Science and Nature Quiz

Round 1: Science and Nature - Biology

10 questions all about biology.

What name is given to a small hammer with a rubber head used to test reflexes and in medical percussion?

The small intestine is made up of the Duodenum, the Jejunum and the what?

What's the name of the large prominent vein in the side of your neck?

Which disease consists of a purposeless, continual growth of white blood cells?

What is the medical term given to the study of the brain and nervous system?

Sometimes called the 'sunshine vitamin', what vitamin deficiency causes rickets?

What is a type of alternative medicine that emphasizes physical manipulation of the body's muscle tissue and bones?

What is the name of the muscular body part that separates the abdomen from the thorax?

Often given during childbirth, what is the name for an anaesthetic injected close to the spinal cord?

The process by what an organism becomes better adapted to exist in a different environment is called?

Round 2: Science and Nature - Animals

10 questions all about animals.

What name is given to a creature equally at home on land and in water?

A little like stoats; Pine, Beach, Stone, Sable or American are all types of what creature?

The only creature that can turn its stomach inside out, what is the common name for the marine animals Asteroidea?

What is the term for aquatic molluscs with hinged double shells?

While the USSR sent Laika the dog into space, the USA sent Laska and Benjy, which were?

The Komodo Dragon, the biggest known lizard to science, is endemic to the Komodo islands of what country?

A primate found only in Madagascar, which meows like a cat, is the ring tailed what?

What name is given to the group of North American birds in the tit family included in the genus Poecile?

To which country do swallows go when they migrate South from Britain in the Winter?

Which word is defined as, 'of, relating to, or resembling a rabbit or hare'?

Round 3: Science and Nature - Space

10 questions all about space.

What name is given to the point where density apparently becomes infinite at the centre of a black hole?

Which star, the brightest in the constellation Taurus, is known as the 'Eye of Taurus'?

What word beginning with M is used in Astronomy as the unit measurement for the brightness of stars?

Which star appears brightest in the northern constellation Lyra, also the fourth brightest in the night sky?

The closest black hole to earth can be found in which constellation?

What name is given to the socket in the skull which holds the eye, and the path or trajectory of a body through space?

Approximately equal to 3.26 light-years, what unit of length is used to measure the large distances to astronomical objects outside the Solar System?

The first artificial satellite to be launched into space was by the Soviet Union in 1957, what was its name?

Discovered by William Herschel in 178l, in Gustav Holst's planets suite, which planet is the magician?

The lowest level of the Earth's atmosphere, what is the stratosphere immediately above?

Round 4: Science and Nature - Chemistry

10 questions about Chemistry.

What name is given to a corrosive substance with a pH value less than 7, that turns blue litmus paper red?

C10H14N2 is a poisonous alkaloid consumed daily by millions of people, what is it better known as?

The artificial fiber Polyhexamethylene Adipamide was invented in 1938, what is it better known as?

Another name for Nitre, with what is charcoal and sulphur mixed to make gunpowder?

Which element makes up 2.83% of the Earth's crust, and when used as a chemical in fireworks gives a yellow flame?

Sodium hydroxide, also known as lye, and used mostly for cleaning, is better known as what?

What term is applied to the natural process by which molecules will disperse evenly throughout a particular substance?

Cytosine, Adenine, Thymine, and Guanine, are the basic requirements for which compound?

What is the general name for a protein molecule which acts as a natural catalyst in the bodies of all bacteria, plants and animals?

The alcohol found in wine, beer, and liquor is known as grain alcohol. By what more scientific name is it also known?

Round 5: Science and Nature

10 questions about Science and Nature.

What type of number is an integer that is greater than 1 and is divisible only by itself and 1?

The transcendental number 'e' was named after what Swiss mathematician, physicist, astronomer, geographer, logician and engineer?

What fibrous form of several minerals and hydrous silicates of magnesium was used as a flame retardant until being found to be cancerous?

What test, originally called the imitation game, is used to determine if an A.I. is thinking like a human?

What is the more common name of the test named after its creator, Swiss psychologist, Dr. Hermann Rorschach?

What is the apparatus for mixing air with petrol vapour in an internal combustion engine called?

A flat bottomed conical laboratory flask with a narrow neck is called a(n) what?

In agriculture, what name is given to ground that is being 'rested' for a season?

Various metals are susceptible to rust, what is the equivalent which occurs on copper?

Acetylsalicylic acid is the active ingredient in what incredibly popular and well known drug?

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