Science Quiz - Part 3
1) Most meteorites are found in Antarctica and where else?
1) Brazil
2) New Zealand
3) North Africa
4) Hawaii
2) In what country must you turn over any meteor finds?
1) Scotland
2) Egypt
3) South Africa
4) Russia
3) In the 1990s, a spacecraft was designed to protect Earth from meteors, asteroids and comets. What was its name?
1) Buster I
2) Maybelle I
3) Defender II
4) Clementine II
4) It has been estimated that a meteorite does what once every 180 years?
1) Hits a human
2) Leaves a crater
3) Strikes the moon
4) Splits in half
5) The International Space Station has protection from meteors. What is it made of?
1) Rubber
2) Kevlar
3) Plastic
4) Steel
6) The most famous meteor shower is the Perseids. What is its other name?
1) Saint Elmo's Fire
2) Tears of Saint Lawrence
3) Northern Lights
4) Southern Lights
7) A piece of stone and/or iron traveling through space that moves through the earth¹s atmosphere is...?
1) Planet
2) Sun
3) Moon
4) Meteor
8) At room temperature, which element conducts electricity better than any other element?
1) Pb
2) Au
3) Ag
4) Cu
9) The candela is one of the seven base units in the SI system. It measures...?
1) Magnetism
2) Luminous intensity
3) Combustion rate
4) Luminance
10) Which of the "rare" gases is the most common in the atmosphere?
1) Radon
2) Neon
3) Xenon
4) Argon
11) What scientist discovered the radioactive element radium?
1) Isaac Newton
2) Albert Einstein
3) Benjamin Franklin
4) Marie Curie
12) What type of storm has a central calm area, called the eye, which has winds spiraling inwardly?
1) Tornado
2) Earthquake
3) Thunderstorm
4) Hurricane
13) Acid rain may have a pH of...?
1) 6
2) 7
3) 8
4) 9
14) In meteorology,Which is the horizontal movement of mass of air that warms or chills the air?
1) Aquarelle
2) Arbitrage
3) Advection
4) Aphasia
15) Which one of these is a non-metal?
1) Scandium
2) Sulfer
3) Zinc
4) Potassium
16) Exhaled air has what % of its oxygen left?
1) 77%
2) 26%
3) 48%
4) None
17) Who invented Bakelite?
1) Charles Goodyear
2) Leo Hendrik Baekeland
3) Roy Plunkett
4) Henry Ford
18) Which of the two metals are mixed in manufacturing of stainless steel ?
1) Zinc, chromium
2) Chromium, nickel
3) Chromium, iron
4) Nickel, iron
19) Much of our body heat escapes through the head. What percent is this?
1) Ninety percent
2) Sixty percent
3) Seventy percent
4) Eighty percent
20) You are making a model of the Earth and Moon to show their relative sizes and massiveness. You've decided that Earth will be a ball of clay 6 inches in diameter, so the Moon should be...?
1) A tennis ball
2) A golf ball
3) A ping pong ball
4) A baseball
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