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Science explores and explains the natural world through observation, experiments, and analysis, helping us understand how things function and interact.
1
What does DNA stand for?
Deoxyribonucleic Acid
Digital Nerve Analysis
Dinosaur Neurological Activity
Dynamic Nucleotide Arrangement
53% got this right
We share 50% of our DNA with bananas
2
How many bones are in the human body?
206
204
280
364
67% got this right
Most of the bones in the human body are made up about 3/4 of water.
3
The concept of gravity was discovered by which famous physicist?
Sir Isaac Newton
Albert Einstein
Leonardo da Vinci
Nikola Tesla
67% got this right
Newton was born prematurely and was so small that people did not expect him to live.
4
What is the hardest natural substance on Earth?
Diamond
Glass
Plastic
Wood
89% got this right
Diamond are the only gems made up of one element, pure carbon
5
Which is the main gas that makes up the Earth's atmosphere?
Nitrogen
Carbon Dioxide
Hydrogen
Oxygen
37% got this right
It is the 7th most abundant element in the universe and the 4th most abundant in the human body by mass.
6
Humas and Chimpanzees share roughly how much DNA?
98 percent
2 percent
54 percent
65 percent
33% got this right
Chimpanzees have the same bones and muscles as humans with differences only in form.
7
Roughly how long does it take for the sun's light to reach Earth?
8 minutes
1 hour
2 minutes
8 seconds
42% got this right
The average distance from the Earth to the Sun is 149.6 million kilometers.
8
What is the most abundant gas in the Earth's atmosphere?
Nitrogen
Argon
Carbon Dioxide
Oxygen
46% got this right
It was named nitrogen by a French chemist Jean-Antoine-Claude chaptal in 1790
9
Which famous British physicist wrote a "A Brief History of Time"?
Stephen Hawking
Brian Cox
Isaac Newton
Richard Feynman
58% got this right
Stephen Hawking struggled at school and his teachers thought he was lazy.
10
At what temperature are Celsius and Fahrenheit equal?
-40
+29
+34
-44
33% got this right
The Fahrenheit scale is used in the US. On this scale, 32° is the freezing point of water, 212° the boiling point.
11
What modern-day country was Marie Curie born in?
Poland
Colombia
Spain
USA
46% got this right
She named the first chemical element she discovered 'polanium' after her home country Poland.
12
What is the biggest planet in our solar system?
Jupiter
Mars
Saturn
Venus
74% got this right
Jupiter has the shortest day of all the planets, rotating once every 10 hours.
13
How many vertebrae does the average human possess?
33
12
28
61
29% got this right
Humans and Giraffes have the same number of cervical vertebrae in their necks, 7
14
What name is given for the number of protons found in the nucleus of an atom?
Atomic Number
Electron Number
Mass Number
Nucleon Number
56% got this right
Each element has a unique atomic number.
15
What was the name of the first man-made satellite launched by the Soviet Union in 1957?
Sputnik 1
Apollo 11
Explorer 1
Vostok 1
40% got this right
It was the size of a basketball, weighing 184 lbs(83 kg) and 23 inches(58 cm) wide, with two pairs of trailing antennae.
16
Which oath of ethics taken by doctors is named after an Ancient Greek physician?
Hippocratic Oath
Aristotle's Oath
Galenic Oath
Socrates' Oath
31% got this right
The Hippocratic Oath was composed over 2,000 years ago, around the years 3-5 BC.
17
What is a material that will not carry an electrical charge called?
Insulator
Capacitor
Conductor
Semiconductor
62% got this right
Insulators are bad conductors of heat and have high resistance to the passage of electric current.
18
Which Apollo moon mission was the first to carry a lunar rover?
Apollo 15
Apollo 11
Apollo 13
Apollo 14
5% got this right
Apollo 15 was the ninth crewed mission in the United States' Apollo programs and the fourth to land on the moon.
19
How many teeth does an adult human have?
32
10
14
17
89% got this right
Human teeth are as unique as fingerprints.
20
What is the study of mushrooms called?
Mycology
Entomology
Ornithology
Phycology
56% got this right
Mycology is a branch of biology dedicated to studying fungi in all their fascinating forms.