SCIENCE FOR KIDS QUIZZ

1. The scientific study of plant life is known as what?

2. The process of plants using energy from sunlight to turn carbon dioxide into food is known as what?

3. True or false? In the right conditions bamboo can grow over 60cm (24in) in just one day.

4. The movement of pollen from the anthers to the stigma of a flower is known as what?

5. Amber is made from fossilized tree _____?

6. True or false? Humans were on Earth before plants.

7. What grain has the highest level of worldwide production? (Hint: Rice is second)

8. A trailing or climbing plant is also known as a _____?

9. True or false? Pitcher plants are carnivorous.

10. The Japanese word “sakura” means the blossoming of what kind of tree?

Plant Quiz Answers

1. Botany 2. Photosynthesis

3. True 4. Pollination

5. Resin 6. False

7. Maize (corn) 8. Vine

9. True 10. Cherry tree

1. Which famous scientist introduced the idea of natural selection?

2. A person who studies biology is known as a?

3. Botany is the study of?

4. Can frogs live in salt water?

5. True or false? The common cold is caused by a virus.

6. Animals which eat both plants and other animals are known as what?

7. Bacterial infections in humans can be treated with what?

8. A single piece of coiled DNA is known as a?

9. A group of dog offspring is known as a?

10. The area of biology devoted to the study of fungi is known as?

11. What is the name of the process used by plants to convert sunlight into food?
12. The death of every member of a particular species is known as what?

13. The process of pasteurization is named after which famous French microbiologist?

14. True or false? A salamander is a warm blooded animal?

15. A change of the DNA in an organism that results in a new trait is known as a?

Biology Quiz Answers

1. Charles Darwin 2. Biologist 3. Plants

4. No 5. True 6. Omnivores

7. Antibiotics 8. Chromosome 9. Litter

10. Mycology 11. Photosynthesis 12. Extinction

13. Louis Pasteur 14. False 15. Mutation

1. What is the name of the biggest part of the human brain?

2. The colored part of the human eye that controls how much light passes through the pupil is called the?

3. What is the name of the substance that gives skin and hair its pigment?

4. The muscles found in the front of your thighs are known as what?

5. True or false? The two chambers at the bottom of your heart are called ventricles.

6. What substance are nails made of?

7. What is the human body’s biggest organ?

8. The innermost part of bones contains what?

9. True or false? An adult human body has over 500 bones.

10. How many lungs does the human body have?

11. Another name for your voice box is the?

12. The two holes in your nose are called?

13. Your tongue is home to special structures that allow you to experience tastes such as sour, sweet, bitter and salty, what is their name

14. The bones that make up your spine are called what?

15. The shape of DNA is known as?

16. The flow of blood through your heart and around your body is called?

17. The bones around your chest that protect organs such as the heart are called what?

18. What is the name of the long pipe that shifts food from the back of your throat down to your stomach?

19. True or false? Your ears are important when it comes to staying balanced.
20. The outside layer of skin on the human body is called the?

