Science quiz bee questions

1. SCIENCE QUIZ BEE
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2. EASY ROUND
MULTIPLE CHOICE

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

4. EASY ROUND
ANSWER: d) both anaerobic and aerobic
respiration

5. EASY ROUND
2.Spiders are members of what class?
a)Diplopoda
b)Insecta
c) Chilopoda
d)Arachnida

6. EASY ROUND
ANSWER: d) Arachnida

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

8. EASY ROUND
ANSWER: a) igneous

9. EASY ROUND
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

10. EASY ROUND
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

12. EASY ROUND
ANSWER: b) photosynthetic processes

13. EASY ROUND
6. The most abundant element in the
universe is thought to be:
a) carbon
b) oxygen
c) hydrogen
d) nitrogen

14. EASY ROUND
ANSWER: c) hydrogen

15. EASY ROUND
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

16. EASY ROUND
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

18. EASY ROUND
ANSWER: c) nuclear fusion

19. EASY ROUND
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

20. EASY ROUND
ANSWER: b) decreases slightly

21. EASY ROUND
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

22. EASY ROUND
ANSWER: b) lungs

23. AVERAGE ROUND
MULTIPLE CHOICE/IDENTIFICATION

24. AVERAGE ROUND (IDENTIFICATION)
1. What is the term given to a solid that has
the ability of a solid to be hammered into a
thin sheet?

25. AVERAGE ROUND (IDENTIFICATION)
ANSWER: MALLEABILITY

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

27. AVERAGE ROUND
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

29. AVERAGE ROUND
ANSWER: b) 5 Newtons

30. AVERAGE ROUND
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

31. AVERAGE ROUND
ANSWER: d) methane and carbon dioxide

32. AVERAGE ROUND (IDENTIFICATION)
5. Name the English physicist who discovered
electromagnetic induction?

33. AVERAGE ROUND (IDENTIFICATION)
ANSWER: (MICHAEL) FARADAY

34. AVERAGE ROUND
6. Term refers to the study of tissues.

35. AVERAGE ROUND
ANSWER: HISTOLOGY

36. AVERAGE ROUND
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

37. AVERAGE ROUND
ANSWER: c) the collar bones

38. AVERAGE ROUND
8. The ozone layer is located in which
region of the atmosphere?

39. AVERAGE ROUND
ANSWER: STRATOSPHERE

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

41. AVERAGE ROUND
ANSWER: d) Isaac Newton

42. AVERAGE ROUND
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

43. AVERAGE ROUND
ANSWER: b) 2.5

44. DIFFICULT ROUND
IDENTIFICATION

45. DIFFICULT ROUND
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?

46. DIFFICULT ROUND
ANSWER: AWAY FROM

47. DIFFICULT ROUND
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?

50. DIFFICULT ROUND
ANSWER: GREENHOUSE EFFECT

51. DIFFICULT ROUND
4. Who is considered the father of
Taxonomy?

52. DIFFICULT ROUND
ANSWER: (CAROLUS) LINNAEUS

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5. What is the mass of a 60-kilogram
astronaut in space, far from any planets?

54. DIFFICULT ROUND
ANSWER: 60 KILOGRAMS

55. DIFFICULT ROUND
6. Who named the two kinds of electrical
charges "positive" and "negative"?

56. DIFFICULT ROUND
ANSWER: BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

57. DIFFICULT ROUND
7. What is the molten rock that remains
underground called?

58. DIFFICULT ROUND
ANSWER: MAGMA

59. DIFFICULT ROUND
8. Which stone, usually green, was used for
Chinese, Aztec and Mayacarvings?

60. DIFFICULT ROUND
ANSWER: JADE

61. DIFFICULT ROUND
9. What is a partial or total loss of memory of
a temporary or permanent nature known as?

62. DIFFICULT ROUND
ANSWER: AMNESIA

63. DIFFICULT ROUND
10. Which organelle is referred to as "the
Power House of the cell"?

64. DIFFICULT ROUND
ANSWER: MITOCHONDRIA

65. CLINCHER ROUND

66. CLINCHER ROUND
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.

67. CLINCHER ROUND
ANSWER:
KINGDOM, PHYLUM, CLASS, ORDER,
FAMILY, GENUS, SPECIES

68. CLINCHER ROUND
What is the last phase of mitosis?

69. CLINCHER ROUND
ANSWER: TELOPHASE

70. CLINCHER ROUND
What is the scientific name for the voice box
in a human?

71. CLINCHER ROUND
ANSWER: LARYNX

72. CLINCHER ROUND
Which of the following does NOT travel in a
vacuum?
a) radio waves
b) gamma rays
c) magnetic waves
d) sound waves

73. CLINCHER ROUND
ANSWER: d) sound waves

74. CLINCHER ROUND
What gas makes up the majority of our
atmosphere?

75. CLINCHER ROUND
ANSWER: NITROGEN

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