Who wrote science law 'for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction'?
Newton Click to see the answer
Which science term means the rate of change of velocity?
Acceleration
What is the name of the process for isolating animals recently arrived from overseas to prevent disease?
Quarantine
Which mathematician first said the world wasn't flat, but a sphere?
Pythagoras
What comes after 'double' in the name of a common drug testing method?
Blind
Silicosis, caused by high levels of silicon, affects which organ of the body?
Lung
Which is the lightest of all the metallic elements?
Lithium Click to see the answer
What is haemotology the study of?
Blood
Which term in maths means without end or limits?
Infinity
What is the name for the product of a combustion reaction?
Oxide
Waxing Gibbous refers to which celestial body?
Moon
How many fundamental states of matter are there?
3
Isaac Newton was born in which century?
17th
What word means how heavy something is, given its volume?
Density
The chemical symbol Na, from the Latin Natrium, is for which element?
Sodium
Aqua Regia is used to dissolve which metal?
Gold
Which element is also known as quicksilver?
Mercury
What was the first name of famous physicist Rutherford?
Ernest
In which year did man last land on the moon?
1972 Click to see the answer
Which word means relating to motion?
Kinetic
What is the name of the yellow-green digestive fluid produced by your liver?
Bile
Which science term means to check the accuracy of equipment?
Calibrate
Which animal has the longest gestation period?
Elephant
Which layer of the earth is under the crust, but above the core?
Mantle
Which scientist developed the idea of natural selection?
Charles Darwin
Bauxite is the raw material used to make which metal?
Aluminium
What is the name of a force causing movement?
Propulsion
What did physicist Alessandro Volta discover?
Electrical Current
Which chemical is also known as quicksilver?
Mercury
Which element, originally called hydragyrum, has the symbol Hg?
Mercury
What is the name for a pivot on which a lever turns?
Fulcrum
Pollinate is a verb used to describe the fertilisation of which objects?
Plants
What is measured with a geiger counter?
Radioactivity
Squirrel, Proboscis and Tamarin are types of which animal?
Monkey Click to see the answer
Which science term means an observation which differs from expectations?
Anomaly
What is the name of the change of state from solid to liquid?
Melting
What is the first name of particle physics expert Professor Cox?
Brian
Fission is used to generate which sort of power?
Nuclear
Sound travels how many times faster in water than in air?
4
Which pigment in the skin gives color?
Melanin
Kalium is the Latin name for which chemical element?
Potassium
Cystic Fibrosis affects which organ of the body?
Lungs
The test for which gas is that it turns limewater milky?
Carbon Dioxide
What type of energy is possessed by a body in motion?
Kinetic
Capillary action refers to the movement of which substance?
Liquids
How is hydropower generated?
Water
Which scientist wrote 'A Brief History of Time'?
Stephen Hawking
What does the P stand for in the chemical PVC?
Poly
What is the name of the fundamental unit of temperature?
Kelvin
A hurricane is defined as winds with speeds over how many miles per hour?
73 mph
Copper is named after which island in the Mediterranean?
Cyprus
What would you measure with a chronometer?
Time Click to see the answer
Dr Jonas Salk developed a vaccine for which disease?
Polio
What word means the wearing away of land by water or wind?
Erosion
What comes after 'dry' for the solid form of carbon dioxide?
Ice
What is the proper chemical name for marsh gas?
Methane
What is the name for the bones which make up the spine?
Vertebrae
Which biological term means without a spine?
Invertebrate
What does the Beaufort Scale measure?
Wind Speed
Which of the three states of matter can be compressed?
Gas
The early plastic called Bakelite was patented in which year?
1907
Sb is the chemical symbol for which element?
Antimony
What is mass divided by density?
Volume
What does the U stand for in UV light?
Ultra
How many poles does a magnet have?
2
Which type of rock is formed under huge amounts of heat or pressure?
Metamorphic
What connects muscle to bone?
Tendon
What scientific term means something which can be bent and shaped?