Human Body Quiz Answers

1. The cerebrum 2. Iris 3. Melanin 4. Quadriceps

5. True 6. Keratin 7. The skin 8. Bone marrow

9. False (there are 206) 10. 2 11. Larynx 12. Nostrils

13. Taste buds 14. Vertebrae 15. A double helix 16. Circulation

17. Ribs 18. The esophagus 19. True 20. Epidermis

1. What food makes up nearly all (around 99%) of a Giant Panda’s diet?

2. True or false? Mice live for up to 10 years.

3. What is the name of the phobia that involves an abnormal fear of spiders?

4. What is the largest type of ‘big cat’ in the world?

5. True or false? Crocodiles have no sweat glands so they use their mouths to release heat.

6. Are butterflies insects?

7. What are female elephants called?

8. True or false? Bats are mammals.

9. Bees are found on every continent of earth except for one, which is it?

10. True or false? Cats spend an average of 13 to 14 hours a day sleeping.

11. What is the fastest land animal in the world?

12. A ‘doe’ is what kind of animal?

13. True or false? Cougar’s are herbivores.

14. Groups of lions are known as what?

15. Is a dolphin a mammal?

16. What is the largest land animal in the world?

17. True of false? Snakes have slimy skin.

18. What is the only continent on earth where Giraffes live in the wild?

19. How many pairs of wings does a bee have?

20. What type of animal is the largest primate in the world?

21. Is a shark a fish or a mammal?

22. What is the most recognizable feature of a hedgehog’s appearance?

23. True or false? Owls are far-sighted, meaning that anything within a few inches of their eyes can’t be seen properly.
24. What is the name of an adult female horse?

25. What are baby goats called?

26. What is the tallest animal in the world?

27. True or false? Rabbits are born blind.

28. What is the most recognizable physical feature of the male lion?

29. How many legs does a spider have?

30. The crocodile species is believed to have been around for how long? 2 million years or 200 million years?

Animal Quiz Answers

1. Bamboo

2. False - Captive mice live for up to 2 and a half years while wild mice only live for an average of around 4 months.

3. Arachnophobia

4. The tiger, weighing up to 300 kilograms (660 pounds).

5. True - They often sleep with their mouth open to cool down.

6. Yes

7. Cows

8. True

9. Antarctica

10. True

11. The cheetah (it can reach speeds of up to 120kph – 75mph).

12. A female deer.

13. False - They are carnivores.

14. Prides

15. Yes

16. The elephant - The largest on record weighed around 12,000 kilograms! (26,000 lb).

17. False - Snakeskin is smooth and dry.

18. Africa

19. 2

20. The Gorilla

21. A fish

22. Their spines of spiky hair.

23. True

24. A mare

25. Kids

26. The giraffe - The average height is around 5 metres (16ft) and the tallest on record stood nearly 6 metres (20 ft) tall.

27. True

28. Its mane

29. 8

30. 200 million years

1. What is the first element on the periodic table?

2. What is the centre of an atom called?

3. True or false? Acids have a pH level below 7.

4. What is the main gas found in the air we breathe?

5. True or false? An electron carries a positive charge.

6. Famous New Zealand scientist Ernest Rutherford was awarded a Nobel Prize in which field?

7. What is the chemical symbol for gold?

8. K is the chemical symbol for which element?

9. What orbits the nucleus of an atom?

10. At room temperature, what is the only metal that is in liquid form?

11. True or false? A neutron has no net electric charge.

12. A nuclear reaction where the nucleus of an atom splits into smaller parts is known as nuclear fission or nuclear fusion?

13. What is H20 more commonly known as?

14. What is the third most common gas found in the air we breathe?

15. What is the name given to substances that are initially involved in a chemical reaction?

16. True or false? Bases have a pH level below 7.

17. Is sodium hydroxide (NaOH) an acid or base?

18. Atoms of the same chemical element that have different atomic mass are known as?

19. True or false? A proton carries a positive charge.

20. What is the fourth most abundant element in the universe in terms of mass?

Chemistry Quiz Answers

1. Hydrogen 2. A nucleus 3. True 4. Nitrogen (around 78%)
5. False 6. Chemistry 7. Au 8. Potassium

9. Electrons 10. Mercury 11. True 12. Nuclear fission

13. Water 14. Argon (around 1%) 15. Reactants 16. False

17. Base 18. Isotopes 19. True 20. Carbon

1. What is the first element on the periodic table?

2. What is the centre of an atom called?

3. True or false? Acids have a pH level below 7.

4. What is the main gas found in the air we breathe?

5. True or false? An electron carries a positive charge.

6. Famous New Zealand scientist Ernest Rutherford was awarded a Nobel Prize in which field?

7. What is the chemical symbol for gold?

8. K is the chemical symbol for which element?

9. What orbits the nucleus of an atom?

10. At room temperature, what is the only metal that is in liquid form?

11. True or false? A neutron has no net electric charge.

12. A nuclear reaction where the nucleus of an atom splits into smaller parts is known as nuclear fission or nuclear fusion?

