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Multiple Choice Science Quiz
How deep is one fathom of water?
A. 6 feet
B. 8 feet
C. 4 feet
D. 10 feet
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A. 6 feet.
How is the constellation Ursa Major more commonly known?
A. The Great Bear
B. The Great Pig
C. The Great Dog
D. The Great Whale
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A. The Great Bear.
What part of the human body is the clavicle?
A. The shoulder blade
B. The wrist
C. The collarbone
D. The knee
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C. The collarbone.
What name is given to the apparent force felt by an object moving in a curved path that acts outwards from the center of rotation?
A. Centrifugal force
B. Gravitational force
C. Centripetal force
D. Frictional force
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A. Centrifugal force.
What is the chemical symbol for sodium?
A. Sm
B. Na
C. S
D. Ne
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B. Na.
What level on the Beaufort Scale indicates storm force winds?
A. 6
B. 8
C. 10
D. 12
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C. 10.
Which organ of the human body produces bile?
A. Kidney
B. Stomach
C. Gallbladder
D. Liver
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D. Liver.
What color does an alkali turn litmus?
A. Blue
B. Green
C. Red
D. Yellow
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A. Blue.
Which is the lowest layer of the Earth’s atmosphere?
A. Troposphere
B. Thermosphere
C. Exosphere
D. Stratosphere
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A. Troposphere.
Which law of physics states that the force needed to extend or compress a spring by a distance scales linearly with that distance?
A. Newton’s Second Law
B. Plank’s Law
C. Hooke’s Law
D. Boyle’s Law
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C. Hooke’s Law.
What name is given to particles that transmit light?
A. Gluons
B. Neutrinos
C. Muons
D. Photons
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D. Photons.
What is measured by the Richter Scale?
A. Wind speed
B. Earthquakes
C. Nuclear radiation
D. Tides
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B. Earthquakes.
Who is the only person to have won a Nobel Prize in two different scientific fields?
A. Albert Einstein
B. Marie Curie
C. Niels Bohr
D. Isaac Newton
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B. Marie Curie.
In which part of the human body would you find the hypothalamus?
A. The brain
B. The eye
C. The ear
D. The stomach
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A. The brain.
The particles from which type of nuclear radiation consist of two protons and two neutrons?
A. Beta radiation
B. Gamma radiation
C. Alpha radiation
D. X radiation
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C. Alpha radiation.
What is the boiling point of water on the Fahrenheit scale?
A. 215 degrees
B. 220 degrees
C. 200 degrees
D. 212 degrees
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D. 212 degrees.
To which part of the human body do the carotid arteries carry blood?
A. The heart
B. The head
C. The lungs
D. The legs
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B. The head.
Which of the following is not a noble gas?
A. Radon
B. Neon
C. Argon
D. Hydrogen
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D. Hydrogen.
What name is given to the white outer layer of the eyeball?
A. The sclera
B. The lens
C. The cornea
D. The retina
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A. The sclera.
Which type of rock is formed from particles of sand, shells and pebbles?
A. Sedimentary
B. Igneous
C. Metamorphic
D. Crystalline
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A. Sedimentary.
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