Science Quiz Bee Atmosphere

17.Animals that eat both plants and meat are called what?
1. This essential gas is important so that we can breathe. Omnivores
Oxygen 18.Which of Newton’s Laws state that ‘for every action, there is an
2. What is the nearest planet to the sun? equal and opposite reaction?’
Mercury The third law of motion
3. How many teeth does an adult human have? 19.Diabetes develops as the result of a problem with which specific
32 organ in the body?
4. The earth has three layers of varying temperatures. What are its Pancreas
three layers? 20.True or false: sound travels faster in air than in water.
Crust, mantle, and core False
5. What is the largest planet in the solar system? 21.How long does a human red blood cell survive?
Jupiter 120 days
6. What do bees collect and use to create honey? 22.True or false – lightning is hotter than the sun.
Nectar True
7. What is the hottest planet in the solar system? 23.In what country can you find the Suez Canal?
Venus Egypt
8. What is the rarest blood type? 24.This planet spins the fastest, completing one whole rotation in just
AB negative 10 hours. Which planet is it?
9. On what part of your body would you find the pinna? Jupiter
Ear 25.How many elements are there in the periodic table?
10.What part of the plant conducts photosynthesis? 118
Leaf 26.This planet has a collective 53 moons, making it the planet in our
11. What’s the boiling point of water? solar system with the most number of moons.
100 degrees Celsius Saturn
12.What is the largest known land animal? 27.Where can you find the smallest bone in the human body?
Elephant Middle ear
13.What is the largest known animal? 28.Scientists believe that the continents of the earth were all one
Blue whale large landmass 280 million years ago. The moving of tectonic plates
14.What tissues connect the muscles to the bones? caused this mass to break off into different pieces, making up the
Tendons continents as we know them today. What was this landmass called?
15.Who was the scientist to propose the three laws of motion? Pangea
Isaac Newton
16.The plant Earth is surrounded by different layers of gas, which 29.This theory aims to explain how Pangea became separate
when taken together, we call the…? continents, suggesting that the movement of tectonic plates caused
the mass to break off and drift into different places. Vatican City
The Continental Drift Theory 42.Who is regarded as the man who invented the telephone?
30.How many hearts does an octopus have? Alexander Graham Bell
3 43.What is considered the highest mountain in Africa?
31.True or false: male seahorses give birth to their young, not the Mount Kilimanjaro
females. 44.In what year was Alaska sold to the United States of America?
True 1867
32.The oldest living tree is 4,843 years old and can be found where? 45.How many bones do sharks have in total?
California Zero
33.Can you hear anything in outer space? 46.Discovered by Alexander Fleming, this is now used to treat
No, there is medium for sound to travel through infections and is considered one of the most important discoveries
34.This man is responsible for reshaping the way early man believed in the field of medical science. What is it?
the solar system worked. He proposed that the Earth was not the Penicillin
center of the universe, and that the sun was instead at the center of 47.This measurement – approximately six feet – is used to
our solar system. Who was he? measure the depth of water. What is it?
Copernicus Fathom
35.From what tree do acorns come from? 48.What is a geiger counter used to measure?
Oak trees Radiation
36.What is the tallest type of grass? 49.What is the hardest known natural material?
Bamboo Diamonds
37.Dolly was the first ever living creature to be cloned. What type of 50.True or false: your hair and your nails are made from the same
animal was she? material.
Sheep True
38.This animal was the first ever to be launched into space. She was 51. Which of these animals lays eggs?
strapped into the Soviet a. Dog b. Cat c. Chicken d. Sheep
Sputnik 2 spacecraft which was sent out into outer space on
Answer: Chicken
November 3, 1957. What was her name?
A female horse is called a ________.
Laika
a. Stallion b. Foal c. Mare d. Pony
39.What type of animal was Laika?
Dog Answer: Mare

52. All living things need food, air, and ____ to survive.
40.An egg’s shell is what percentage of its total weight?
a. Home b. Water c. Vegetables d.Fruits
12%
41.What is the smallest country in the world? Answer: Water
53. Which of these has feathers? 2. What gas do living creatures need to breathe?
a. Hen b. Crocodile c. Tortoise d. Cat Answer: Oxygen
Answer: Hen
3. What is the boiling point of water?
54. What is a male cow called?
Answer: 100 degrees Celsius
a. Ox b. Dog c. Sheep d.Monkey
Answer: Ox 4. Which planet is known as the Red Planet?
