3. 1. Which of these is a gas at room temperature?
a) Carbon
b) Oxygen
c) Mercury
Ans: Oxygen
2. What does GMT stand for?
a) Greenwich Mean Time
b) Greenwich Marine Time
c) Greenwich Mega Time
d) Greenish Mega Time
Ans: Greenwich Marine Time
4. 4. Can frogs live in salt water?
a) No
b) Yes
Ans: No
3. Which freezes faster, hot water or cold
water?
a) Hot water
b) Cold water
Ans: Hot water
5. 5. Which of these is a mammal?
a) Monkey
b) Crocodile
c) Frog
d) Lizard
Ans: Monkey
6. What is the phospholipid bilayer?
a) membrane around the cell
b) Cell organelle involved in replication
c) A cell organelle involved in its own
destruction
Ans: membrane around the cell
6. 7. What’s faster, light or sound?
a) Sound
b) Light
c) They travel at the same speed
Ans: Light
8. What is cooling lava called?
a) Magma
b) Lava Lite
c) Igneous lava
Ans: Magma
7. 9. What is the biggest planet in our solar system?
a) Jupiter
b) Saturn
c) Earth
d) Mercury
Ans: Jupiter
10. The fear of what animal is known as ‘arachnophobia’?
a) Flies
b) Bees
c) Spiders
Ans: Spiders
8. 11. How many bones do sharks have in their bodies?
a) 0
b) 1
c) 2
d) 3
Ans: 0
12. Why do our pupils constrict in bright light?
a) To let in less light
b) To give eyes more oxygen
c) To change our vision to 3D
Ans: To let in less light
9. 13. A change of the DNA in an organism that results in a
new trait is known as a?
a) Replication
b) Mutation
c) Constriction
Ans: Mutation
14. What is the capital of Ireland?
a) Ottawa
b) Dublin
c) Canberra
Ans: Dublin
10. 15. In terms of engineering software, what does CAD stand for?
a) Computer-Aided Design
b) Control and Design
c) Compute and Design
Ans: Computer-Aided Design
16. What is the name of the tallest grass on earth?
a) Wheat
b) Bamboo
c) Steppe
d) Pampas
Ans: Bamboo
11. 17. At what temperature are Celsius and Fahrenheit equal?
a) 40
b) -30
c) -40
d) 49
Ans: -40
18. What is the heaviest organ in the human body?
a. Heart
b. Liver
c. Kidney
d. Lungs
Ans: Liver
12. 19. What part of the human body serves the purpose of
maintaining balance?
a) Ears
b) Nose
c) Mouth
d) Teeth
Ans: Ears
20. What is the only planet that spins clockwise?
a) Venus
b) Mars
c) Jupiter
d) Neptune
Ans: Venus
13. 21. What land mammal holds the record for the greatest age?
a) Man
b) Bats
c) Bear
d) Shrews
Ans: Man
22. If a metal can be drawn into wires relatively easily it is
called:
a) Malleable
b) ductile
c) extractive
d) Tactile
Ans: Ductile
14. 23. Who is the father of science?
a) Galileo Galilei
b) Isaac Newton
c) Marie curie
d) Michael Faraday
Ans: Galileo Galilei
24. What is the maximum capacity of the d-orbital?
a) 8 electrons
b) 10 electrons
c) 14 electrons
d) 18 electrons
Ans: 10 electrons