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SCIENCE TRIVIA 3
Quiz by Jerrieza Cabanero
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What are the gaps between nerve cells called?
What is the galaxy closest in light-years to the Milky Way Galaxy?
Which constellation are the stars Castor and Pollux in?
What was the first planet discovered with the aid of a telescope?
What does a conchologist collect?
What is the splitting of atomic nuclei called?
What is the sticky part of the pistil called?
What instrument do you use to measure wind speed?
What does the gall bladder secrete?
What is made by white blood cells to help fight off infection?
What is the calm center part of a hurricane called?
What is the first phase of mitosis?
The first vaccine was for which disease?
Who was the first woman in space?
What part of the brain is responsible for vision?
What is the chemical symbol for lead
Who is considered the “father” of organic chemistry?
Who proposed the theory of continental drift?
What is the study of plant life called?
What gas makes up most of the atmosphere of Mars?
To any astronaut, what is an EVA?
Between which two planets does the asteroid belt lie?
What is the process of breaking down food called?
How many bones are in a giraffe’s neck?
What ongoing process allows water to be constantly recycled?
What is the average lifecycle of a red blood cell?
What was the first sound-recording device called?
What is the scientific word for push or pull?
What is the only bone in the human body that isn’t attached to another bone?
What are the four states of matter?
The metamorphism of what rock forms marble?
What is the smallest organ in the human body?
What are the four primary precious metals?
What is the only planet in our solar system less dense than water?
What element is named after the Greek word for green?
How many vertebrae in the human spine?
What is the name of the process where plants lose water in the atmosphere?
What part of the human body is the axilla?
What is the second most abundant mineral in the human body?
What metal is the best conductor of electricity?
What number on the Richter scale does an earthquake have to reach to be considered major?
Atoms of the same chemical element but with different atomic masses are known as what?
What is the center of an atom called?
Who formulated the theory of evolution in his book, The Origin of Species?
NaCI is the chemical formula of which common substance?
What is the name of the biggest part of the human brain?
Ganymede is a moon of which planet?
What is the name of NASA’s most famous space telescope?
hat is the shape of DNA known as?
What is the long pipe’s name that moves food from the back of the throat down to the stomach?
Who was the first person to walk on the moon?
What planet is closest in size to Earth?
A single piece of coiled DNA is known as what?
Electric power is typically measured in what units?
Someone who studies earthquakes are known as what?
What are the three-time periods of the dinosaurs?
What do you call molten rock before it has erupted?
Along with whom did Bill Gates found Microsoft?
The deepest point in all of the world’s oceans is named what?
What is the earth’s primary source of energy?
The most recognized model of how the universe began is known as the?
Electric resistance is typically measured in what units?
The wire inside an electric bulb is known as what?
A magnifying glass is what type of lens?
The process of pasteurization is named after which French microbiologist?
What is the name of a weather instrument used to measure atmospheric pressure?
The movement of pollen from the anthers to a flower’s stigma is known as what?
What is the name of the world’s largest reef?
What islands were extensively studied by Charles Darwin?
What is the chemical symbol of gold?
A person who studies fossils and prehistoric life, such as dinosaurs, is known as what?
What is another name for a tidal wave?
What is it called when a solid changes directly into a gas
What instrument is used for accurately measuring small amounts of liquid?
Who split the atom?
Who invented the microscope?
Who is the father of modern taxonomy?
What is the study of the interaction or relationship of living organisms to one another?
What gas makes soda bubbly?
What enzyme in the human mouth helps digest carbohydrates?
Which form of energy can we see with the naked eye?
What does Earth do that causes night and day?
Who was the inventor of the first battery?
What is the most malleable metal?
What is the inflammation of the liver called?
Who was the first man to see bacteria?
What is the shape of the Milky Way?
What is so reactive with water that it has to be stored in oil because it will react with the air’s moisture?
What mammal lays eggs?
What is the name of the largest North American terrestrial rodent, distinguished by its spiny covering?
What is another name for the Paleolithic Age?
How many time zones are there on Earth?
Table sugar, from sugar cane or beet, is what type of sugar?
What famous scientist and inventor participated in the invention ofthe Aqua-Lung?
Name the famous mathematician/physicist who was born in the year Galileo died.