General Knowledge
Which branch of science studies the forces?
Physics
What do you call an animal that only eats plants?
What is the name of the planet we live on?
Earth
How many teeth would a healthy adult have if they had 4 wisdom teeth?
A healthy adult typically has 32 teeth, 16 in the upper jaw and 16 in the lower jaw, which include 4 wisdom teeth (third molars).
Which scientist made major discoveries about the function of the heart, including that it has four chambers?
Leonardo da Vinci
What is the process by which plants make their own food using sunlight?
Photosynthesis
What is the fastest land animal in the world?
Cheetah
Put the following planets in order from closest to the sun:
Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Earth, Mercury
How many colours can humans see in a rainbow?
Seven: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet (ROYGBIV)
Who is credited with coming up with the theory of evolution?
Charles Darwin
What is the name of the force that pulls objects towards the Earth?
Gravity
Which group of animals includes frogs, toads, and salamanders?
Amphibians
What tool is used to detect distant galaxies?
James Webb Space Telescope
Which animal did Australia go to “war” with in 1932?
The Emu
Which scientist developed Newton's laws of Motion?
Isaac Newton
Which part of the cell is responsible for producing energy for the cell’s activities?
Mitochondria
What are the only two kinds of mammals that lay eggs?
Platypus and Echidna (You need both)
What are storms produced by the sun called?
Solar Storms
What is the largest organ in the human body?
Skin
Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, and the only person to win Nobel Prizes in two different scientific fields (physics and chemistry)?
Marie Curie
What kind of scientists studies and treats genetic conditions?
Geneticist
What is a female elephant called?
Cow
Which four planets in our solar system would it be possible to walk on?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars (You need all of them)
What does the gallbladder secrete?
Bile
Which female chemist made crucial contributions to our understanding of DNA double-helix structure? (and also did not receive full credit for her contributions)
Rosalind Franklin