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Science trivia questions
Question 1
Which S.I. unit is used to measure electrical power?
Question 2
Which gas is known for smelling like rotten eggs?
Question 3
What type of natural disaster is measured using the Richter scale?
Question 4
Gregor Mendel is referred to as the father of which branch of science?
Question 5
Au is the chemical symbol for which metal?
Question 6
Which marine creature is known for having 3 hearts?
Question 7
What is a pluviometer used to measure?
Question 8
Which bone is the strongest in the human body?
Question 9
Drones, workers and queens are what type of insect?
Question 10
What term is used to describe sounds that are too high for humans to hear?
Question 11
What type of paper can be used to test whether a liquid is acidic or alkaline?
Question 12
By definition, a marsupial uses which physical feature to carry their young?
Question 13
Earth’s core is mostly comprised of iron and which other metal?
Question 14
The volcanic rock obsidian is usually what color?
Question 15
Hair, horns and hooves are all made from which substance, beginning with K?
Question 16
The world’s largest reef system lies off the coast of which country?
Question 17
Which female physicist discovered radiation?
Question 18
Entomology is the branch of science that studies which creatures?
Question 19
Edwin Hubble lent his name to what famous piece of scientific equipment?
Question 20
What type of animal was Laika, the first animal to orbit the earth?
Question 21
Where in the human body are the 3 smallest bones located?
Question 22
What term beginning with W describes the lunar phase where the moon appears to become smaller?
Question 23
In what year of the 2000s was Pluto reclassified as a dwarf planet?
Question 24
Which planet is the hottest in the solar system?
Question 25
A water molecule contains how many hydrogen atoms?
Question 26
Which rock, due to being 90% porous, is the only one that floats?
Question 27
55% of all humans have what eye color?
Question 28
What color is the middle color in a rainbow?
Question 29
On the periodic table, which element comes last alphabetically?
Question 30
The terms AM and PM are abbreviations of words from which language?
Question 31
What does Moh’s scale measure?
Question 32
The name of which dinosaur translates as ‘rapid thief’?
Question 33
What type of gas is often referred to as ‘laughing gas’?
Question 34
Ascorbic acid is also known as which vitamin?
Question 35
Pythagoras’ theorem concerns what type of geometric shape?
Question 36
How many degrees Celsius is the boiling point of water?
Question 37
The Eclectus and the African Grey are members of which bird family?
Question 38
What part of an egg is also known as the albumen?
Question 39
What is the chemical term for table salt?
Question 40
The internal angles of a triangle add up to how many degrees?
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