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Science for Kids Multiple Choice Quiz | For Children

A quiz on basic science. Difficulty increases with each question. It is aimed at children aged from 9-12 but all are welcome! HAVE FUN!

A multiple-choice quiz by angikar. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
angikar

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
353,089

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
1036

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which is the gas which is essential for our life? Hint

Oxygen

Helium

Hydrogen

Carbon Dioxide

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which is the substance that makes the leaves of trees green? Hint

Chlorophyll

Parallelopiped

Photosynthesis

Testesterone

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Question 3 of 10

3. What kind of rock is pumice? Hint

Metamorphic

Igneous

Sedimentary

Hard

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Question 4 of 10

4. Into which of the categories below do duck-billed platypuses fall? Hint

mammals

amphibians

reptiles

birds

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who formalised the law of gravity? Hint

Sir Isaac Newton

Charles Darwin

Albert Einstein

Charles Babbage

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which of the following substances is NOT a compound? Hint

Steel

Methane

Water

Chalk

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which of these animals is NOT a herbivore? Hint

horse

squirrel

kangaroo

frog

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which of these changes is a chemical change? Hint

melting of ice

slaking of lime

glowing of a bulb

boiling of water

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who discovered the ABO blood groups? Hint

Sir Alexander Fleming

Christaan Huygens

Christaan Bernard

Karl Landsteiner

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which is the substance which makes some people have a darker complexion than others? Hint

Sebum

Bile

Chlorophyll

Melanin

Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which is the gas which is essential for our life?

Answer: Oxygen

Oxygen is needed by our body to live. It is a constituent of water, which is essential for biochemical reactions. Oxygen is also needed to combine with food and release energy.

2. Which is the substance that makes the leaves of trees green?

Answer: Chlorophyll

Plants make the energy they need using carbon dioxide and water in the presence of sunlight using chlorophyll. This process is called photosynthesis.

3. What kind of rock is pumice?

Answer: Igneous

An igneous rock is a kind of rock is formed by the solidifying of molten lava from volcano. Granite is another igneous rock. Pumice is formed by lava with pores (holes) in it.

4. Into which of the categories below do duck-billed platypuses fall?

Answer: mammals

The duck-billed platypus, although a mammal, lays eggs! It is also known as a monotreme - an egg-laying mammal. Spiny anteaters are also monotremes.

5. Who formalised the law of gravity?

Answer: Sir Isaac Newton

Gravity is the force which prevents things from floating and going up and this force pulls things down. It is believed that Newton discovered gravity when an apple fell on his head!

6. Which of the following substances is NOT a compound?

Answer: Steel

Steel is an alloy, which is a mixture. It contains iron with small amounts of carbon and manganese. A molecule of water contains two atoms of hydrogen and one atom of oxygen, which react to form a compound. But the constituents of a mixture do not react. A molecule of methane contains one atom of carbon and four atoms of hydrogen.

7. Which of these animals is NOT a herbivore?

Answer: frog

Herbivores are those organisms which feed directly on plants. Carnivores eat meat by feeding on other animals. Frogs eat insects, therefore, it is a carnivore.

8. Which of these changes is a chemical change?

Answer: slaking of lime

A chemical change is a permanent irreversible change which cannot be changed by reversing the conditions and where new substances are formed. A physical change is a temporary reversible change which can be changed by reversing the conditions and where no new substances are formed. Once lime is slaked, it cannot be changed back to its original form by reversing the conditions, so it is a chemical change.

9. Who discovered the ABO blood groups?

Answer: Karl Landsteiner

Karl Landsteiner discovered that if blood from different groups is mixed, the haemoglobin present in blood gets destroyed. He was given the Nobel Prize for Medicine for this.

10. Which is the substance which makes some people have a darker complexion than others?

Answer: Melanin

More exposure to sunlight makes some glands present inside the skin release melanin. The release of more melanin makes the skin darker.

Source: Author angikar

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