General Science Quiz 8

General Science Quiz 8

---

1. Around the North Pole fo Earth, tiny electrically charged particles high in the atmosphere react with rays from the sun to create beautiful sheets of light. These are called

Aurora Borealis
Aurora Australis
Aurora Solaris
None of the above

2.Which of the following parts of the sun is easily visible only during a total solar eclipse?

core
Corona
photosphere
sunspots

3.Pollination by birds is called

Entomophily
Ornithophily
Hydrophily
Anemophily

4.The fastest-running terrestrial animal is

Pronghorn
Lion
Cheetah
Blackbuck

5.Yeast, used in making bread is a

Alga
Fungus
Bacteria
Virus

6.Titan is the largest natural satellite of planet

Saturn
Jupiter
Mars
Venus

7.Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar award is given in the field of

Medicine
Science
Mathematics
Social Sciences

8.Frogs are nocturnal. What does nocturnal mean?

mostly active during the day
mostly active in the rain
mostly active in hot temperatures
mostly active at night

9.The atmosphere is made of many gases. What is the percentage of Nitrogen in the atmosphere?

80
78
70
65

10.The natural process of the atmosphere heating through the trapping of re-radiated infrared radiation is known as

the green house effect
thermal inversion
solar heating
global warming

Share this

Scholastic World