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Science & Body Mega Quiz 2: 132 Questions
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Science & Body Mega Quiz 2: 132 Questions: questions and answers
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How many bones does an adult human have? 186 · 206 · 212
206 – Babies are born with about 300 bones, and many fuse as they grow.
Who has more bones? Boys · Girls · Same
Same
What color is the blood inside your veins? Blue · Red · Purple
Red – It only looks blue through your skin!
Goosebumps happen when tiny muscles... Make your skin sweat · Pull your hairs up · Shrink your skin
Pull your hairs up
Induction cooktops heat the pan using… Infrared light · Hot pressurized gas · Magnetic fields
Magnetic fields – The cooktop itself barely gets hot!
What color is the Sun really? Yellow · Orange · White
White – It only looks yellow through our air!
Which planet is third from the Sun? Venus · Mars · Earth
Earth
A comet is mostly made of... Burning gas · Melted metal · Ice and dust
Ice and dust – Its glowing tail always points away from the Sun!
Where are your vocal cords? In your throat · Up in your nose · Deep in your chest
In your throat
Stars that form a picture in the sky are called a... Constellation · Shooting star · Black hole
Constellation
How many moons does Earth have? None · One · Two
One
Which metal in your blood helps make it red? Iron · Copper · Gold
Iron
How many fingers and toes do most people have in total? 10 · 20 · 24
20
How many bits are in one byte? 4 · 16 · 8
8
Who usually has longer vocal cords? Boys · Girls · Same
Boys – That's why most men have deeper voices!
What do the hairs in your nose do? Keep you warm · Filter dust · Help you smell
Filter dust
Pressure cookers are faster because the water… Boils slower · Boils hotter · Turns to ice
Boils hotter
Which sense uses your tongue? Taste · Smell · Hearing
Taste
How many bones does a newborn baby have? About 100 · 206 · About 300
About 300 – Many of them fuse together as you grow!
Who is more likely to get motion sickness? Boys · Girls · Same
Girls
How long can footprints on the Moon last? A week · 100 years · Millions of years
Millions of years – There's no wind on the Moon to blow them away!
What is the largest organ of the human body? Skin · Liver · Brain
Skin
What protects your brain? Ribs · Spine · Skull
Skull
What does RAM stand for? Random Access Memory · Read And Move · Rapid Action Memory
Random Access Memory
Can you hear sound in outer space? Yes · No · Only near stars
No
What does USB stand for? United System Board · Universal Serial Bus · Universal Signal Box
Universal Serial Bus
The Moon drifts away from Earth every year by about... 38 cm · 3.8 cm · 3.8 m
3.8 cm – That's roughly how fast your fingernails grow!
Most non-stick pans are coated with… Wax · Teflon · Aluminum
Teflon
About how many days does Earth take to go around the Sun? 30 · 365 · 1,000
365
Which gadget promised '1,000 songs in your pocket' in 2001? Walkman · Zune · iPod
iPod – The first iPod had a spinning hard drive inside!
What is water called when it's a gas? Ice · Rain · Vapor
Vapor
What melted in the microwave inventor's pocket? An ice cube · A stick of butter · A candy bar
A candy bar – Percy Spencer noticed it in 1945 while working on radar!
About how much of an adult's body is water? About 30% · About 60% · About 90%
About 60%
What is the Milky Way? Our galaxy · A big comet · A giant star
Our galaxy
What do we call a person who travels to space? Astronaut · Aviator · Navigator
Astronaut
Titan, a moon with lakes, orbits which planet? Saturn · Jupiter · Uranus
Saturn
Who can feel tinier details with their fingertips? Boys · Girls · Same
Girls
At what time of day are you the tallest? Morning · Afternoon · Night
Morning – By evening your spine squeezes down and you can be 1 cm shorter.
Which blood type can be given to almost anyone? O negative · AB positive · A negative
O negative
In space, astronauts get... Shorter · Taller · No change
Taller – Their spines stretch by up to 5 cm without gravity!
Unlike baking soda, baking powder already contains… An acid · Dried yeast · Salt
An acid
Saccharin was found when a chemist forgot to... Turn off a burner · Close a jar · Wash his hands
Wash his hands
What shields Earth from solar wind and makes auroras? The Moon's gravity · Thick clouds · Its magnetic field
Its magnetic field
About how many Earths could fit inside the Sun? 1,300 · 1.3 million · 13 billion
1.3 million
In binary, what is 1 + 1? 10 · 2 · 11
10 – Binary only has 0 and 1, so 2 is written as 10!
Which planet has Olympus Mons, the tallest volcano known? Venus · Jupiter · Mars
Mars – It's about two and a half times taller than Mount Everest!
Thomas Edison made the very first light bulb.