13. What is H20 more commonly known as?

14. What is the third most common gas found in the air we breathe?

15. What is the name given to substances that are initially involved in a chemical reaction?

16. True or false? Bases have a pH level below 7.

17. Is sodium hydroxide (NaOH) an acid or base?

18. Atoms of the same chemical element that have different atomic mass are known as?

19. True or false? A proton carries a positive charge.

20. What is the fourth most abundant element in the universe in terms of mass?

Chemistry Quiz Answers

1. Hydrogen 2. A nucleus 3. True 4. Nitrogen (around 78%)

5. False 6. Chemistry 7. Au 8. Potassium

9. Electrons 10. Mercury 11. True 12. Nuclear fission

13. Water 14. Argon (around 1%) 15. Reactants 16. False
17. Base 18. Isotopes 19. True 20. Carbon

1. When light bends as it enters a different medium the process is known as what?

2. A magnifying glass is what type of lens?

3. Electric resistance is typically measured in what units?

4. A person who studies physics is known as a?

5. Metals expand when heated and do what when cooled?

6. What is the first name of the famous scientist who gave us Newton’s three laws of motion?

7. What state of the art computer technology is used to train pilots when wanting to copy the experience of flying an aircraft?

8. Electric power is typically measured in what units?

9. The most recognized model of how the universe begun is known as the?

10. Who is the Hubble Space Telescope named after?

11. The wire inside an electric bulb is known as the what?

12. Theoretical physicist James Maxwell was born in what country?

13. Infrared light has a wavelength that is too long or short to be visible for humans?

14. What kind of eclipse do we have when the moon is between the sun and the earth?

15. True or false? Iron is attracted by magnets.

16. What is the earth’s primary source of energy?

17. Conductors have a high or low resistance?

18. Electric current is typically measured in what units?

19. What scientist is well known for his theory of relativity?

20. Earth is located in which galaxy?

Physics Quiz Answers

1. Refraction 2. Convex 3. Ohms 4. Physicist

5. Contract 6. Isaac 7. A flight simulator 8. Watts

9. Big bang 10. Edwin Hubble 11. Filament 12. Scotland

13. Long 14. A solar eclipse 15. True 16. The sun

17. Low 18. Amperes 19. Albert Einstein 20. The Milky Way galaxy

1. True or false? Sound travels faster through water than air?

2. Water is made up of what two elements?

3. What is another name for a tidal wave?

4. True or false? The Indian Ocean is the biggest ocean on Earth.

5. The solid state of water is known as what?

6. Can the average human survive without water for a few days or a few weeks?

7. True or false? Pure water is tasteless.

8. Nimbus, cumulus and stratus are types of what?

9. True or false? Water is an example of a chemical element.

10. Does water cover more or less than 50% of the Earth’s surface?

11. True or false? Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius (212 degrees Fahrenheit).

12. When water is cooled, does it contract or expand?

13. Water freezes at what temperature?

14. True or false? Water is easy to compress.

15. What is the chemical formula of water?

16. The deepest point in all of the world’s oceans is named what?

17. True or false? The consumption of bottled water has risen significantly over the last few decades.

18. Pure water has a pH level of a around what number?

19. What is the longest river on Earth?

