Astronomy
What causes the moon to shine?
Reflection from the sunlight
What is the largest known land animal?
Elephant
Water is made up of what two elements?
Hydrogen and oxygen
What is a unit that measures force?
Newton
What do you call molten rock before it has erupted?
Magma
Where on the human body are the most sweat glands?
a. bottom of the feet
b. the arm pits
c. the forehead
d. the back
a. bottom of the feet
Ganymede is a moon of which planet?
Jupiter
How many bones do sharks have?
Zero
What gas makes soda drinks bubbly?
Carbon dioxide
What planet in our solar system has the most gravity?
Jupiter
The study of the weather is called what?
Meteorology
How long does it take light to travel from the Sun to the Earth?
a. 8 seconds
b. 8 minutes
c. 8 hours
d. 8 days
b. 8 minutes
What is the name of NASA's famous space telescope?
Hubble Space telescope
Dolly was the first-ever living creature to be cloned. What type of animal was she?
Sheep
What is the symbol of the element silver?
Ag
What is the sun mostly made up of?
Hydrogen
Where is the world’s most active volcano located?
Hawaii
True or False:
A handshake transfers more germs than a kiss.
True
What was the first planet discovered with the aid of a telescope?
Uranus
What is the tallest type of grass?
Bamboo
What element is a diamond composed of?
Carbon
Optics is the study of what?
Light
About how old is Earth?
4.5 billion years
If you stacked together all the Lego blocks ever made, it would reach from the Earth to the Moon how many times?
a. 5
b. 10
c. 15
d. 20
b. 10
Olympus Mons is a large volcanic mountain on which planet?
Mars
What is the largest internal organ of the human body?
Liver
What metal is the best conductor of electricity?
Silver
What does ‘E’ represent in E=MC2?
Energy
What instrument do you use to measure wind speed?
Anemometer
Which insect can jump 130 times their height?
Fleas