55. A tree is fixed to the soil with its _____. Answer: Mars
a. Branches b. Roots c. Leaves d. Trunk
5. What do you call the force that pulls objects towards the
Answer: Roots
Earth?
56. We breathe with the help of our ________.-H3
Answer: Gravity
a. Heart b.Lungs c. Pancreas d. Muscles
Answer: Lungs 6. What is the main organ of the human body responsible for
57. The protective folds that cover the eyes are called __________. pumping blood?
a. Eyelids b. Nostrils c. Nails d. Hair Answer: Heart
Answer: Eyelids
7. What part of a plant absorbs water and nutrients from the
58. Arms have hands, and legs have ______.
soil?
a. Ankles b. Feet c. Elbows d. Knees
Answer: Roots
Answer: Feet10.
59. The young one of a sheep is called a _______. 8. Which part of the cell contains the genetic material?
a. Puppy b. Kid c. Calf d. Lamb Answer: Nucleus
Answer: Lamb 9. What is the chemical formula for water?
60. What is a young cow called? Answer: H₂O
a. Puppy b. Kitten c. Calf d. Baby
Answer: Calf 10. What do we call animals that eat both plants and animals?
61. Dark rain clouds are often accompanied by lightning and Answer: Omnivores
_________. 11. What type of animal lays eggs and has feathers?
a. Thunder b. Snow c. Sunlight d. Wind Answer: Birds
Answer: Thunder 12. Which mammal is known to lay eggs?
62. The two openings of the nose are called __________. Answer: Platypus
13. What do you call a baby frog?
a. Eyelids b. Nostrils c. Nails d. Hair Answer: Tadpole
Answer: Nostrils 14. Which organ in the human body helps in digestion?
Answer: Stomach
1. What is the process by which plants make their food? 15. What is the largest organ in the human body?
Answer: Photosynthesis Answer: Skin
16. Which part of the brain controls balance and coordination? 34. Which law states that an object at rest stays at rest unless
Answer: Cerebellum acted upon by an external force?
17. What type of animal breathes through its skin? Answer: Newton’s First Law of Motion
Answer: Frog 35. What type of energy is stored in a stretched rubber band?
18. What are animals that eat dead or decaying matter called? Answer: Elastic potential energy
Answer: Scavengers 36. What do we call energy that is stored due to an object’s
19. Which gas do plants take in during photosynthesis? position or state?
Answer: Carbon dioxide Answer: Potential energy
20. What is the process by which caterpillars turn into butterflies 37. What type of wave requires a medium to travel through (solid,
called? liquid, or gas)?
Answer: Metamorphosis Answer: Mechanical wave
21. What is the chemical symbol for gold? 38. What instrument measures temperature?
Answer: Au Answer: Thermometer
22. What is the chemical symbol for iron? 39. In what unit is electrical power measured?
Answer: Fe Answer: Watt
23. What do you call a substance made up of only one type of 40. Which planet has rings around it?
atom? Answer: Saturn
Answer: Element 41. How many colors are there in a rainbow?
24. Which acid is found in vinegar? Answer: Seven
Answer: Acetic acid 42. Earth Science
25. What is the pH level of pure water? 43. What is the outermost layer of the Earth called?
Answer: 7 (neutral) Answer: Crust
26. Which gas is produced when vinegar reacts with baking soda? 44. True or false: Earth is mostly covered by water.
Answer: Carbon dioxide Answer: True
27. What do you call a mixture of two or more substances that 45. Which layer of the atmosphere contains weather phenomena
can be separated physically? like clouds and rain?
Answer: Mixture Answer: Troposphere
28. What are the three states of matter? 46. What natural disaster is measured using a seismometer?
Answer: Solid, liquid, gas Answer: Earthquake
29. Which element has the atomic number 1? 47. Which ocean is the largest on Earth?
Answer: Hydrogen Answer: Pacific Ocean
30. What do you call a reaction that absorbs heat energy? 48. True or false: Volcanoes are formed by molten rock erupting
Answer: Endothermic reaction from Earth’s interior.
