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Basic Mixed Science Trivia Quiz

Astronomy, Physics, Chemistry and Earth Science are the subjects in this quiz. It is a fairly simple quiz. Have fun!

A multiple-choice quiz by hockeyngolf8. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
hockeyngolf8

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
127,865

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
1768

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Question 1 of 10

1. What physicist is mainly credited with developing the lever? Hint

Newton

Archimedes

Bernoulli

Ptolemy

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Question 2 of 10

2. What asteroid is predicted to collide with Earth? Hint

Eros

1950 DA

360 XC

Alpha B

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Question 3 of 10

3. What scientist proposed the idea of continental drift and Pangaea? Hint

Crick

Doppler

Wegener

Moh

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Question 4 of 10

4. Most light bulb filaments are made from what metal? Hint

Tungsten

Manganese

Magnesium

Titanium

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Question 5 of 10

5. What is the break that separates the stratosphere from the mesosphere? Hint

Stratosphere break

Stratopause

Posterier mesosphere

Atmospheric break

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Question 6 of 10

6. Murray Gell-Mann won the Nobel Prize in 1969 for discovering what subatomic particle with a negative charge and three units of strangness? Hint

Alpha Positive

Photon

Omega Minus

Positron

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Question 7 of 10

7. The ruby and sapphire are formed by what mineral? Hint

Diamond

Topaz

Corundum

Quartz

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Question 8 of 10

8. What diagram is used to measure absolute magnitude and surface temperature of stars? Hint

Copernicus

Shoemaker-Levy

Hertzsprung-Russel

Kepler

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Question 9 of 10

9. What isotope of radon is the most stable? Hint

213

222

232

228

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Question 10 of 10

10. What is the meter-kilogram-second unit of electric charge? Hint

Coulomb

Volt

Ampere

Ohm

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What physicist is mainly credited with developing the lever?

Answer: Archimedes

Archimedes once said, "Give me a lever long enough and a place to stand and I can move the Earth." He also was famous for shouting "Eureka" when finding the relationship between water displacement and density: Archimedes Principle.

2. What asteroid is predicted to collide with Earth?

Answer: 1950 DA

However, its planned collision date isn't until 2880. Out of our lifetime, but still scary.

3. What scientist proposed the idea of continental drift and Pangaea?

Answer: Wegener

Pangaea was one large land mass that would enventually divide into the seven continents we have today.

4. Most light bulb filaments are made from what metal?

Answer: Tungsten

It is used because of its high melting point.

5. What is the break that separates the stratosphere from the mesosphere?

Answer: Stratopause

The atmospheric sections are in this order (from the bottom up): Troposphere, Tropopause, Stratosphere, Stratopause, Mesosphere, Mesopause, and then the Thermosphere. The Thermosphere reaches about 600 km high. Also, the top layer of soil is called the lithosphere.

6. Murray Gell-Mann won the Nobel Prize in 1969 for discovering what subatomic particle with a negative charge and three units of strangness?

Answer: Omega Minus

Omega minus is classified as a baryon. It has a mass 3276 times that of an electron.

7. The ruby and sapphire are formed by what mineral?

Answer: Corundum

Corundum is number nine on Moh's Scale. However, it is four times less hard than number ten, the diamond. Corundum is formed by aluminum oxide.

8. What diagram is used to measure absolute magnitude and surface temperature of stars?

Answer: Hertzsprung-Russel

You may know Shoemaker-Levy as a comet that collided with Jupiter. Kepler was an astronomer that is mainly known for his three laws of planetary motion. Copernicus was an astronomer that is credited with discovering the sun-centered solar system.

9. What isotope of radon is the most stable?

Answer: 222

Radon is the heaviest known gas. It also is noble, or inert.

10. What is the meter-kilogram-second unit of electric charge?

Answer: Coulomb

The ampere is electrical energy. The volt is electrical potential. The ohm is electrical resistance. Brush up on industrial arts if you didn't know this one.

Source: Author hockeyngolf8

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