20. True or false? Ice sinks in water.

Water Quiz Answers

1. True 2. Hydrogen and oxygen 3. Tsunami 4. False - Pacific Ocean

5. Ice 6. A few days 7. True 8. Clouds

9. False 10. More - Around 70% 11. True 12. Expand

13. 0 °C (32 °F) 14. False 15. H20 16. Mariana Trench

17. True 18. 7 19. The Nile River 20. False - It floats

1. The rice dish ‘paella’ comes from what country?

2. Deer meat is known by what name?

3. Are humans omnivore, herbivore or carnivore?

4. What food is used as the base of guacamole?

5. The range of vegetables, fruits, meats, nuts, grains, herbs and spices used in cooking are known as what?

6. True or false? India is the world’s largest producer of bananas.

7. What is the sweet substance made by bees?

8. Lures, reels, rods, hooks, baits and nets are common equipment used in what food gathering method?

9. True or false? McDonald’s has restaurants in over 100 countries around the world.

10. The ‘Pizza Hut’ franchise began in what country?

11. Foods rich in starch such as pasta and bread are often known by what word starting with the letter C?

12. True or false? Trans fats are good for your health.

13. What is another name for maize?

14. Fruit preserves made from citrus fruits, sugar and water are known as what?

15. True or false? ‘Beefsteak’ is a variety of tomato.

16. Dairy products are generally made from what common liquid?

17. Do coconut trees grow better in cold or warm climates?

18. True or false? Cooking food often transforms its chemical make up.

19. What is the popular food used to carve jack-o-lanterns during Halloween?

20. Chiffon, marble and bundt are types of what?

Food Quiz Answers

1. Spain 2. Venison 3. Omnivore 4. Avocado

5. Ingredients 6. True 7. Honey 8. Fishing

9. True 10. USA 11. Carbohydrates 12. False

13. Corn 14. Marmalade 15. True 16. Milk

17. Warm 18. True 19. Pumpkins 20. Cake

1. What is the name of the largest ocean on earth?

2. What are the two main metals in the earth’s core?

3. Which is hotter, the center of the earth or surface of the sun?

4. What do you call molten rock before it has erupted?

5. What do you call it after it has erupted?

6. The Great Barrier Reef is found off the coast of which country?

7. What do you call a person who studies rocks?

8. Name the three time periods of the dinosaurs.

9. True or false? The Grand Canyon is around 10000 feet (3000 meters) deep.

10. What is the name of the deepest location in the world’s oceans?

11. Over a long period of time while under extreme heat and pressure, graphite turns into which precious mineral?

12. Outside of Antarctica, what is the largest desert in the world?

13. The gemstone ruby is typically what color?

14. What is the name of the highest mountain on earth?

15. Do stalactites rise from the floor or hang from the ceiling of limestone caves?

16. 'Cascade', 'horsetail', 'plunge' and 'tiered' are types of what?

17. Someone who studies earthquakes is known as a what?

18. What is the name of the layer of earth’s atmosphere that absorbs the majority of the potentially damaging ultraviolet light from the su

19. The mass of the earth is made up mostly of which two elements?

20. What is the second most common gas found in the air we breathe?

Earth Quiz Answers

1. The Pacific Ocean 2. Iron and nickel 3. The center of the earth 4. Magma
8. Triassic, Jurassic and
5. Lava 6. Australia 7. A geologist
Cretaceous
9. False - 5000 feet (1500 meters) 10. Mariana Trench 11. Diamond 12. The Sahara Desert in Africa

