SCIENCE QUIZ NO. 9
Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2008 11:39 am1 What five-letter word is the name given to a positive electrode?
ANODE
2 By what name is sodium chloride more commonly known?
SALT
3 Enceladus is the smallest satellite of which planet?
SATURN
4 Who was the second man to set foot on the moon?
BUZZ ALDRIN
5 What is the middle colour of a rainbow?
GREEN
6 Which bitter fluid is secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder?
BILE
7 Brass is an alloy of copper and which other metal?
ZINC
8 In what year did Dolly the sheep become the first cloned mammal?
1997
9 How many planets in the solar system are larger than Earth?
4
10 What does a toxicologist study?
POISONS
11 Cyanide gives off an aroma similar to which nuts?
ALMONDS
12 What G word is a boys name and also a unit of magnetic force?
GILBERT
13 In computer terminology the word bit is a shortened version of which two words?
BINARY DIGIT
14 W is the chemical symbol for which element?
TUNGSTEN
15 Who invented the light bulb?
THOMAS EDISON
16 In World War II who invented the bouncing bomb?
BARNES WALLIS
17 What is the name of the flap of cartilage that prevents food from entering the windpipe?
EPIGLOTTIS
18 What is the lightest element?
HYDROGEN
19 Which planet was named after the Roman god of the sea?
NEPTUNE
20 In rocket science LOX is an abbreviation for what?
LIQUID OXYGEN
21 What is the medical name for the skull?
CRANIUM
22 Which hormone controls a male’s masculine appearance?
TESTOSTERONE
23 Which organ of the body produces insulin?
PANCREAS
24 What is the process called by which plants use light to convert water and carbon dioxide into sugar?
PHOTOSYNTHESIS
25 What S is studied by a pedologist?
SOIL
26 What animal does a hippophobic person fear?
HORSE
27 Which part of the body is affected by the disease glossitis?
TOUNGE
28 Who in 1961, became the first American astronaut in space?
ALAN SHEPARD
29 Name any year in which the scientist Isaac Newton was alive.
1642 TO 1727
30 By what five-letter name is calcium carbonate better known?
CHALK
ANODE
2 By what name is sodium chloride more commonly known?
SALT
3 Enceladus is the smallest satellite of which planet?
SATURN
4 Who was the second man to set foot on the moon?
BUZZ ALDRIN
5 What is the middle colour of a rainbow?
GREEN
6 Which bitter fluid is secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder?
BILE
7 Brass is an alloy of copper and which other metal?
ZINC
8 In what year did Dolly the sheep become the first cloned mammal?
1997
9 How many planets in the solar system are larger than Earth?
4
10 What does a toxicologist study?
POISONS
11 Cyanide gives off an aroma similar to which nuts?
ALMONDS
12 What G word is a boys name and also a unit of magnetic force?
GILBERT
13 In computer terminology the word bit is a shortened version of which two words?
BINARY DIGIT
14 W is the chemical symbol for which element?
TUNGSTEN
15 Who invented the light bulb?
THOMAS EDISON
16 In World War II who invented the bouncing bomb?
BARNES WALLIS
17 What is the name of the flap of cartilage that prevents food from entering the windpipe?
EPIGLOTTIS
18 What is the lightest element?
HYDROGEN
19 Which planet was named after the Roman god of the sea?
NEPTUNE
20 In rocket science LOX is an abbreviation for what?
LIQUID OXYGEN
21 What is the medical name for the skull?
CRANIUM
22 Which hormone controls a male’s masculine appearance?
TESTOSTERONE
23 Which organ of the body produces insulin?
PANCREAS
24 What is the process called by which plants use light to convert water and carbon dioxide into sugar?
PHOTOSYNTHESIS
25 What S is studied by a pedologist?
SOIL
26 What animal does a hippophobic person fear?
HORSE
27 Which part of the body is affected by the disease glossitis?
TOUNGE
28 Who in 1961, became the first American astronaut in space?
ALAN SHEPARD
29 Name any year in which the scientist Isaac Newton was alive.
1642 TO 1727
30 By what five-letter name is calcium carbonate better known?
CHALK
