General Science Quiz 139 (20 MCQs)

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1. Weather is a state of the atmosphere at a particular time and place

Correct Answer: A) True.

2. The examples DNA and RNA belong to which macromolecule?

Correct Answer: D) Nucleic Acid.

3. A testable, possible explanation for a scientific question is called a(n).....

Correct Answer: D) Hypothesis.

4. In the Southern Hemisphere, the vernal equinox occurs in which month?

Correct Answer: C) September.

5. What kinds of food can you get protein from in your diet?

Correct Answer: D) All of the above.

6. How many chambers does the heart of a snake have?

Correct Answer: C) 3.

7. What is the SI standard for speed?

Correct Answer: B) Meter/Seaken.

8. When an object is acted upon by one or more outside forces, the total force is equal to the? of the object times the resulting acceleration.

Correct Answer: B) Mass.

9. To calculate how much work was done, you should

Correct Answer: A) Multiply force by distance.

10. When do equinoxes occure on earth

Correct Answer: A) 21 march.

11. The planet Earth is located in what galaxy?

Correct Answer: A) Milky Way.

12. Experiments in which information about the test is kept from the participants to reduce bias.

Correct Answer: A) Blind experiments.

13. What is the energy that is stored in an object due to its position or condition?

Correct Answer: C) Potential energy.

14. What unit of power is abbreviated by the letter W?

Correct Answer: C) Watt.

15. Occurs during full moon, when the Moon enters Earth's umbra and Earth casts a curved shadow on the Moon's surface

Correct Answer: B) Lunar eclipse.

16. An individual living thing that can react to stimuli, reproduce, grow, maintain homeostasis

Correct Answer: D) Organism.

17. What do we call the energy of motion?

Correct Answer: B) Kinetic.

18. Shredding paper into smaller pieces is an example of a:

Correct Answer: B) Physical change.

19. It takes more than one counter example to destroy a scientific law!

Correct Answer: B) False.

20. Why did Aristotle's geocentric theory fail to match the expected predictions?

Correct Answer: C) A few celestial objects appear to have retrograde motion.