624 Science Trivia Questions with Answers
624 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
What snake has the longest fangs?
Answer
Gaboon Viper
What season is between winter and summer?
Answer
Spring
What scientist purposed the theory of continental drift?
Answer
Alfred Wegener
What scientific unit is used to measure mass?
Answer
Kilogram
What science word means "to group"?
Answer
Classify
What satellite series was known as "fellow traveler"?
Answer
Sputnik
What rocket launched the Apollo program?
Answer
Saturn
What reagent could oxidize an alcohol to a carbonyl?
Answer
Sodium Hypochlorite
What process produces a duplicate of the original cell?
Answer
Mitosis
What process helps to break down rocks by wind, air or rain?
Answer
Physical Weathering
What prickly animal has needle-like quills on its body?
Answer
Porcupine
What physical constant did Henry Cavendish first determine using two weights and a cantilever?
Answer
Gravitational Constant
What particle in an atom has a positive charge?
Answer
Proton
What part of the scientific method tests a hypothesis?
Answer
Experiment
What part of the brain is responsible for vision?
Answer
Occipital
What part of the brain controls hunger?
Answer
Hypothalamus
What organ does a deer lack?
Answer
Gall Bladder
What openings in a leaf allow gas exchange?
Answer
Stomata
What ongoing process allows water to be constantly recycled?
Answer
Water Cycle
What name was given to the west wind by the Greeks?
Answer
Zephyrus
What name is given to water in the gaseous state?
Answer
Steam
What name is given to 23.5 degrees north latitude?
Answer
Tropic Of Cancer
What must a meteor do in order to become a meteorite?
Answer
Hit The Earth's Surface
What member of the big cat family cannot retract its claws?
Answer
Cheetah
What liquid is a fuel commonly used in automobiles?
Answer
Gasoline
What light-sensitive cells in the eye detect colors?
Answer
Cones
What layer of the skin is just below the surface?
Answer
Dermis
What layer of the Earth is right below the crust?
Answer
Mantle
What kingdom would a human be in?
Answer
Animal
What kind of star system is Algol?
Answer
Binary Star System
What kind of power do sailboats use?
Answer
Wind
What kind of plant stem is soft and green?
Answer
Herbaceous
What kind of anthropology is also known as ethnology?
Answer
Cultural Anthropology
What kind of animal is a sea monkey?
Answer
A Saltwater Shrimp