KB General Science 2013 #2

Question 1

What is the study of insects?

Answer 1

entomology (sorry-misstyped on study sheet)

Question 2

What is the study of fish?

Answer 2

ichthyology

Question 3

What parts make up the nucleus of an atom?

Answer 3

protons and neutrons

Question 4

Lizards belong to which classification of animal?

Answer 4

reptiles

Question 5

What is the hardest mineral known to man?

Answer 5

diamond

Question 6

What are the longest living cells in the human body?

Answer 6

brain cells

Question 7

How many bones are in the adult human body?

Answer 7

206

Question 8

What is the green pigment found in a plant that helps perform photosynthesis?

Answer 8

chlorophyll

Question 9

What is the chemical in coffee that fools your body into thinking it isn’t tired?

Answer 9

caffeine

Question 10

What poles of a magnet attract each other?

Answer 10

North and South (opposites)

Question 11

What is a statement that can be used to predict the outcome of future observations in a science experiment?

Answer 11

hypothesis

Question 12

Water at room temperature is at what state?

Answer 12

liquid

Question 13

What was the name of the first satellite in space?

Answer 13

Sputnik I

Question 14

What is the common name for the disease known as “bovine spongiform encephalopathy”?

Answer 14

Mad Cow Disease

Question 15

In 1980 the World Health Organization (WHO) stated that what disease had been eliminated?

Answer 15

smallpox

Question 16

In 2006 the International Astronomical Union reclassified what planet as a dwarf planet?

Answer 16

Pluto

Question 17

The astronomer Copernicus was the first to suggest a heliocentric universe. What does the prefix “helio” mean?

Answer 17

sun

Question 18

What is generally considered to be the largest bear on Earth

Answer 18

Kodiak

Question 19

What is our atmosphere that actually causes a sunset to be red or orange?

Answer 19

dust

Question 20

What do we call living things with 8 legs?

Answer 20

arachnids