History of Science
What does D.N.A stand for?
Deoxyribonucleic acid
The concept of gravity was discovered by which famous physicist?
Sir Issac Newton
How many bones are in the human body?
Roughly how long does it take for the sun's light to reach Earth?
8 minutes, 8 hours or 8 days
8 minutes
What modern day country was Marie Curie born in?
Poland
What famous British physicist wrote A Brief History of Time?
Stephen Hawking
At what temperature are Celsius and Fahrenheit equal?
-40
What is the biggest planet in our solar system?
Which oath of ethics taken by doctors is named after an ancient Greek physician?
Hippocratic Oath
What name is given for the number of protons found in the nucleus of an atom
Atomic Number
How many veterbrae does the average human possess?
33
What was the name of the first man-made satellite launched by the Soviet Union in 1957?
Sputnik 1
Whose theory placed the sun at the centre of the solar system?
Copernicus
What is a material that will not carry an electrical charge called?
Insulator
How many teeth does an adult human have?
32
Which Apollo moon mission was the first to carry a lunar rover?
Apollo 15
Who proposed the theory of relativity?
Albert Einstein
What causes tides?
Gravitational pull of the moon and sun
What is the study of mushrooms called?
Mycology
Why do you often see lightning before you hear the thunder?
Light travels faster than sound.