1. What is the primary cause of global warming?
(a) Deforestation
(b) Increased volcanic activity
(c) The natural Earth cycle
(d) Increased greenhouse gas emissions
2. Which of the following is a renewable energy source?
(a) Coal
(b) Natural gas
(c) Solar power
(d) Nuclear power
3. Which layer of the atmosphere contains the ozone layer?
(a) Troposphere
(b) Stratosphere
(c) Mesosphere
(d) Thermosphere
1. What is the largest planet in our solar system?
(a) Earth
(b) Jupiter
(c) Saturn
(d) Neptune
2. Which planet is known as the Red Planet?
(a) Mars
(b) Venus
(c) Mercury
(d) Jupiter
3. What is the closest star to Earth?
(a) Sirius
(b) Betelgeuse
(c) The Sun
(d) Proxima Centauri
1. Which of the following is a pure substance?
(a) Air
(b) Salt water
(c) Iron
(d) Sugar solution
2.The smallest particle of an element that can exist independently is called:
(a) Molecule
(b) Atom
(c) Ion
(d) Electron
3. The process of converting a solid directly into a gas is called:
(a) Sublimation
(b) Evaporation
(c) Condensation
(d) Melting
1) Who is Venus in mythology?
a) God of justice
b) Goddess of love
c) God of wind
d) God of storm
2) How is Venus sometimes referred to? (This is one of the two common references.)
a) Morning Star
b) Yellow Star
c) Noon Star
d) Blue Star
3) What is the number of Venus’ satellites?
a) One
b) Two
c) Zero
d) Three
1. Which of the following is a scalar quantity?
(a) Velocity
(b) Acceleration
(c) Force
(d) Speed
2. Newton’s second law of motion is expressed as:
(a) F = m/a
(b) F = ma
(c) F = a/m
(d) F = m – a
3. The unit of work is:
(a) Joule
(b) Newton
(c) Watt
(d) Kilogram
1. The basic unit of life is:
(a) Cell
(b) Tissue
(c) Organ
(d) Organ system
2. The process by which plants convert sunlight into energy is called:
(a) Respiration
(b) Photosynthesis
(c) Digestion
(d) Excretion
3. The control center of a cell is the:
(a) Cell membrane
(b) Cytoplasm
(c) Nucleus
(d) Mitochondria
1. When was Oliver Sacks born?
a) 4 February 1936
b) 2 April 1934
c) 9 July 1933
d) 30 December 1932
2. Where was Oliver Sacks born?
a) London
b) Bristol
c) Plymouth
d) Ipswich
3. Which college did Oliver Sacks attend?
a) King’s College
b) Queen’s College
c) St. Albert’s College
d) St. George’s College
1. When did Philipp Lenard win Nobel Prize for Physics?
a) 1903
b) 1905
c) 1904
d) 1907
2. When was Philipp Lenard born?
a) 7 November 1857
b) 7 June 1862
c) 15 May 1859
d) 9 January 1852
3. Where was Philipp Lenard born?
a) Nantes
b) La Rochelle
c) Pressburg
d) Amiens
1. In which country was Louis Pasteur born?
(a) Germany
(b) France
(c) Italy
(d) England
2. What field of science did Louis Pasteur dedicate his life to?
(a) Physics
(b) Chemistry
(c) Mathematics
(d) Geology
3. Louis Pasteur’s work disproved the theory of:
(a) Evolution
(b) Spontaneous generation
(c) Gravity
(d) Relativity