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General Science Trivia

The document contains general science trivia questions and answers covering topics such as planets, gases, and natural substances. It also includes tricky science trivia and fun facts about bananas, sharks, and the human stomach. Overall, it serves as a quiz format to test knowledge in various scientific areas.

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General Science Trivia

The document contains general science trivia questions and answers covering topics such as planets, gases, and natural substances. It also includes tricky science trivia and fun facts about bananas, sharks, and the human stomach. Overall, it serves as a quiz format to test knowledge in various scientific areas.

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GENERAL SCIENCE TRIVIA (With Answers)

1. What planet is known as the “Red Planet”?


Answer: Mars

2. What gas do humans breathe in to survive?


Answer: Oxygen

3. What is the hardest natural substance on Earth?


Answer: Diamond

4. What part of the plant carries out photosynthesis?


Answer: The leaves

5. What is the chemical symbol for water?


Answer: H₂O

6. What is the nearest star to Earth?


Answer: The Sun

7. What is the study of earthquakes called?


Answer: Seismology

8. What is the speed of light?


Answer: About 299,792 km/s (or ~300,000 km/s)

9. Which scientist proposed the three laws of motion?


Answer: Sir Isaac Newton

10. What vitamin do we mainly get from sunlight?


Answer: Vitamin D

TRICKY SCIENCE TRIVIA

1. True or False: Lightning is hotter than the surface of the Sun.


Answer: True — lightning can reach ~30,000 K, hotter than the Sun’s surface (~6,000 K).

2. Which is heavier: a kilogram of feathers or a kilogram of steel?


Answer: Neither — they weigh the same (1 kg).

3. What is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature?


Answer: Mercury

4. What part of the human body has the smallest bones?


Answer: The ear (stapes bone)

5. How many chromosomes do humans have?


Answer: 46 (23 pairs)

FUN FACT FLASH


• Bananas are berries, but strawberries aren’t.

• Sharks existed before trees.

• Your stomach gets a new lining every 3–4 days to prevent digesting itself.

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