General Science Trivia Questions and Answers. Elements, Stalactites, Spectroscopy, Glucose, Transpiration, Alloys, lead, tin, copper, energy and more.

Trivia Quiz Questions about science topics like chemistry, the elements, medicine, energy, methane, carbon dating and more.

 


 

 




 

 

 

Science Trivia questions

Ornithophily is what?
A: A type of reproduction among flowering plants.

What name is given to calcite deposits suspended from cave roofs?
A: Stalactites.

Which element is mixed with copper to make brass?
A: Zinc.

Sunburn is caused by which type of electromagnetic radiation?
A: Ultraviolet radiation.

What technique is often used for identifying substances or for checking their purity?
A: Spectroscopy.

How many basic tastes can the human tongue distinguish?
A: Four.

Which Russian chemist devised the first form of the periodic table in 1869?
A: Mendeleyev.

From which country did fireworks originate?
A: China.

Which lightweight metal is used in the manufacture of aircraft, cars and ships?
A: Aluminum.

Which molecule is the source of energy for the body?
A: Glucose.

What does a potometer measure?
A: Transpiration stream in a plant.

Which composer wrote much  of his finest music when he was deaf?
A: Beethoven.

What is the prefix denoting 'multiplied by 10 to the power 6'?
A: Mega.

What is a very hard, transparent form of carbon, whose crystals are octahedral in shape?
A: Diamond.

Which is the lightest of all the elements?
A: Hydrogen.

In degrees Kelvin, what is absolute zero?
A: Zero.

What information does the technique of carbon dating aim to provide?
A: The age of a rock, fossil or other sample.

What phenomenon is characterized by constant sound in the ears?
A: Tinnitus.

Which French chemist gave oxygen its name and proved that water was a compound of oxygen and hydrogen?
A: Lavoisier.

What is the major ore of uranium?
A: Pitchblende.

Which common mineral is used to make casts, moulds, blackboard chalk and plaster of Paris?
A: Gypsum.

Which element was found in Greenland in 1989?
A: Gold.

The sun's energy is produced by which type of nuclear reaction?
A: Fusion.

Which instrument allowed Galileo to make his discovery that the Moon has mountains and craters?
A: Telescope.

Which part of the eye gives it color?
A: Iris.

What name is given to the series of international units used by scientists?
A: SI.

Which element is used as a disinfectant, as a bleaching agent and to purify water?
A: Chlorine.

Which poisonous yellow gas is commonly used in refrigerants?
A: Fluorine.

Which type of radiation is screened out by the Earth's ozone layer?
A: Ultraviolet radiation.

What does a micrometer gauge measure?
A: Small lengths.

Which part of the eye gets smaller when the lights go on?
A: Pupil.

What is a fathom?
A: An obsolete unit of depth used by seafarers and miners.

Which toxic, crystalline metalloid has the chemical symbol As?
A: Arsenic.

Which element ignites spontaneously in normal air?
A: Phosphorus.

Which law would be violated by a perpetual motion machine?
A: The law of conservation of energy.

What is the name given to the technique of measuring at a distance?
A: Telemetry.

How many color pigments are there in the human retina?
A: Three.

What is alloyed with lead to make pewter?
A: Tin.

What is a very hard, naturally-occurring mineral, of which ruby and sapphire are gem-quality varieties?
A: Corundum.

Which metallic element is an important constituent of hemoglobin?
A: Iron.

What form of energy is produced by an electric motor?
A: Mechanical energy.

Which human sense organ may be sensitive to magnetic fields?
A: Nose.

What is the atomic number of magnesium?
A: 12.

 

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