13. Red 14. Mount Everest 15. Hang from the ceiling 16. Waterfall

17. Seismologist 18. The ozone layer 19. Iron (32%) and oxygen (30%) 20. Oxygen (21%)

1. What is the biggest planet in our solar system?

2. What is the chemical symbol for the element oxygen?

3. Another name for a tidal wave is a?

4. True or false? Dogs are herbivores.

5. What is the 7th element on the periodic table of elements?

6. What is the name of the long appendage that hangs from an elephants face?

7. True or false? DNA is the shortened form of the term ‘Deoxyribonucleic acid’?

8. The highest mountain on earth is?

9. What is the name of the closest star to the earth?

10. True or false? Frogs are cold blooded animals.

11. What is the name of the element with the chemical symbol ‘He’?

12. The fear of what animal is known as ‘arachnophobia’?

13. Pure water has a pH level of a around?

14. The molten rock that comes from a volcano after it has erupted is known as what?

15. True or false? Yogurt is produced by bacterial fermentation of milk.

16. What is the name of the part of the human skeleton which protects our brain?

17. Is the compound ‘HCl’ an acid or base?

18. True or false? The fastest land animal in the world is the zebra.

19. How many bones do sharks have in their bodies?

20. What famous scientist was awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on theoretical physics?

General Science Quiz Answers

1. Jupiter 2. O 3. Tsunami 4. False - They are omnivores

5. Nitrogen 6. A trunk 7. True 8. Mount Everest

9. The sun 10. True 11. Helium 12. Spiders

13. 7 14. Lava 15. True 16. The skull

17. An acid (hydrochloric acid) 18. False (it is the cheetah) 19. 0 20. Albert Einstein

1. A thermometer is a device used to measure what?

2. Stratus, cirrus, cumulus and nimbus are types of what?

3. What country experiences the most tornadoes?

4. True or false? A rainbow is a spectrum of light that appears when the Sun shines onto water droplets in the air.
5. Blizzards feature low temperatures, strong winds and heavy _______?

6. Breeze and gale are common terms used to describe the speed of what?

7. Earth’s recent temperature rises which have been linked to human activity is known as global _______?

8. True or false? The highest recorded temperature on Earth of 57.8 °C (136 °F) was recorded in Tirat Tsvi, Israel.

9. What is the name of a scientist who studies weather?

10. What is the driest desert on Earth, the Sahara, the Kalahari or the Atacama?

11. True or false? The lowest recorded temperature on Earth of 89.2 °C (−128.6 °F) was recorded at Vostok Station, Antarctica.

