Science important Question quiz
What is the scientific name for the common cold ?
Answer: Rhinovirus
What is the study of earthquakes called?
Answer: Seismology
What is the most abundant gas in Earth's atmosphere?
Answer: Nitrogen (about 78%
Who proposed the theory of evolution by natural selection?
Answer: Charles Darwin
Who formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation ?
Answer: Isaac Newton
What is the smallest unit of an element that retains element?
Answer: Atom
What is the study of the physical and biological processes in oceans called ?
Answer: Oceanography
What is the study of the stars and other celestial objects called ?
Answer: Astronomy
What is the energy source for most of the Earth's ecosystem ?
Answer: Sunlight
Who is credited with discovering the circulation of blood in the human body ?
Answer: William Harve
What is the smallest unit of life ?
A) Cell
B) Atom
C) Molecule
D) Tissue
Answer: A) Cell
What is the largest planet in our solar system?
A) Earth
B) Jupiter
C) Saturn
D) Mar
Answer: B) Jupiter
What is the process by which plants make their own food ?
A) Photosynthesis
B) Respiration
C) Fermentation
D) Digestion
Answer: A) Photosynthesis
What is the gas that makes up most of the Earth's atmosphere ?
A) Oxygen
B) Carbon Dioxide
C) Nitrogen
D) Methane
Answer: C) Nitrogen
What is the name of the first successful human-made satellite in space?
A) Apollo
B) Sputnik
C) Galileo
D) Vostro
Answer: B) Sputnik
What is the study of the weather and climate called?
A) Geology
B) Meteorology
C) Astronom
D) Hydrology
Answer: B) Meteorology
What is the main source of energy for the Earth's ecosystem ?
A) Fossil fuel
B) Nuclear energy
C) Solar energy
D) Hydro energy
Answer: C) Solar energy
What is the process by which a cell converts glucose into energy?
A) Fermentation
B) Respiration
C) Photosynthesis
D) Digestion
Answer: B) Respiration
What is the name of the liquid that carries nutrients and waste material within the cells of an organism
A) Blood
B) Plasma
C) Cytosol
D) Lymph
Answer: C) Cytosol
What is the scientific study of heredity and variation of traits in organism
A) Genetic
B) Microbiology
C) Virology
D) Immunology
Answer: A) Genetic
What is the name of the molecule that carries genetic information in the cells of an organism?
A) RNA
B) DNA
C) Protein
D) Lipid
Answer: B) DNA
What is the scientific study of the composition, properties, and interactions of matter called.
A) Physics
B) Biology
C) Chemistry
D) Geology
Answer: C) Chemistry
What is the smallest particle of an element that still has the chemical properties of that element ?
A) Ion
B) Molecule
C) Atom
D) Compound
Answer: C) Atom
What type of bond forms between two atoms that share electrons equally ?
A) Ionic bond
B) Covalent bond
C) Metallic bond
D) Hydrogen bond
Answer: B) Covalent bond
What is the term used to describe a substance that cannot be broken down into simpler substances by chemical mean
A) Element
B) Compound
C) Mixture
D) Solutions
Answer: A) Element
What is the name of the scientific study of the behavior and interactions of molecules in solution
A) Organic chemistry
B) Physical chemistry
C) Analytical chemistry
D) Biochemistry
Answer: B) Physical chemistry
What is the term used to describe a substance made up of two or more elements chemically combined in a fixed proportion.
A) Element
B) Compound
C) Mixture
D) Solution
Answer: B) Compound
What is the study of the properties of matter and energy and the interactions between them called?
A) Chemistry
B) Biology
C) Physics
D) Geology
Answer: C) Physics
What is the formula for the speed of light in a vacuum ?
A) v = d /
B) F = m *
C) P = m *
D) c = 299,792,458 m/
Answer: D) c = 299,792,458 m/
What is the equation for calculating force ?
A) F = m *
B) E = m * c^
C) P = m *
D) v = d /
Answer: A) F = m *
What is the formula for calculating potential energy ?
A) F = m *
B) E = m * c^
C) P = m * g *
D) v = d /
Answer: C) P = m * g *
What is the name of the branch of physics that deals with the study of heat and temperature?
A) Electromagnetic
B) Thermodynamic
C) Quantum Mechanic
D) Relativity
Answer: B) Thermodynamic
What type of bond forms between two atoms that share electrons equally?
A) Ionic bond
B) Covalent bond
C) Metallic bond
D) Hydrogen bond
Answer: B) Covalent bond
What is the name of the law that states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction
A) Newton's first law
B) Newton's second law
C) Newton's third law
D) Newton's law of gravitational
Answer: C) Newton's third law
What is the scientific study of heredity and variation of traits in organism ?
A) Genetic
B) Microbiology
C) Virology
D) Immunology
Answer: A) Genetic
What is the name of the molecule that carries genetic information in the cells of an organism
A) RN
B) DN
C) Protein
D) Lipid
Answer: B) DNA
What is the formula for calculating force ?
A) F = m *
B) E = m * c^
C) P = m *
D) v = d /
Answer: A) F = m *
What is the formula for the speed of light in a vacuum ?
A) v = d /
B) F = m *
C) P = m *
D) c = 299,792,458 m/
Answer: D) c = 299,792,458 m/
What is the name of the branch of physics that deals with the study of heat and temperature?
A) Electromagnetic
B) Thermodynamic
C) Quantum Mechanic
D) Relativity
Answer: B) Thermodynamic