Malleable
What transparent glass object is used for separating light?
Prism
Electrical components can be connected in series or in what?
Parallel
What name do we give to the purple variety of quartz?
Amethyst
How many Laws of Thermodynamics are there?
3
What is the addictive chemical in tobacco?
Nicotine
Where in the body would you find alveoli?
Lungs
Which is the lightest element in the periodic table?
Hydrogen
Heliocentric means putting which celestial body at the center?
Sun
The European Organization for Nuclear Research, CERN, is in which country?
Switzerland
What disease is caused by a deficiency of Vitamin D?
Rickets
What substance are nails made from?
Keratin
How many officially recognised constellations are there?
88 Click to see the answer
Lobate Scarps are a feature of which planet?
Mercury
What is somnology the study of?
Sleep
How many years is it said to take Jupiter to orbit the Sun?
11
Which gas makes up 90% of household natural gas?
Methane
The distance between the Sun and the Earth is roughly how many times the Sun's diameter?
100
Which theory says that the most simplest explanation is properly the right one?
Occam's Razor Click to see the answer
Sedimentary rocks like limestone and chalk are largely composed of which element?
Calcium
How many pairs of chromosomes do most people have?
23
Which living creature is the constellation Aquila named after?
Eagle
Thermal decomposition means breaking down using what?
Heat
Equinology is the study of which animal?
Horse
What is the name of the sugar stored in the body for energy?
Glucose
Which organ is located at the top of the neck?
Larynx
What is the side of the triangle opposite the right angle, according to Pythagoras?
Hypotenuse
Selenology is the scientific study of what?
Moon Click to see the answer
Which term means heat transfer through the movement of a fluid?
Convection
The Cassini-Huygens probe was sent to visit which planet?
Saturn
In 1693 Giovanni Zupi observed that which planet actually orbited the sun?
Mercury
Atlas is a moon of which planet?
Saturn
Robert Goddard is a scientist mostly associated with what?
Rocketry
How many constellations of stars represent the zodiac?
12
Fluorine, chlorine and iodine are in which element group?
Halogens
In July 2018, the Italian Space Agency detected what on Mars?
Liquid Water
Callisto and Io are moons that orbit which planet?
Jupiter Click to see the answer
What is the name given to the outer layer of the earth?
Crust
Electrolysis is the process of getting hydrogen and oxygen from which substance?
Water
What is the unit to measure electrical resistance?
Ohm
What word means the relative reactivity of an element?
Valency
Jupiter is what numbered planet from the Sun?
5th
Which planet in the solar system is named after the Roman God of merchants, travellers and thieves?
Mercury
What type of kinetic energy is stored in a coiled spring?
Elastic
Ganymede is a moon which orbits which planet?
Jupiter
What is mass multiplied by acceleration?
Force
What was the surname of Michael, a British scientist who developed the laws of electrolysis?
Faraday
The constellation Orion is depicted in the Greek Mythology as?
A Great Hunter
What is the name for a chemical which can bind two incompatible substances like water and oil?
Emulsifier Click to see the answer
Mimas is a moon of which planet?
Saturn
What is the outermost layer of skin called?
Epidermis
Telesto is a moon of which planet?
Saturn
What is the scientific name for a substance which promotes drying?
Dessicant
Hyperion is a moon of which planet?
Saturn
Janus is a moon of which planet?
Saturn
The Cerberus Fossae is found on which planet?
Mars
Johann Schroter spotted 20km Mountains on which plant in 1800?
Mercury
How many men crewed Apollo 11 when it landed on the moon in 1969?
3
Galileo first observed the rings of which planet in 1610?
Saturn
What is the scientific name for a drug derived from poppies?
Opiates
The creation of our universe is said to have started with which theory?
Big Bang
Enzymes are made from strings of which type of acids?
Amino
What do you get by multiplying velocity and mass together?
Momentum
Scientist Leo Hendrik Baekeland who invented bakelite was from which European country?
