SCIENCE QUIZ BEE

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MULTIPLE CHOICE

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1. Humans can produce energy by:
a) anaerobic respiration
b) aerobic respiration
c) neither anaerobic nor aerobic respiration
d) both anaerobic and aerobic respiration
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ANSWER: d) both anaerobic and aerobic respiration

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2. Spiders are members of what class?
a) Diplopoda
b)Insecta
c) Chilopoda
d)Arachnida
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ANSWER: d) Arachnida

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3. The solidified lava of a volcano belongs to which rock family? Is it:
a) igneous
b) metamorphic
c) sedimentary
d) fossilized
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ANSWER: a) igneous

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4. Pangaea is the name of a former continent that included:
a) all the continents
b) only Europe and Asia
c) only South America and Africa
d) only North and South America
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ANSWER: a) all the continents

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5. Which of the following processes doesn't account for an increase in atmospheric CO2 (carbon dioxide) levels?
a) deforestation
b) photosynthetic processes
c) plant respiration
d) fossil fuel combustion
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ANSWER: b) photosynthetic processes
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6. The most abundant element in the universe is thought to be:
a) carbon
b) oxygen
c) hydrogen
d) nitrogen
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ANSWER: c) hydrogen

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7. Which of the following scientists was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1911 for the discovery of the radioactive
elements, radium and polonium?
a) John Dalton
b) Dmitri Mendeleev
c) Emil Fischer
d) Marie Curie
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ANSWER: d) Marie Curie

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8. What process produces most of the energy that is radiated by the Sun?
a) gravitational contraction
b) chemical combustion
c) nuclear fusion
d) nuclear fission
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ANSWER: c) nuclear fusion

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9. As you go up a mountain top, your weight:
a) increases slightly
b) decreases slightly
c) remains exactly the same.
d) none of the above
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ANSWER: b) decreases slightly

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10. Which of the following organs do the pulmonary arteries service?
a) heart
b) lungs
c) lower trunk and legs.
d) all of the above
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ANSWER: b) lungs
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MULTIPLE CHOICE/IDENTIFICATION

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1. What is the term given to a solid that has the ability of a solid to be hammered into a thin sheet?
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ANSWER: MALLEABILITY

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2. The word atom is from a Greek word meaning:
a) small
b) indivisible
c) unseen
d) visible
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ANSWER: b) indivisible

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3. Susan pushes against a 100 kilogram rock with a force of 5 Newtons, but the rock doesn't move. The force the rock
exerts on Susan is
a) 0 Newtons
b) 5 Newtons
c) 20 Newtons
d) 100 Newtons

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ANSWER: b) 5 Newtons

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4. Global climate change is being attributed to the atmospheric increase in what two gases produced by human
activities?
a) oxygen and hydrogen
b) ozone and methane
c) nitrous oxide and sulfur dioxide
d) methane and carbon dioxide
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ANSWER: d) methane and carbon dioxide

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5. Name the English physicist who discovered electromagnetic induction?
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ANSWER: (MICHAEL) FARADAY

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6. Term refers to the study of tissues.
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ANSWER: HISTOLOGY

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7. The clavicles are the bones commonly referred to as:
a) the shoulder blades
b) the shin bones
c) the collar bones
d) none of the above
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ANSWER: c) the collar bones
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8. The ozone layer is located in which region of the atmosphere?
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ANSWER: STRATOSPHERE

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9. The first reflecting telescope was built by:
a) Galileo
b) Copernicus
c) Tycho Brahe
d) Isaac Newton
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ANSWER: d) Isaac Newton

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10. In the fission of Uranium-235, what is the average number of neutrons produced in the fission reaction?
a) 1.5
b) 2.5
c) 3.5
d) 4.5

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ANSWER: b) 2.5

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IDENTIFICATION

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1. Assume that a ray of light passes from glass into air at an angle of incidence greater than zero degrees. Will the ray
of light be bent toward or away from the normal as it passes into the air?
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ANSWER: AWAY FROM

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2. Name the person who developed a table of elements which revealed regularities in elemental properties?
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ANSWER: DMITRI MENDELEEV

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3. What is the name of the phenomenon that causes an accumulation of heat in the lower atmosphere because of
the absorption of longwave radiation from the Earth's surface?
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ANSWER: GREENHOUSE EFFECT

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4. Who is considered the father of Taxonomy?
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ANSWER: (CAROLUS) LINNAEUS

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5. What is the mass of a 60-kilogram astronaut in space, far from any planets?
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ANSWER: 60 KILOGRAMS
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6. Who named the two kinds of electrical charges "positive" and "negative"?
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ANSWER: BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

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7. What is the molten rock that remains underground called?
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ANSWER: MAGMA

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8. Which stone, usually green, was used for Chinese, Aztec and Mayacarvings?
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ANSWER: JADE
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9. What is a partial or total loss of memory of a temporary or permanent nature known as?
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ANSWER: AMNESIA

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10. Which organelle is referred to as "the Power House of the cell"?
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ANSWER: MITOCHONDRIA
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For convenience, living things are placed into various groups. The taxonomic breakdown of living things consists of
the following categories:

Family, Class, Genus, Phylum, Order, Kingdom and Species

Give the order of these terms from least specific to most specific.

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ANSWER:
KINGDOM, PHYLUM, CLASS, ORDER,
FAMILY, GENUS, SPECIES

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What is the last phase of mitosis?

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ANSWER: TELOPHASE

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What is the scientific name for the voice box in a human?

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ANSWER: LARYNX

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Which of the following does NOT travel in a vacuum?

a) radio waves
b) gamma rays
c) magnetic waves
d) sound waves
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ANSWER: d) sound waves

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What gas makes up the majority of our atmosphere?

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ANSWER: NITROGEN