General Science Quiz 283 (20 MCQs)

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1. Ecological succession is the change in a community over time. Which statement below is true?

Correct Answer: B) The community will develop from simple organisms to more complex organisms.

2. Velocity need both a magnitude and a.....

Correct Answer: C) Direction.

3. What weather phenomenon causes more deaths in the U.S. annually than any other except lightning?

Correct Answer: A) Tornadoes.

4. When water is heated and CHANGES INTO A GAS it.....

Correct Answer: A) Boils.

5. This is the passageway that sends signals to olfactory bulb.

Correct Answer: B) Olfactory nerve.

6. It is when algae bloom (algal bloom), oxygen concentration is reduced in a water system

Correct Answer: A) Eutrophication.

7. Temporary magnet created when there is a current in a wire coil

Correct Answer: B) Electromagnet.

8. The distance and direction from a starting point to an ending point

Correct Answer: B) Displacement.

9. What is the function of the Golgi apparatus in a cell?

Correct Answer: D) The Golgi apparatus is responsible for modifying, sorting, and packaging proteins and lipids for transport. NGSS.MS-LS1-2.

10. Which of the following are amphoteric metals

Correct Answer: A) Aluminium.

11. What are the smallest particles of matter?

Correct Answer: A) Atoms.

12. What is an example of an input device?

Correct Answer: A) Keyboard.

13. What is the dry ice out of the following?

Correct Answer: B) Solid Carbon dioxide.

14. Units which may be expressed in terms of base units by means of mathematical symbols of multiplication and division.

Correct Answer: A) Derived unit.

15. Electricity produced by falling water is called

Correct Answer: B) Hydroelectricity.

16. Which planet is the hottest in the solar system?

Correct Answer: D) Venus.

17. All of the following are states of water EXCEPT:

Correct Answer: B) Sand.

18. Motion of the earth around the sun is called

Correct Answer: A) Revolution.

19. In scientific research, what is the term for a repeatable procedure that is used to test a hypothesis?

Correct Answer: A) Experiment.

20. The speed of light = 186, 000 miles a second. Calculate the distance which light would travel in just 100 seconds.

Correct Answer: D) 18, 600, 000 miles.