Science Trivia Questions — page 77

A mouse is placed at one end of a cardboard maze that has a piece of cheese at the other end. The mouse smells the cheese and learns how to find it. The mouse is using an

• Ainherited trait to gain another inherited trait.
• Bacquired trait to gain another acquired trait.
• Cacquired trait to gain an inherited trait.
• Dinherited trait to gain an acquired trait.

To determine how closely related organisms are, scientists consider all of the following except

• Aanalogous structures.
• Bvestigial structures.
• Cembryonic structures.
• Dhomologous structures.

Eggs have a very high nutrition value. Which of the following substances is not present within an egg?

• APhosphorus
• BVitamin D
• CCholine
• DChlorophyll

Which process releases energy from digested food?

• Avitamin production
• Bfertilization
• Ccellular respiration
• Dphotosynthesis

Which process is common to most living things?

• Areproducing
• Bflying
• Ctalking
• Dseeing

When a multicellular organism is damaged, it will repair itself as

• Athe cells work together.
• Bit mutates.
• Cthe cells move.
• Dit makes its own food.

A class made a solar cooker out of a large can. What color should they paint the can in order to collect the most heat?

• Ablack
• Bpink
• Cgreen
• Dwhite

What is the complementary base to cytosine in DNA?

• Aadenine
• Bthymine
• Cguanine
• Duracil

Land forms are created through destructive forces such as weathering. Which of these is an example of physical weathering?

• Aoxidation
• Bacid rain
• Chydrolysis
• Derosion

Which of these is not an adverse result from a tornado?

• AFallen trees create a risk of fire.
• BA storm surge wipes out sea turtle nests.
• CAnimal habitats undergo significant loss.
• DDebris creates additional habitats for mosquitoes.

Which best describes an exothermic reaction?

• Aequal amounts of products are produced
• Benergy is required
• Cenergy is released
• Da physical change occurs

What is an alternative name for multiple personality disorder?

• ABody integrity identity disorder
• BSchizophrenia
• CIdentity crisis
• DDissociative identity disorder

In their third generation computers flourished, thanks Jack St. Clair Kilbys and Robert Noyces independent invention. What did they invent?

• Athe first computer program
• Bcomputer memory
• Cthe transistor
• Dintegrated circuit (or microchip)

Howie put his plants under a plant light. What was he helping his plants do by providing light?

• Arelease pollen
• Bmake food
• Cgrow roots
• Dattract insects

What does a cetologist study?

• Awine
• Bwords
• Cwhales
• Dart

This vitamin of the B complex, popular also under the name vitamin H, is not included in the recommended daily intake by some health organizations.

• AVitamin B12
• BVitamin B7
• CVitamin B15
• DVitamin B9

The human body is composed of different systems made of specialized cells, tissues, and organs. Each of these structures has a specific function that aids in the survival of the human species. What is the primary function of the excretory system?

• Ato digest food
• Bto eliminate waste
• Cto help in defense
• Dto enable movement

Gregor Mendel was the first to show that organisms had traits that are passed on from parents to the next generation. In order for the scientific community to accept Mendel's discovery, others had to

• Aduplicate the results of his experiments.
• Bread through his journals.
• Cinvent the microscope.
• Dinvest money in his scientific investigations.

When did the Nintendo system debut in the U.S.A.?

• A1980
• B1970
• C1985
• D1998

Which layer of the atmosphere contains the greatest amount of water vapor?

• Athermosphere
• Bmesosphere
• Ctroposphere
• Dstratosphere

In general, mathematicians consider these three men to have been the greatest mathematicians of all times.

• ANewton, Gauss, Euler
• BNewton, Gauss, Einstein
• CArchimedes, Newton, Einstein
• DArchimedes, Newton, Gauss

Orin Scivello is the name of a fictional dentist in this movie that was made into a play. Steve Martin portrayed him in the movie remake.

• AMy Family
• BOz
• CWicked
• DLittle Shop of Horrors

What is the symbol for Sulfur?

• AS
• BSf
• CSu
• DSl

What is the name of the major gap in the ring system around Saturn?

• AHerschel Gap
• BCassini Division
• CGalileo Division
• DThe Great Gap

Which of these objects is translucent?

• AA student's sunglass lenses
• BA brick wall of the school
• CA mirror on the bus
• DA student's notebook

Herbivores that evolved on grassy plains are likely to naturally select for traits different than herbivores that evolved in rain forests. Which trait is a plains herbivore most likely to develop over thousands of years?

