KB General Science 2013 #11

Question 1

About what percentage of Earth is covered by water?

Answer 1

70%

Question 2

What does the acronym EPA stand for?

Answer 2

Environmental Protection Agency

Question 3

What do we call the bowl shaped part at the top of a volcano?

Answer 3

crater

Question 4

What is the name given to the center of a hurricane?

Answer 4

eye

Question 5

What is a spring from which steam and superheated water are ejected intermittently?

Answer 5

geyser

Question 6

What planet is closest to Earth?

Answer 6

Venus

Question 7

What is the largest planet in our solar system?

Answer 7

Jupiter

Question 8

What type of leaves does a koala use for food?

Answer 8

eucalyptus

Question 9

What land mammal other than man has the longest lifespan?

Answer 9

elephant

Question 10

When a caterpillar changes into an adult butterfly, what is the change called?

Answer 10

metamorphosis

Question 11

What is the name given to animals without backbones?

Answer 11

invertebrates

Question 12

Dolphins travel in family groups called what?

Answer 12

pods

Question 13

What is the substance that makes up most of the human body?

Answer 13

water

Question 14

Which of the 5 human senses is most closely linked with memory?

Answer 14

sense of smell

Question 15

What is the most commonly eaten meat in the world?

Answer 15

chicken

Question 16

What is the acronym for Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus?

Answer 16

SCUBA

Question 17

What is the only planet is our solar system that rotates clockwise?

Answer 17

Venus

Question 18

What is the name given to a group of coyotes?

Answer 18

a band

Question 19

Hematology is the study of what?

Answer 19

blood

Question 20

In which of the 3 types of rocks are fossils found?

Answer 20

sedimentary