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Science Riddles
100
The 5th planet from the Sun in our solar system named after the king of the Roman pantheon of gods, the equivalent of Zeus.
What is Jupiter?
100
The powerhouse of the cell!
What is mitochondria?
100
The element with only 3 protons, famously also used as a mood stabiliser, and as the title to one of Nirvana's biggest hits
What is Lithium?
100
The largest continent on Earth, comprising 30% of the available landmass
What is Asia?
100
The first animal in space (named Laika) was this species
What is a dog?
100
Never thirsty, always drinking
Clad in mail, never clinking
What is a fish?
200
The scientist responsible for developing a theory of relativity
Who is Albert Einstein?
200
The number of bones in the adult human body
What is 206?
200
The red particles are named this
What is a neutron?
200
Excessive use of CFC's (chloroflourocarbons) caused this. It has begun repairing since we banned them.
What is the whole in the ozone layer?
200
Famously rode a Beagle while revolutionising our understanding of evolution
Who is Charles Darwin?
200
When combined, these 2 elements heal
What is Helium and Aluminium? (He + Al)
300
The above circuit is wired in this way.
What is Series?
300
The name given to an embryo after a further 8 weeks of development
What is a fetus?
300
Made from the addition of Sodium (spontaneously combusts and will kill you) with chlorine (deadly gas which will also kill you)
What is salt?
300
The largest desert on the planet, covering more than 14 million km2 and receiving less than 50mm of precipitation per year.
What is Antarctica?
300
The saviour of science, born on December 25 (1642). In later life they ran the English mint where they worked on fraud prevention while also being President of the Royal society in London, one of the most prestigious scientific institutes in the world with the most incredible guest book containing every Nobel winning scientist ever.
Who is Sir Isaac Newton?
300
I can fill a room, but take up no space.
What is light?
400
The age of the universe to the nearest 0.1 billion years
What is 13.7 billion years?
400
The names for the 3 bones in the human arm
What are the humerus, the radius and the ulna?
400
The element discovered most recently in 2010 and named after the state in the US in which researchers worked.
What is Tennesine?
400
The highest layer of the atmosphere sitting 500km above sea level and on top of the thermosphere
What is the exosphere?
400
The first person to observe a moon that is not our own. Making their own telescope in 1610, they observed and named 4 of Jupiter's moons, Io, Ganymede, Callisto and Europa
Who is Galileo Galilei?
400
I am not alive, but I grow.
I do not have lungs, yet I need air.
I am not a predator, yet I kill.
What is Fire?
500
The oldest fundamental force in existence. Scientists are still working towards unifying it with existing quantum mechanics.
What is gravity?
500
The gland responsible for producing growth hormones
What is the pituitary gland?
500
The element named after a Norse god and capable of making a very average hammer
What is Thorium?
500
Rocks of this type have bimodal grain sizes and include Phyllite
What is metamorphic?
500
The only person who has won a Nobel prize in more than one science and who celebrated their birthday last week on 7/11
Who is Marie Curie?
500
Always in front of you, but impossible to see.
What is the future?