Science Week
Quiz #266
ROUND 1: ELEMENTS
1. What is the chemical symbol for gold?
2. Which gas makes up most of Earth’s atmosphere?
3. What is the lightest element?
4. Which element has the symbol Fe?
5. Pencil “lead” is really a form of which element?
ROUND 2: SPACE
6. Which planet is closest to the Sun?
7. Which planet is known as the Red Planet?
8. What is the name of the galaxy we live in?
9. Who was the first person to walk on the Moon?
10. Does sunlight take about 8 seconds, 8 minutes or 8 hours to reach Earth?
ROUND 3: INVENTIONS
11. Which flight recorder, invented by Australian David Warren, helps investigators after a plane crash?
12. Who is credited with inventing the telephone in 1876?
13. Which hearing device, developed by Australian Graeme Clark, was first implanted in 1978?
14. What did Tim Berners-Lee invent in 1989?
15. Which scientist discovered penicillin in 1928?
ROUND 4: BODY BITS
16. What is the largest organ of the human body?
17. How many chambers does the human heart have?
18. What is the hardest substance in the human body?
19. What is the longest bone in the human body?
20. How many bones are in an adult human body?
ROUND 5: BIG NUMBERS
21. At sea level, water boils at how many degrees Celsius?
22. How many minutes are in a day?
23. Does light travel about 300, 3,000 or 300,000 kilometres per second?
24. How many zeros are in one million?
25. Does sound travel through air at about 34, 343 or 3,430 metres per second?
PEOPLE'S QUESTION
26. What is the closest star to Earth?
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