31. Physics Answer: True
32. What force opposes motion between two surfaces in contact? 49. What process breaks down rocks into smaller pieces over
Answer: Friction time due to wind and water action called?
33. What is the unit of force in physics? Answer: Weathering
Answer: Newton 50. How many continents are there on Earth?
Answer: Seven
51. True or false: The North Pole is located at latitude 90 degrees Answer: Refraction and reflection of light in water droplets
North. 69. Which animal is known as the “King of the Jungle”?
Answer: True Answer: Lion
52. Which planet is known as Earth’s “sister planet” due to its 70. What do we call a baby kangaroo?
similar size and composition? Answer: Joey
Answer: Venus 71. What type of energy does a moving object possess?
53. Which animal can sleep for three years at a time? Answer: Kinetic energy
Answer: Snail 72. Which vitamin is produced when a person is exposed to
54. What is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature? sunlight?
Answer: Mercury Answer: Vitamin D
55. What is the largest organ in the human body? 73. What instrument measures atmospheric pressure?
Answer: Skin Answer: Barometer
56. Which planet is known for its beautiful rings? 74. Which part of the cell is known as the powerhouse?
Answer: Saturn Answer: Mitochondria
57. What do we call the process by which plants lose water vapor? 75. What do you call animals that can live both on land and in
Answer: Transpiration water?
58. What is the hardest natural substance on Earth? Answer: Amphibians
Answer: Diamond 76. How many legs does an octopus have?
59. Which gas do plants release during photosynthesis? Answer: Eight (they are often referred to as tentacles)
Answer: Oxygen 77. What is the main gas found in the air we breathe?
60. What is the main ingredient in glass? Answer: Nitrogen (about 78%)
Answer: Sand (Silica) 78. Which organ in the human body filters blood and produces
61. What type of animal is a dolphin? urine?
Answer: Mammal Answer: Kidneys
62. What is the speed of light? 79. What do you call a group of stars that form a pattern in the
Answer: Approximately 299,792 kilometers per second (or sky?
about 186,282 miles per second) Answer: Constellation
63. Which part of the human body is responsible for producing 80. Who developed the theory of evolution by natural selection?
insulin? Answer: Charles Darwin
Answer: Pancreas 81. What element do diamonds consist of?
64. What do you call a scientist who studies rocks? Answer: Carbon
Answer: Geologist 82. Which gas makes up most of Earth’s atmosphere?
65. Which planet is closest to the Sun? Answer: Nitrogen
Answer: Mercury 83. How many planets are there in our solar system?
66. What is the chemical formula for table salt? Answer: Eight
Answer: NaCl (Sodium Chloride) 84. What is the process by which water vapor turns into liquid
67. How many bones are there in an adult human body? water?
Answer: 206 Answer: Condensation
68. What phenomenon causes rainbows to form? 85. What do you call a scientist who studies plants?
 Answer: Botanist
86. Which gas is most commonly used in balloons?
Answer: Helium
87. What is the primary source of energy for the Earth?
Answer: The Sun
88. What do you call the layer of gases surrounding Earth?
Answer: Atmosphere
89. What is the smallest unit of life?
Answer: Cell
90. Which part of the plant is responsible for photosynthesis?
Answer: Leaves
91. What instrument is used to measure temperature?
Answer: Thermometer
92. Which planet is known as the “Giant Planet”?
Answer: Jupiter
93. What do we call a substance that speeds up a chemical
reaction?
Answer: Catalyst
94. Which part of the human body contains the brain?
Answer: Skull
95. What type of energy is stored in food?
Answer: Chemical energy
96. Which animal is known for its ability to change colors?
Answer: Chameleon
97. What is the main function of red blood cells?
Answer: To carry oxygen throughout the body
98. Which planet has the most moons?
Answer: Saturn
99. What do you call an animal that only eats plants?
Answer: Herbivore
100. What is the term for a baby sheep?
Answer: Lamb
101. Which force keeps us grounded on Earth?
Answer: Gravity
102. What do we call the study of weather and atmospheric
conditions?
Answer: Meteorology