General Science Quiz 39 (20 MCQs)

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1. A scientist noted that there were golden gophers in a field. This is..... data.

Correct Answer: C) Qualitative.

2. A student pours liquid into a graduated cylinder. What is the student trying to measure?

Correct Answer: C) Volume.

3. What is the basic unit of life in biological systems?

Correct Answer: B) Cell.

4. Which material is transparent?

Correct Answer: D) Clear plastic wrap.

5. The longest bone in your body is.....

Correct Answer: A) Femur.

6. What is the process of taking food into the body called?

Correct Answer: C) Ingestion.

7. During which season is the northern hemisphere tilted away from the sun?

Correct Answer: C) Winter.

8. The transfer of heat through a solid is accomplished by radiation.

Correct Answer: B) False.

9. What is a careful study of something to answer a question about it?

Correct Answer: C) Investigation.

10. The following is an example of changes in energy from electricity to heat that occurs in household equipment, namely .....

Correct Answer: D) Ironing, Electric Stove, Rice Coeming (Magic Jar/Com).

11. Plants absorb.....from the atmosphere and release.....to the atmosphere.

Correct Answer: D) Carbon dioxideoxygen.

12. Which of the following PH values represents a sugar solution?

Correct Answer: B) 7.0.

13. Why are multicellular algae not considered plants?

Correct Answer: A) They do not have true leaves, stems, or roots.

14. How do plankton move in water?

Correct Answer: A) Float.

15. Which of the following metric masses are NOT equal:

Correct Answer: B) X) 100 milligrams = 1 centigram.

16. True or False?In 1905, Percival Lowell predicted where Pluto would be found.

Correct Answer: A) True.

17. Which of the following are located in the nucleus and have a positive charge?

Correct Answer: B) Proton.

18. The greater the mass of an object

Correct Answer: B) The greater its inertia.

19. Acids obtained from living things like plants and animals are called as.....

Correct Answer: D) Organic acids.

20. The existence of "supermassive black hole" was proposed by

Correct Answer: C) Stephen Hawking.