General Science Quiz 165 (20 MCQs)

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1. Particles are more tightly packed in a

Correct Answer: A) Solid.

2. The tool used to measure volume is a graduated cylinder

Correct Answer: A) True.

3. The system of muscles that allows the lungs to expand and contract, drawing air in and out is the

Correct Answer: A) Diaphragm.

4. What is the process called in which a solid changes directly into a gas?

Correct Answer: B) Sublimation.

5. Mercury and bromine are two elements which exist as ..... at room temperature

Correct Answer: B) Liquid.

6. What gas do plants absorb from the atmosphere for photosynthesis?

Correct Answer: C) Carbon dioxide.

7. Magnets create gravitational fields around themselves.

Correct Answer: B) False.

8. Choose the correct answer. What is the fibrin function?

Correct Answer: A) Prevent bleeding.

9. What best describes the mass and weight of a person as they move around the universe?

Correct Answer: D) Mass stays constant, weight changes.

10. What U.S. President was recognized as a world authority on American game animals?

Correct Answer: A) Theodore Roosevelt.

11. Which is the fastest land snake?

Correct Answer: A) Black Mamba.

12. A baseball held by a pitcher has.....energy.

Correct Answer: C) Potential.

13. On a graph, where does the independent variable go?

Correct Answer: A) X-axis.

14. What is an example of a mixture?

Correct Answer: C) Soil.

15. How many colours are there in white light?

Correct Answer: C) 7.

16. Which community relationship is best represented in the following?An oxpecker bird eats ticks from a rhino's skin.

Correct Answer: A) Mutualism.

17. What are the stages to the water cycle?

Correct Answer: B) Evaporation, condensation, precipitation and collection.

18. Which planet is closest to our Sun?

Correct Answer: B) Mercury.

19. Neutrons

Correct Answer: C) No charge, nucleus.

20. Water is called the universal

Correct Answer: A) Solvent.