General Science Quiz 245 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which word is a synonym for 'happy'?

Correct Answer: C) Joyful.

2. Who is the father of modern Chemistry?

Correct Answer: A) Lavoisier.

3. Objects made by people such as:tools, weapons, containers

Correct Answer: A) Artifacts.

4. WHICH TYPE OF FIRE EXTINGUISHER IS USED FOR PETROLEUM FIRE?

Correct Answer: A) POWDER TYPE.

5. Are spiders insects?

Correct Answer: B) False.

6. When you measure the volume of sound what are you measuring

Correct Answer: B) How loud or soft the sound is.

7. Elephant, as Keystone Species

Correct Answer: C) Tramples trees to allow sunlight to get to lower plants, feeds soil with manure.

8. What type of precipitation will fall if the temperature is 0 degrees celsius, but the precipitation freezes along the way to Earth's surface?

Correct Answer: C) Sleet.

9. Who discovered gravitational force?

Correct Answer: C) Isaac Newton.

10. The property of a substance bu which it dissolves in water is

Correct Answer: D) Solubility.

11. Transpiration is a process in plants that is responsible for-

Correct Answer: C) Losing water.

12. How many atoms are in one molecule of CO2?

Correct Answer: A) 3.

13. Fossil fuels contain:

Correct Answer: C) Chemical energy.

14. As a pendulum's string gets longer, what happens to the period?

Correct Answer: C) Increases.

15. Rock on a beach is constantly beaten with sand from the wind-chips break off and gets smaller

Correct Answer: B) Physical weathering.

16. DETERGENTS USED FOR CLEANING CLOTHES AND UTENSILS CONTAIN?

Correct Answer: C) SULPHONATES.

17. A light year is a measure of.....

Correct Answer: C) Distance.

18. Plants need water for it to be alive. Asides from water, what else do the roots take from the soil?

Correct Answer: D) Nutrients.

19. Storm clouds are typically:

Correct Answer: B) Cumulonimbus.

20. Elements in the periodic table are arranged in order by their.....

Correct Answer: A) Atomic Number.