This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Overview > General Science – Quiz 351 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books General Science Quiz 351 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Soils form in layers, or horizons, and all the layers make up this. A) Soil Profile. B) Soil Composition. C) Soil Texture. D) Soil pH. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Soil Profile. 2. A scientist used a ceramic cup in their fancy cup test and noted that the temperature of the water remained steady for 30 minutes. The water temperature over time is the..... variable A) Independent (manipulated). B) Dependent (responding). C) Qualitative. D) Quantitative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dependent (responding). 3. What is your presentation supposed to be about? A) Anything random. B) A topic we have learned in class. C) Stuff I already know about. D) Important science discoveries. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A topic we have learned in class. 4. What type of simple machine is found on the cap of a pickle jar? A) Lever. B) Inclined plane. C) Pulley. D) Screw. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Screw. 5. Light travels around..... miles per second in a vacuum. A) 91. B) 2, 500. C) 42, 000. D) 186, 000. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 186, 000. 6. People pan for gold by scooping materials from stream beds. they shake the material from in a pan and the gold nuggets can be easily separated from the sand and gravel because of their greater density. materials cooked from the stream bed is an example of a..... A) Solution. B) Acid. C) Element. D) Mixture. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mixture. 7. The explosion that sent the universe flying out is called..... A) The Big Bang. B) The Milky Way. C) The Solar System. D) The Sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Big Bang. 8. Observation is a basic tool to go froth for elaborating a phenomenon A) Hypothesis. B) Observation. C) Theory. D) Non of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Observation. 9. The motion of the earth around the sun is called ..... A) Evolution. B) Revolution. C) Rotation. D) Isolation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Revolution. 10. Trial idea is called hypothesis A) Hypothesis. B) Theory. C) Hypothetical. D) Theoretical. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hypothesis. 11. The location where the earthquakes begins. The ground ruptures at this spot, then seismic waves radiate outward in all directions. A) Epicenter. B) Focus. C) Eye. D) Seismic waves. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Focus. 12. Choose the correct words to complete the statement:..... is a daily or weekly status of the atmosphere while..... is the long term overall physical condition of a region. A) Weather, climate. B) Climate, weather. C) Weather, weather. D) Climate, climate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weather, climate. 13. Which term refers to the increased build-up of fat in the liver? A) Steatosis. B) Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. C) Cerebral palsy. D) Ataxia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Steatosis. 14. Measure of how hard it is to stop a moving object A) Momentum. B) Mass. C) Unbalanced forces. D) Centripetal force. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Momentum. 15. What are the packet and the pucky? A) Barit patilt. B) Black system. C) Ich-system. D) People. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Black system. 16. Over 70 % of the Earth's surface is water. About how much of that water is freshwater (not saltwater)? A) 1%. B) 3%. C) 15%. D) 30%. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3%. 17. Which of the following sub-particles in an atom is located on the outside? A) Electrons. B) Protons. C) Neutrons. D) Quarks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Electrons. 18. The three states of matter are: A) Solid, ice, liquid. B) Solid, air, liquid. C) Gas, solid, water. D) Liquid, gas, solid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Liquid, gas, solid. 19. Where do volcanoes come from? A) Places where plates move apart. B) Places where plates are moving together. C) Hot Spots. D) All of these options. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these options. 20. Which of the following is an example of mechanical weathering? A) Acidic groundwater dissolving limestone. B) Frost wedging. C) Paper being burned. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Frost wedging. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesScience QuizzesGeneral Science Quiz 1General Science Quiz 2General Science Quiz 3General Science Quiz 4General Science Quiz 5General Science Quiz 6General Science Quiz 7General Science Quiz 8General Science Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books