Biology
Name three types of fungus?
Mushroom
Yeast
mould
mildew
rusts
Name the only two non-silver-
coloured metals?
Gold and Copper
Who is the most famous physicist?
Albert Einstein
Which planet is the smallest?
Mercury
If you're born on Christmas day what is your star sign?
Capricorn
What percentage of our food comes from pollination due to bees?
75% !!!
What is the name for the fear of chemicals and chemistry?
Clue the answer is quite simple if you think about it.
chemophobia
What causes the sound when you hear lightning?
The heating of the air around the lightning.
Space is completely silent- True
or False
True
What is the full name of the child from HOME ALONE
Kevin Mcallister
What period did dinosaurs become extinct at the end of?
Cretaceous Period
f you expose a glass of water
to space it will
a) Freeze
b) Boil
c) Explode
d) Glow
Boil Water boils in space because it's a vacuum. If you want to try a fun science experiment, you can even make water boil at room temperature by changing the air pressure.
What name is given to the science of
sound?
A____________
Acoustics
How is beach sand formed?
Ocean waves grind rocks into tiny grains over an extremely long time.
What is the best-selling Christmas single of all time?
"White Christmas" by Bing Crosby
A change of the DNA in an organism that results in a new trait is known as?
M______________
Mutation
Robert Bunsen developed which laboratory instrument?
The Bunsen Burner
What does the E equal in E = Mc2
Energy
Earth's continents were once joined as a single massive supercontinent. What do geologists call it?
Pangea
When do the 'Twelve days of Christmas' start?
Christmas Day
25th December until 6th January
There are 11 distinct systems in the human body.
Name 5 for 500 points
skeletal
muscular
nervous
endocrine
cardiovascular
lymphatic
respiratory
digestive
urinary
reproductive
integumentary
How do you put a boiled egg
into a bottle, if the diameter of
the bottle neck is smaller than
the diameter of the egg? You
must not break the egg or the
bottle.
Put a lit piece of paper in the bottle and the place the egg on top. When the paper goes out the egg will get sucked in because as soon as the flame goes out the air cools and creates lower air pressure inside the bottle to outside. Without this gravity is unable to do it alone.
In which branch of physics, do
scientists study the tiniest particles
like atoms and photons? Q_________
Quantum Physics
What is NASA an acronym for?
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
In Elf, what’s the first rule in the Code of The Elves?
Treat every day like Christmas