Space Science
Which planet is the brightest in the sky?
a) Mercury
b) Venus
c) Jupiter
d) Saturn
b) Venus
NaCl is the chemical formula for which common household substance?
a) Hydrogen peroxide
b) Rubbing alcohol
c) Ammonia
d) Table salt
d) Table salt (sodium chloride)
The graph of a linear equation is a
a) straight line
b) circle
c) plane
d) curved line
a) straight line
Which word in the following sentence is the adjective:
The handsome boy danced divinely.
handsome
The Great Pyramids of Giza are located in what country?
a) Serbia
b) Peru
c) Mexico
d) Egypt
d) Egypt
The asteroid belt lies between which 2 planets?
Mars and Jupiter
Which animal is NOT a mammal?
a) Whale
b) Ostrich
c) Platypus
d) Elephant
b) Ostrich
What is 5/8 divided by 2?
5/16
What is the subject of the following sentence:
Yesterday, the weather made headline news.
weather
Which river is the longest river in the world?
a) Nile
b) Amazon
c) Yangtze
d) Mississippi
a) Nile
How long does it take light to travel from the sun to the Earth?
a) 8.3 seconds
b) 18.3 seconds
c) 8.3 minutes
d) 18.3 minutes
c) 8.3 minutes
What is the Ring of Fire?
a) The sun's corona during a solar eclipse
b) Cloud to cloud lightning
c) Brimstone from a dragon
d) Volcanoes around the Pacific rim
d) Volcanoes around the Pacific rim
If a football field is 100 yards, how many feet is that?
300 feet
Identify the adverb in the following sentence:
James coughed loudly to attract her attention.
loudly
The Andes Mountains are located on which continent?
a) Asia
b) South America
c) Africa
d) Antarctica
b) South America
One Astronomical Unit (AU) is approximately the
a) mean distance between earth and sun
b) mean distance between earth and moon
c) mean distance between earth and mars
d) size of the solar system
(Hint: "mean" means "average")
a) mean distance between earth and sun
Which is a Metamorphic rock?
a) Granite
b) Obsidian
c) Marble
d) Limestone
c) Marble
How many months in the calendar year have exactly 30 days?
4
The words "the", "an" and "a" are called what?
a) pronouns
b) conjunctions
c) articles
d) adverbs
c) articles
How many countries are in North America?
Three (Canada, Mexico, U.S.)
Scientists believe that at the center of the Milky Way galaxy is a ___________.
a) star
b) planet
c) black hole
d) supernova
c) black hole
What species can live on both water and land?
a) Amphibians
b) Birds
c) Fish
d) Mammals
a) Amphibians
What number is 104 ?
Ten thousand
Which is NOT a noun?
a) kite
b) Mrs. Jones
c) grocery store
d) volley
d) volley
What is the Capital of China?
Beijing