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30 Science trivia questions

1. What is the chemical formula for table salt?

Answer: NaCl

2. How many planets are in our solar system?

Answer: 8

3. What gas do plants absorb from the atmosphere for photosynthesis?

Answer: Carbon Dioxide

4. What is the approximate speed of light in km per second?

Answer: 300000

5. What is the powerhouse of the cell?

Answer: Mitochondria

6. Which physicist formulated the law of universal gravitation?

Answer: Isaac Newton

7. How many pairs of chromosomes do humans have?

Answer: 23

8. What is the most abundant gas in Earth's atmosphere?

Answer: Nitrogen

9. Who proposed the theory of general relativity?

Answer: Albert Einstein

10. What is the lightest chemical element?

Answer: Hydrogen

11. What is absolute zero in degrees Celsius (rounded)?

Answer: -273

12. Which planet has the most moons (as of 2024)?

Answer: Saturn

13. What branch of science studies the interaction of matter and energy?

Answer: Physics

14. What particle carries the electromagnetic force?

Answer: Photon

15. What is the pH of pure water at 25°C?

Answer: 7

16. Which vitamin deficiency causes scurvy?

Answer: Vitamin C

17. What is the smallest bone in the human body?

Answer: Stapes

18. What does DNA stand for?

Answer: Deoxyribonucleic Acid

19. Which blood type is the universal plasma donor?

Answer: AB

20. What is the name of the galaxy nearest to the Milky Way?

Answer: Andromeda

21. How many bones are in the adult human hand?

Answer: 27

22. What element has the symbol 'K'?

Answer: Potassium

23. Which planet has the highest surface temperature?

Answer: Venus

24. Which organ produces insulin?

Answer: Pancreas

25. What is the largest species of shark?

Answer: Whale Shark

26. What is the SI unit of electric current?

Answer: Ampere

27. Which scientist discovered radioactivity along with Pierre and Marie Curie?

Answer: Henri Becquerel

28. What phenomenon causes the tides on Earth?

Answer: The Moon

29. Which planet has the Great Red Spot?

Answer: Jupiter

30. What is the strongest acid on the pH scale considered?

Answer: 0

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