Great Scientists
Who proposed the law of gravity?
Isaac Newton
Organelle responsible for photosynthesis.
Chloroplast
What element does 'H' represent on the periodic table?
Hydrogen
What are the three states of matter?
Solid, liquid and gas
What planet is the 1st Planet from the sun?
Mercury
Who proposed the theory of relativity?
Albert Einstein
What is the process by which cells divide to form new cells called?
Mitosis
What is the chemical reaction that combines a fuel with oxygen to produce heat?
Combustion
What is the International System unit of distance?
Meter
What is the name of our galaxy?
The Milky Way
Who is known as the father of genetics?
Gregor Mendel
What is known as the powerhouse of the cell?
Mitochondria
What is the pH level of pure water?
7
What is the name of law of motion that states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
Newton's third law of motion
What is the name of the scale used to measure the magnitude of earthquakes?
Richter Scale
Famous female scientists, who discovered polonium and radium.
Marie Curie
What is the process by which cells break down glucose to obtain energy?
Cellular Respiration
What is the term for a substance composed of two or more elements chemically combined in fixed proportions?
Compound
A long distance runner ran a distance of 21km and it took him 3 hours, what is his average speed?
7 km/h
What is the name of the supercontinent that existed around 300 million years ago?
Pangea
Who said 'Eureka' when he discovered how to measure the volume of an object by submerging it in water.
Archimedes
Name of the process by which living organisms produce offspring by combining genetic information from two individuals of the same species.
Sexual Reproduction
What is the chemical formula for table salt?
NaCl (Sodium Chloride)
What is the speed of light in a vacuum?
300 000 km/s
What is the most abundant gas in Earth's atmosphere?
Nitrogen