Science Knowledge Quiz #3

10 Questions | By Greenprof2 | Updated: Mar 19, 2022 | Attempts: 150

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How much do you know about about the world around you? This quiz features a lot of "biggest" on earth or in history questions. Take this quiz and see how your knowledge of things rates. You have 5 minutes! Good luck!

Questions and Answers

1.

On Ground Hogs Day (Feb 2), about where would the earth be on its orbit around the sun?
- A.
  
  Pretty nigh the farthest the earth is from the sun
- B.
  
  Close to the sun
- C.
  
  About where it always is - the orbit is a circle!
2.

As of 2011, roughly how many planets have been discovered outside our solar system??
- A.
  
  Over 1000
- B.
  
  Over 100
- C.
  
  About two dozen
3.

Who was the woman from Roanoke, Virginia whose cancer cells have become immortal and now exist all over the world due to cloning for research?
- A.
  
  Rosalind Franklin
- B.
  
  Sally Edelman
- C.
  
  Henrietta Lacks
4.

Where is the biggest supervolcano on the planet, long overdue to erupt?
- A.
  
  Mount Vesuvius, Italy
- B.
  
  Mount Tambora, Indonesia
- C.
  
  Yellowstone National Park, USA
5.

What kind of lighting is the most energy efficient lighting currently available?
- A.
  
  Incandescent lights
- B.
  
  LED lights
- C.
  
  CFC lights
6.

After Russia, whose land area is the size of the Moon, what is the second largest country in the world?
- A.
  
  Australia
- B.
  
  United States
- C.
  
  Canada
7.

Considering that all of the oceans are connected and that the ocean is vital to all ecological processes on the planet, about how much of the world's ocean has been explored?
- A.
  
  One-fifth
- B.
  
  One-twentieth
- C.
  
  All of the ocean has now been explored.
8.

In what country did the biggest earthquake every recorded occur?
- A.
  
  Haiti
- B.
  
  The U.S.
- C.
  
  Chile
9.

By volume of fresh water, what is the largest lake in the world?
- A.
  
  Lake Superior, U.S.
- B.
  
  Lake Vostok, Antarctica
- C.
  
  Lake Baikal, Russia
10.

About how long ago did North America host camels, American cheetahs, lions, giant ground sloths, tapirs, muskox, giant beavers, elephants, and giant tortoises?
- A.
  
  13,000 years ago
- B.
  
  65,000 years ago
- C.
  
  1.6 million years ago