False – Others made glowing bulbs decades earlier. Edison made one last.
Too much salt in bread dough slows down the… Yeast · Oven · Flour
Yeast
A teaspoon of neutron star would weigh about... A ton · A billion tons · A kilogram
A billion tons
Frisbees are named after a... Pie company · Famous dog · College coach
Pie company
Who is more likely to be a 'supertaster'? Boys · Girls · Same
Girls
What does sous vide mean in French? Under vacuum · Slow cooked · Hot water bath
Under vacuum
The first Ferris wheel, in 1893, was built to top... The Statue of Liberty · Big Ben · The Eiffel Tower
The Eiffel Tower
Who has a bigger brain on average? Boys · Girls · Same
Boys – But bigger doesn't mean smarter!
Carrots help your body make which vitamin? Vitamin A · Vitamin C · Vitamin D
Vitamin A
Which body part has no blood vessels? Cornea · Lips · Tongue
Cornea
Water is made of hydrogen and... Oxygen · Carbon · Helium
Oxygen
Your body has about as many gut bacteria as... Human cells · Sand grains on a beach · Hairs on your head
Human cells
Which gas makes balloons float? Oxygen · Nitrogen · Helium
Helium
Marble is a type of which kind of rock? Metamorphic · Igneous · Sedimentary
Metamorphic – Heat and pressure turn limestone into marble!
Where did the ice cream cone become famous? 1904 World's Fair · A circus · An Italian beach
1904 World's Fair
Who usually has a faster resting heartbeat? Boys · Girls · Same
Girls
Which planet is often called Earth's twin? Mars · Venus · Mercury
Venus
Usually, how long can a person survive without water? About 3 hours · About 3 days · About 3 weeks
About 3 days
Who has more hair follicles? Boys · Girls · Same
Same – About 5 million each! Hormones decide how thick hair grows.
Who was the first woman in space? Sally Ride · Valentina Tereshkova · Mae Jemison
Valentina Tereshkova
Why do astronauts get taller in space? Their spine stretches · They eat more · Their bones get longer
Their spine stretches
Browning on toast and steak comes from sugars reacting with… Water molecules · Amino acids · Salt
Amino acids – It's called the Maillard reaction!
Bubble wrap was first meant to be sold as... Packing · A pool cover · Wallpaper
Wallpaper
The Earth's core is mostly... Ice · Iron · Lava
Iron
The Slinky was invented by an engineer who dropped a... Pen · Coin · Spring
Spring
The Richter scale measures... Tornado season · Volcano eruptions · Earthquakes
Earthquakes
About how many breaths do you take each day? 20,000 · 2,000 · 200,000
20,000
Which eye cells let you see color? Rods · Cones · Lens cells
Cones
Which part of your brain controls balance? Brain stem · Cerebellum · Frontal lobe
Cerebellum
Which planet has the shortest day? Jupiter · Mercury · Earth
Jupiter
Which animal shares the most DNA with humans? Gorilla · Chimpanzee · Orangutan
Chimpanzee – Humans and chimpanzees share about 98.8 percent of their DNA.
What is the edge of a black hole called? Event horizon · Light barrier · Dark boundary
Event horizon
The world's first webcam, in 1991, watched a... Fish tank · Parking lot · Coffee pot
Coffee pot – Cambridge scientists wanted to know if the pot was empty before walking over.
Who usually has more upper-body muscle? Boys · Girls · Same
Boys
Fastest nerve signals travel at about... 4 km/h · 430 km/h · 43,000 km/h
430 km/h
Which gadget survived a bombing in the Gulf War and still works? Game Boy · Walkman · iPod
Game Boy – Its melted case is on display and it still plays Tetris!
What causes hiccups? Your diaphragm twitching · Eating too fast, always · Your heart skipping a beat
Your diaphragm twitching
A moving car has which type of energy? Kinetic · Thermal · Nuclear
Kinetic – Kinetic energy comes from the Greek word for motion!
An 11-year-old invented which frozen treat in 1905? The popsicle · The ice cream cone · The snow cone
The popsicle – Frank Epperson left soda with a stick outside on a cold night.