12. Balls or irregular lumps of ice that fall from clouds (often during thunderstorms) are known as what?

13. An avalanche features the rapid descent of _______?

14. True of false? The most rain fall ever recorded in one year (Cherrapunji, India) is more than 30 meters.

15. What is the name of a weather instrument used to measure atmospheric pressure?

16. An anemometer is used to measure what?

17. At what temperature is Centigrade equal to Fahrenheit?

18. Trying to predict the weather is known as weather _______?

19. The area of central USA that features many tornadoes is known as Tornado _______?

20. True or false? You see lightning and hear thunder.

Weather Quiz Answers

1. Temperature 2. Clouds 3. USA 4. True

5. Snow 6. Wind 7. Warming 8. False (Al 'Aziziyah, Libya)

9. A meteorologist 10. The Atacama Desert 11. True 12. Hail stones

13. Snow 14. False (25.4 meters) 15. A barometer 16. Wind speed

17. -40 degrees 18. Forecasting 19. Alley 20. True

1. True or false? Electrons are larger than molecules.

2. True or false? The Atlantic Ocean is the biggest ocean on Earth.

3. True or false? The chemical make up food often changes when you cook it.

4. True or false? Sharks are mammals.

5. True or false? The human body has four lungs.

6. True or false? Atoms are most stable when their outer shells are full.

7. True or false? Filtration separates mixtures based upon their particle size.

8. True or false? Venus is the closest planet to the Sun.

9. True or false? Conductors have low resistance.

10. True or false? Molecules can have atoms from more than one chemical element.

11. True or false? Water is an example of a chemical element.

12. True or false? The study of plants is known as botany.

13. True or false? Mount Kilimanjaro is the tallest mountain in the world.

14. True or false? Floatation separates mixtures based on density.

15. True or false? Herbivores eat meat.

16. True or false? Atomic bombs work by atomic fission.

17. True or false? Molecules are chemically bonded.

18. True or false? Spiders have six legs.

19. True or false? Kelvin is a measure of temperature.

20. True or false? The human skeleton is made up of less than 100 bones.

True or False Quiz Answers

1. False 2. False - Pacific Ocean 3. True 4. False - Fish

5. False - 2 6. True 7. True 8. False - Mercury

9. True 10. True 11. False 12. True

13. False - Mount Everest 14. True 15. False 16. True

17. True 18. False - 8 19. True 20. False - 206

1. When a solid changes to a liquid it is called what?

2. True or false? Liquids are easy to compress.

3. When a gas changes into a liquid it is called what?

4. True or false? The particles of a gas are packed tightly together.

5. When solids reach their melting points they become what?

6. True or false? Plasma is a state of matter.

7. When a gas reaches its condensation point it becomes a what?

8. True or false? Solids do not take the shape of the container they are in.

9. What is it called when a solid changes directly into a gas?

10. True or false? Gases are hard to compress.

States of Matter Quiz Answers

1. Melting 2. False

3. Condensation 4. False

5. Liquids 6. True

7. Liquid 8. True

9. Sublimination 10. False

1. True or false? Protons have a negative charge.

2. True or false? Atoms are bigger than neutrons.

3. True or false? Protons and neutrons are part of the nucleus.

4. True or false? Electrons have a positive charge.

5. True or false? Electrons are not part of the nucleus.

6. True or false? Protons are bigger than atoms.

7. True or false? Subatomic particles are found inside atoms.

8. True or false? Nucleon is a collective name for two particles, the neutron and proton.

9. True or false? Neutrons have a negative charge.

10.True or false? An electron has a greater mass than a proton.

Atom Quiz Answers

1. False 2. True

3. True 4. False

5. True 6. False

7. True 8. True

9. False 10. False

1. What is the name of the world’s largest reef system?

2. Do male or female mosquitoes bite people?

3. True or false? Earth Day is held on June 18.

4. What state of the USA is the Grand Canyon located in?

5. True or false? The Dead Sea is 8.6 times more salty than the ocean.

6. What are the 3 R’s of recycling?

7. True or false? The horn of a rhinoceros is made from bone.

8. What famous islands west of Ecuador were extensively studied by Charles Darwin?

9. Ayers Rock in Australia is also know as what?

10. True or false? Burning or logging naturally occurring forests is known as deforestation.

Nature Quiz Answer

1. Great Barrier Reef 2. Female

3. False (April 22) 4. Arizona

5. True 6. Reduce, reuse and recycle

7. False (keratin) 8. Galapagos Islands

9. Uluru 10. True

1. What is the chemical symbol of gold?

2. True or false? Steel is a chemical element.

3. What is the most common metal found on Earth?

4. True or False? Sodium is a very reactive metal.

5. What three kinds of medals are awarded at the Olympic Games?

6. True or false? Metal bonding with metal is known as a metallic bond.

7. Bronze is made from what two metals?

8. What is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature?

9. True or false? Sterling silver is made up of less than 50% silver by weight.

10.What metal has the chemical symbol Pb?

Metal Quiz Answers

1. Au 2. False - Alloy

3. Iron 4. True

5. Gold, silver and bronze 6. True

7. Copper and tin 8. Mercury

9. False - Over 92% 10. Lead

1. True or false? The boiling point of water is 100 degrees Celsius (212 degrees Fahrenheit).

2. When water is cooled, does it expand or contract?

3. True or false? The highest temperature ever recorded on Earth is 42.4 °C (108.3 °F).

4. Heat from the sun gets to the Earth by radiation, conduction or convention?

5. What is the freezing temperature of water?

6. True or false? Kelvin, Celsius and Fahrenheit are all measures of temperature.

7. True or false? 100 Kelvin is the temperature of absolute zero.

8. Substances that don’t conduct heat are known as what?

9. True or false? Heat is a form of energy.

10. At what temperature is Fahrenheit equal to Centigrade?

Heat Quiz Answers

1. True 2. Expand

3. False - 57.8 °C (136 °F) 4. Radiation

5. 0 degrees Celsius (32 degrees Fahrenheit) 6. True

7. False - 0 Kelvin 8. Insulators

9. True 10. -40 degrees