Belgium Click to see the answer
Noachis Terra is a period of which planets history?
Mars
What was the name of the particle discovered at CERN in 2012?
Higgs Boson
What is the first name of popular space scientist Professor Cox?
Brian
What is the SI unit of thermodynamic temperature?
Kelvin
The Borealis Basin can be found on which planet?
Mars
Skathi is a moon of which planet?
Saturn
Enzymes in the body assist with which process?
Digestion
In 1631 Pierre Gassendi made the first telescopic observation of which planet?
Mercury
How many earth days does it take for Mars to Orbit the sun?
668
In which modern day country is the Chernobyl power station, which exploded in 1986?
Ukraine
Where in the body would you find leukocytes?
Blood
In which Asian country could you visit the world's largest science center or museum?
China
What is the name of molecules produced by living organisms that help biochemical reactions?
Enzymes
Which famous scientist joined the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey in 1933?
Einstein
Phobos is a moon of which planet?
Mars
Complete the name of a famous feature on Mercury 'The Caloris _____'?
Basin
Henri Becquerel is famous for his work in which field of science?
Radioactivity
Kepler came up with his three laws of planetary motion in which century?
17th
Astronomers observe the sky from what named building?
Observatory
The Greek letter 'rho', which looks like p, is used as the symbol for what?
Density
Pan is a moon of which planet?
Saturn
Which planet boasts the largest moon in the solar system?
Jupiter Click to see the answer
Triton orbits which planet?
Neptune
Which planet is best known for its rings?
Saturn
Which planet is referred to as being Cronian?
Saturn
What comprises 42% of Mercury?
Molecular Oxygen
Which space probe landed on Mars in June 1999?
Pathfinder
Which plant is orbited by the moon of Proteus?
Neptune Click to see the answer
Which planet is known as The Bringer of Old Age?
Saturn
What is the name of the largest mountain on Mars?
Olympus Mons
Which name is given to the collection of Jupiter's 4 largest moons?
Galilean Moons
Which planet takes around 668 days to orbit the Sun?
Mars
The Orionids meteor shower peaks during which month?
October
Which planet takes 29 Earth years to orbit the Sun?
Saturn
Which planet is the second largest planet in the Solar System?
Saturn
Which planet shares its name with a popular chocolate bar?
Mars
Which planet has the second largest moon in the Solar System?
Saturn Click to see the answer
Which planet in our solar system is the slowest orbiting planet?
Neptune
Which planet in our solar system has the greatest average density?
Earth
Which planet has a day which lasts the equivalent of 176 Earth Days?
Mercury
Which planet has a 'Great Dark Spot'?
Neptune
Which planet is known as the Red Planet?
Mars
Which astronomer first calculated the orbit of a comet
Edmund Halley
Which planet has a moon named Amalthea?
Jupiter
Which planet is given its reddish appearance by Iron Oxide?
Mars
What protective layer surrounds Earth?
Ozone
Which of these planets does not have a satellite?
Venus
What was the first US Space Shuttle to fly in space?
Colombia
Which of the planets is the second largest of the 'gas giants'?
Saturn Click to see the answer
Which planet is named after the Roman God of the Sea?
Neptune
Which planet in our solar system takes about 225 days to orbit the sun?
Venus
Which planet has an astronomical signal that is a trident?
Neptune
Which of these is known as the Red Planet?
Mars
What gives the 'Red Planet', Mars its redness?
Iron oxide
Which planet has the largest dust storms in the solar system?
Mars
Which planet possess a ring entitled Egalite 1?
Neptune
The Rover Spirit was sent to which planet?
Mars
What planet comes between Mercury and Earth?
Venus
Which planet is the smallest of the 'Gas giants'?
Neptune
What was the first artificial satellite to be launched in to space by the USSR?
Sputnik 1
Who made the first spacewalk ever?
Alexei Leonov
Which planet is fifth closest to the Sun?
Jupiter
Which planet is name after the Roman God of Wealth?
Saturn