. The force that pulls the rocket towards the ground. A) Center of pressure. B) Drag. C) Gravity. D) Lift. 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