Biology
What is it called when plants convert sunlight into energy?
Photosynthesis.
What is the largest ocean on Earth?
The Pacific Ocean.
What’s the largest planet in our solar system?
Jupiter.
What is the smallest unit of matter called?
An atom.
What is the unit for measuring electric power?
Watts.
Is a tomato a fruit or a vegetable?
A fruit. Fruits contain seeds and grow from the flowering part of a plant. A vegetable is an edible part of a plant.
What is the largest desert on Earth?
Antarctica. Because it receives less than 6 inches of rain per year, Antarctica counts as a desert. The Sahara Desert is the second largest.
Which planets in our solar system are gaseous planets?
Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus.
Which is denser, oil or water?
Oil
What is the fastest known speed in the universe?
The speed of light. The speed of light travels at 299,792,458 meters per second.
What is the largest mammal on earth?
The blue whale.
The mass of the Earth is mostly made up of these two elements.
Oxygen (30%) and Iron (32%).
Which planet in our solar system has the most moons?
Saturn. It has 146 moons.
What is the only metal that is a liquid at room temperature?
Mercury (melting point of negative 39.9 degrees Celsius).
What color do you get if you mix all colors of light?
White. White objects appear white to our eyes because they reflect back all the visible wavelengths of light that shine on them.
What two mammals lay eggs?
The platypus and the echidna
What is the world’s largest tree by volume?
The Giant Sequoia.
How long does a day on Mercury last?
59 Earth days.
What is the range a solution has to be on the pH scale for it to be an acid?
Solutions with a pH between 0-7 are acids. Solutions with a pH between 7-14 are bases.
How many volts of electricity can an electric eel produce?
About 800 volts.
What is it called when a lizard regrows its tail?
Epimorphic regeneration.
Which country has the most active volcanoes?
Indonesia.
Why is there water on Earth?
It arrived in comments and asteroids billions of years ago during a period called the Late Heavy Bombardment.
What is the process called when a gas turns into a solid without first becoming a liquid?
Deposition.
Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in physics?
Marie Curie.