• Asharp claws for climbing
• Bwebbed feet for swimming
• Clong legs for running
• Dprehensile tail for hanging from trees

This asteroid, orbiting around the sun, is sometimes called the second moon of the Earth but it is not a real satellite.

• ADavida
• BPallas
• CCruithne
• DVesta

The Late Heavy Bombardment was a period of extensive comet impact on Earth about 3.8 billion years ago. Scientists believe this period provided much of the matter now found in which part of the Earth system?

• Ahydrosphere
• Bcore
• Catmosphere
• Dmantle

Which habitat on Earth would probably 28 add the greatest amount of water to the water cycle through evaporation?

• Adesert sand
• Bcold lake
• Cwarm ocean
• Dmountain rock

Barry collected four different rocks. The rock with the GREATEST mass will feel the ___.

• Ahardest
• Bsmoothest
• Csharpest
• Dheaviest

Which species have been on the Earth for the shortest amount of time?

• AFish
• BHumans
• CReptiles
• DInsects

Scott filled a tray with juice and put it in a freezer. The next day, Scott opened the freezer. How did the juice most likely change?

• AIt evaporated.
• BIt became a solid.
• CIt became a gas.
• DIt condensed.

Which of the following symbiotic relationships is considered parasitic?

• Abirds eating the insects from the back of a hippopotamus
• Bticks feeding on a dog
• Cbees transporting pollen from flowers
• Dpilotfish swimming under sharks

Laughter is one of the first expressions of emotions babies learn to convey. At about what age do babies start to laugh?

• A4 months
• B18 months
• C12 months
• D7 months

A galaxy is best described as a cluster of

• Amillions of stars.
• Bbillions of stars.
• Cthousands of stars.
• Dhundreds of stars.

The freezing point of water is a

• Aphysical property.
• Bphysical change.
• Cchemical property.
• Dchemical change.

The presence of high temperatures during fossil-fuel formation results in a higher percentage of which product?

• Acrude oil
• Bcoal
• Ctar
• Dnatural gas

When coal is burned to produce electricity, the electrical energy produced is less than the potential energy in the coal. Which best explains this observation?

• ASome of the potential energy in coal is converted into forms of energy other than electricity.
• BThe amount of potential energy in fuels is overestimated.
• CAs coal is heated, some of the molecules move so fast that they are destroyed.
• DSome of the energy in coal is destroyed by the intense heat required to release its potential energy.

Beryl finds a rock and wants to know what kind it is. Which piece of information about the rock will best help her to identify it?

• AThe size of the rock
• BThe temperature where the rock was found
• CThe minerals the rock contains
• DThe weight of the rock

What is the greatest contributor to air pollution in the United States?

• Aautomobiles
• Bpower plants
• Cburning waste
• Dfactories

What type of force keeps the planets orbiting the Sun?

• Amagnetic
• Belectrical
• Cnuclear
• Dgravitational

When an atom loses or gains an electron, it changes

• Aatomic mass.
• Bcharge.
• Celement.
• Datomic number.

If a neutral atom loses an electron, what is formed?

• AAn acid
• BA molecule
• CA gas
• DAn ion

Nicole is learning about the characteristics of different vertebrates. Which is a common characteristic of mammals?

• AThey are all good swimmers.
• BThey all have hair or fur.
• CThey all live in warm climates.
• DThey all live on land.

Birds eat non-camouflaged moths at a higher rate than they eat camouflaged moths. In which situation would birds eat the moths at the slowest rate?

• Adark moths in a light environment
• Blight moths in a light environment
• Cdark moths in any environment
• Dlight moths in any environment

One difference between a chemical formula and a chemical equation is that the chemical equation shows

• Athe chemical reaction that takes place.
• Bwhat elements are in each molecule.
• Cabbreviations for each element.
• Dthe number of atoms per element.

This disease had 7 pandemics and is still causing epidemics.

• ATyphus
• BPlague
• CInfluenza
• DCholera

When a scientist comes up with a hypothesis, he or she is most likely

• Apredicting what will happen in an investigation.
• Bsummarizing the data in an investigation.
• Cconducting the final steps of an experiment.
• Dchanging the procedures during an experiment.

Which of the following is an example of a behavioral adaptation?

• Amigration of birds
• Ba bee hive
• Chooves of a horse
• Da spider web

Which one is not a name of a Galilean moon revolving around Jupiter?

• ACallisto
• BIo
• CEuropa
• DAthena