Easy round

1. According to the rules of calculating significant figures, the sum of (1000.),

(23.911), & (150.18) is?
A. 1174.091
B. 1173.
C. 1174.09
D. 1174.
Answer: D. For addition and subtraction, use the measurement with the
least number of decimals
2. They are known as the basic units of life?
Answer: CELLS
3. He is often credited as the father of the scientific method?
A. Isaac Newton
B. Galileo Galilei
C. John Dalton
D. Albert Einstein
Answer: B. Galileo Galilei
4. What is another name for the Paleolithic Age?
A. Metal age
B. Stone age
C. Bronze age
D. Iron age
Answer: B. Stone Age
5. The emergence of anatomically modern humans marked the dawn of the
subspecies known as Homo sapiens sapiens. Around what time did this
subspecies emerge?
A. 200,000 yrs. Ago
B. 300,000 yrs. Ago
C. 400,000 yrs. Ago
D. 500,000 yrs. Ago
Answer: A. 200,000 yrs. ago
6. Name the first man to have traveled in space?
Answer: Yuri Gagarin
7. At room temperature, most elements are in w/c phase of matter?
A. Solid
B. Liquid
C. Gas
D. Plasma
Answer: A. solid
8. The word atom is from a Greek word meaning?
A. Small
B. Indivisible
C. Unseen
D. Visible
Answer: B. Indivisible
9. Sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, it is a reproductive structure found
in angiosperm plants.
A. Stamen
B. Flower
 C. Stigma
D. Ovary
Answer: B. Flower
10.The orbit of the earth around the sun is said to be
A. Spiral
B. Circular
C. Irregular
D. Elliptical
Answer: D. Elliptical

Average round

1. Movement of the cell against concentration gradient is called

A. Osmosis
B. Active transport
C. Diffusion
D. Passive transport
Answer: B. Active transport
2. Matthias Schleiden & Theodor Schwann are often credited for the formulation
of w/c famous theory?
A. The germ theory of disease
B. The cell theory
C. Theory of Inheritance of Acquired Traits
D. The Gene Theory
Answer: B. The cell theory
3. Our Sun, a main sequence star located at about 27,200 light years from the
galactic core, is often informally referred to as?
A. Red dwarf
B. Orange dwarf
C. Brown dwarf
D. Yellow dwarf
Answer: D. Yellow dwarf
4. Name the English naturalist who, while credited with being the co-developer
of the theory of evolution by natural selection, is much less famous for this
than his co-developer.
A. Erasmus Darwin
B. Robert Ludlow
C. Alfred Wallace
D. Rudolf Virchow
Answer: D. Rudolf Virchow.
5. The bond between two different non-metallic elements is said to be?
A. Ionic
B. electrostatic
C. Covalent
D. Polar
Answer: C. Covalent
6. When, in the geologic time scale, did dinosaurs first appear:
 A. Jurassic
B. Triassic
C. Cretaceous
D. Tertiary
Answer: B. Triassic.
7. Of the following w/c are clouds formed at the highest altitude:
A. Altocumulus
B. Altostratus
C. Cirrocumulus
D. Nimbostratus
Answer: C. cirrocumulus
8. A high pressure center is associated with what kind of weather?
A. Warm & dry
B. Warm & wet
C. Cool & dry
D. Cool & wet
Answer: C. Cool & dry
9. What is the name for a roughly circular coral reef enclosing a shallow lagoon?
A. Barrier reef
B. Fringing reef
C. Shallow reef
D. Atoll
Answer: D. Atoll
10.Magma that has reached the earths surface is called:
Answer: LAVA.

Difficult round
1. What is the principal quantum number of an element that belongs to the
noble gases?
A. 0
B. 1
C. -1/2
D. 3
Answer: B. 1
2. What range of frequencies is usually referred to as the range of audio
frequencies for humans?
A. 0-20 hertz
B. 20-20,000 hertz
C. 200-200,00 hertz
D. 10,000-30,000 hertz
Answer: B. 20-20,000 hertz
3. The cycles of a four stroke gasoline engine are in the exact order of?
A. Compression, induction, ignition, exhaustion
B. Induction, ignition, compression, exhaustion
C. Compression, ignition, induction, exhaustion
D. Induction, compression, ignition, exhaustion
Answer: D.
4. What is the relationship between resistivity R and conductivity s?
A. R = s
B. R = s
 C. R > s
D. R = 1/s
Answer: D. R = 1/s
5. What do you call a network whose elements may be separated by some
distance? It usually involves 2 or more small networks and dedicated high-
speed telephone lines.
A. URL (universal resource locator)
B. LAN (local area network)
C. WAN (wide area network)
D. WWW (world wide web)
Answer: C. WAN
6. What do you call a device that emits light by amplifying it through stimulated
emissions of electromagnetic radiation?
Answer: LASER
7. Determine the number of electrons, protons, and neutrons respectively, from
1
the following chlorine isotope: 35
17 Cl

A. 18, 17, 16
B. 16, 16, 18
C. 18, 17, 17
D. 18, 17, 18
Answer: D. e- = 18 (17 + 1), p = 17 (atomic number), n = 18
(35 17)
8. The epidermis is considered as the
A. Thickest
B. Fattest
C. Averagely thick
D. Thinnest
Answer: D Thinnest

9. A flexible cable, made out of a thin strand of glass with protective coatings,
that is capable of guiding light for distances of many miles is called:
A. Coaxial cable
B. Conduit
C. Glass immersion cable
D. Fiber optic cable
Answer: D. Fiber optic cable
10.A wind turbine generates electricity by:
A. Converting mechanical energy from the wind to electrical
energy by turning a
generator
B. Converting electrical energy to mechanical energy to turn
the turbine
C. Converting chemical energy found in the generator to
 electrical energy
D. Converting chemical energy found in the turbine to
mechanical energy
Answer: A.

Clincher round:
1. One tiny dot of light on a video image is known as a:
Answer: PIXEL
2. What physical state of matter is intermediate between a solid and gas?
Answer: LIQUID
3. What is the general name for the rising and falling of sea levels in response
to the forces exerted by the Moon and Sun?
Answer: TIDES
4. Approximately what fraction of Earth's surface is covered by oceans:
A. one-half
B. two-thirds
C. seven-tenths
D. four-fifths
Answer: C
5. Giving your answer in grams, subtract 200 grams from 6.2 kilograms
Answer: 6,000 grams
6. Jeff walks west in a straight path for 100 meters and then east in a straight
path for 150 meters. What is the magnitude of his displacement, in meters?
Answer: 50
7. What is the SI base unit for length?
Answer: Meter
8. Which of the Gas giant planets is closest to the Sun?
Answer: Jupiter
9. If there are 640 ounces of water in 5 gallons, how many ounces are in 12
gallon?
Answer: 64 ounces
10.What is the chemical formula for hydrogen peroxide?
Answer: C2O2