Chemistry
Physics
Biology
Earth & Space
Science or Nonsense?
100

What is the chemical formula for water?

H2O

100

What force pulls objects towards Earth?

Gravity

100

What organ pumps blood around your body?

Heart

100

What is Earth's natural satellite?

The moon

100

Humans only use 10% of their brains.

Nonsense! You use almost all of your brain every day.

200

Is vinegar an acid or a base?

Acid

200

What is the unit of force?

Newtons

200

What organelle is known as the "powerhouse of the cell"?

Mitochondria

200

Which planet is known as the Red Planet?

Mars

200

A day on Jupiter is longer than a year on Jupiter.

Nonsense! This is true for Venus though.

300

What pH is neutral?

7

300

What travels faster: sound or light?

Light

300

What process do plants use to make glucose using light?

Photosynthesis

300

What is the name of our galaxy?

The Milky Way

300

Bananas are slightly radioactive.

Science! Bananas contain a little potassium-40, which is radioactive.

400

What gas is produced when an acid reacts with a carbonate?

Carbon dioxide

400

What force opposes motion between two surfaces?

Friction

400

What is the name of the process where cells divide to produce two identical cells?

Mitosis

400

What is the closest star to Earth that is not the Sun?

Proxima Centauri

400

Sharks are mammals.

Nonsense! They are fish.

500

What is the name of the change from a solid directly into a gas?

Sublimation

500

What type of energy is stored in a compressed spring?

Elastic potential energy.

500

What part of the blood carries oxygen around the body?

Red blood cells

500

What type of rock forms when magma or lava cools?

Igneous

500

Lightning is hotter than the surface of the Sun.

Science! About 5 times hotter.

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