Science Trivia Questions
- What is the name of the process where a gas turns into a liquid?
- What is the name of the process where ice turns to water?
- What is the name of the scale used to measure the intensity of wind?
- Which highly porous volcanic rock is well known for being able to float on water?
- At 25°C, what is the pH of pure water?
- What is the physical tendency of an object to resist changes in its state of motion?
- What is the primary gas released by volcanoes during an eruption?
- What is the process of a liquid changing into a solid called?
- What is the process of a liquid turning into a gas at its surface?
- What is the process of a solid turning directly into a gas?
- What is the rapid phase transition of a liquid into a gas that occurs at a specific temperature throughout the bulk of the liquid?
- What is the smallest unit of an element that retains that element's chemical properties?
- What is the speed of light in a vacuum?
- What is the speed of sound in dry air at 20 degrees Celsius at sea level?
- What is the state of matter that is a highly ionized gas?
- What is the study of fossils called?
- What is the study of physical and cultural development of humans called?
- What is the study of plants called?
- What is the study of weather called?
- What is the taxonomic genus name for a group of cruciferous vegetables that includes broccoli, cabbage, and Brussels sprouts?
- What is the term for a substance that speeds up a chemical reaction without being consumed?
- What is the term for a year that has 366 days instead of 365?
- What is the term for the displacement of an object's position as viewed from two different points?
- What is the term for the lowest possible temperature, 0 Kelvin?
- What is the term for the number of protons in an atom's nucleus?
- What is the unit of electrical resistance?
- What is the value of absolute zero to two decimal places in degrees Celsius?
- What kitchen appliance was developed after engineer Percy Spencer noticed that a radar magnetron had melted a chocolate bar in his pocket?
- What layer of Earth lies beneath the crust?
- What logarithmic unit is used to measure the intensity of a sound wave?
- What natural disaster's magnitude was originally measured by the Richter scale?
- What percentage of Earth's surface is covered by oceans?
- What phenomenon bends light through a prism?
- What scale is used to measure acidity?
- What scientific theory, which became widely accepted in the 19th century, identifies microorganisms as the cause of many infectious diseases?
- What SI prefix represents 10 to the power of 9?
- What measure of an earthquake's size does the Richter scale express?
- What Swedish chemist invented dynamite and established several international prizes in his will?
- What theory explains the movement of Earth's lithosphere?
- What two-word term describes the feeling of unease or revulsion people experience when a robot or computer-generated figure looks almost, but not quite, human?
- What two-word term for the total greenhouse gas emissions caused by an individual was popularized by a 2004 BP advertising campaign?
- What type of bond is formed when atoms share electrons?
- What type of energy does an object possess due to its motion?
- What type of energy is generated and stored in the Earth's interior?
- What type of energy is stored in a battery?
- What type of lens is thinner in the middle than at the edges?
- What type of lens is used to correct nearsightedness?
- What type of rock is formed by the cooling and solidification of magma or lava?
- What type of rock is granite?
- What type of simple machine is a seesaw?