What is the hardest substance in the human body? Thigh bone · Fingernail · Tooth enamel
Tooth enamel
Whose heart is usually bigger? Boys · Girls · Same
Boys
Charles Goodyear made rubber tough by accidentally... Freezing it · Soaking it in salt · Dropping it on a hot stove
Dropping it on a hot stove
Who usually has more sweat glands per square cm? Boys · Girls · Same
Same
Which was invented first: the pencil or the pen with ink? Ink pen · Pencil · Same year
Ink pen
Tetris was created in 1984 in… Soviet Union · Japan · USA
Soviet Union
About how long is one year on Neptune? 16 Earth years · 165 Earth years · 1,650 Earth years
165 Earth years
Tempering chocolate is all about controlling its… Color · Sugar content · Crystals
Crystals
Which planet spins in the opposite direction to most? Venus · Mars · Earth
Venus
Your stomach lining renews itself every few... Days · Months · Years
Days
Which body part keeps working while you sleep but can't feel pain itself? Brain · Skin · Heart
Brain
One of the first video games, in 1958, was a game of... Golf · Football · Tennis
Tennis
Which planet has the longest day? Venus · Jupiter · Mars
Venus
Which is the only bone not connected to another bone? Hyoid · Kneecap · Tailbone
Hyoid
The barcode idea was first drawn where? On a napkin · In beach sand · On a train ticket
In beach sand – Joseph Woodland stretched Morse code dots and dashes into lines.
The world's first webcam watched… A fish tank · A coffee pot · A front door
A coffee pot – Cambridge scientists checked if the pot was empty!
Which is hotter: lightning or the surface of the Sun? Lightning · The Sun · Same
Lightning
Which planet has a six-sided storm at its north pole? Jupiter · Saturn · Neptune
Saturn – Each side of the hexagon is wider than Earth!
Combi ovens in pro kitchens mix hot air with… Microwaves · Infrared · Steam
Steam
Classic puff pastry has about how many layers? 2,187 · 729 · 81
729
Who usually cries more often? Boys · Girls · Same
Girls
Bread goes stale mainly because its starch… Recrystallizes · Loses all its water · Rots
Recrystallizes – That's why the fridge makes bread stale faster!
Which planet would float in a giant bathtub? Saturn · Jupiter · Earth
Saturn
What is the unit of electric current? Ampere · Kilowatt · Kilovolt
Ampere
The first bristle toothbrushes, in 1498, used... Pig hair · Nylon · Bird feathers
Pig hair
Which part of your body is called your 'second brain'? Your gut · Your heart · Your spine
Your gut – It has about 500 million nerve cells!
Stainless steel was found by a man searching for better... Kitchen knives · Gun barrels · Coins
Gun barrels
What was the first food cooked in a microwave on purpose? Eggs · Popcorn · Pizza
Popcorn
Which dwarf planet is the biggest object in the asteroid belt? Pluto · Eris · Ceres
Ceres
The Etch A Sketch was invented in France.
True
Monopoly grew from an older game made to show that... Landlords are unfair · Banks are safe · Saving pays off
Landlords are unfair – Lizzie Magie patented 'The Landlord's Game' in 1904.
Where would you weigh the LEAST? Earth · Moon · Jupiter
Moon – Smaller worlds pull less. The Moon is the smallest here, so you'd weigh about a sixth of your Earth weight!
Do humans glow very faintly in the dark? Yes · No · Only children
Yes – It's about 1,000 times too weak for our eyes to see!
In 1943, the USA briefly banned… Chocolate milk · Sliced bread · Ketchup
Sliced bread – The ban lasted less than two months!
Which organ floats in water? Lungs · Liver · Heart
Lungs
The first Jacuzzi pump was made to help a... Tired athlete · Sick horse · Boy with arthritis
Boy with arthritis – Candido Jacuzzi built it for his son's arthritis.
What could you survive the LONGEST without? Air · Water · Food
Food – You last minutes without air and days without water, but weeks without food!
Teflon was discovered by accident while researching… Refrigerants · Rocket engine fuel · Paint
Refrigerants
X-rays were found in 1895 when what started to glow across a dark room? A screen · A light bulb · A clock face
A screen – Wilhelm Röntgen saw a coated screen glow from rays he couldn't see.
Triton, a moon that orbits backwards, belongs to... Uranus · Neptune · Saturn
Neptune
Which is older: the stapler or the paper clip? The paper clip · The stapler · Same decade
The stapler – Staplers were patented in the 1870s, the Gem paper clip came in the 1890s.
From sunrise to sunrise, a day on Mercury lasts about... Exactly 1 Earth day · 59 Earth days · 176 Earth days
176 Earth days
Astronauts say space smells like... Seared steak · Roses · Nothing at all
Seared steak – They notice it on their suits after spacewalks!
The buzz you feel when your phone isn't ringing is called... Phantom vibration · Ghost ringing syndrome · Echo buzz
Phantom vibration
The coldest known place in the universe is the... Moon's dark side · Boomerang Nebula · Planet Pluto
Boomerang Nebula
The point underground where an earthquake starts is the... Fault · Focus · Epicenter
Focus – The epicenter is the spot on the surface right above it!
The oldest known bread, 14,400 years old, was found in… Egypt · Jordan · Greece
Jordan – It was baked about 4,000 years before farming began!