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110 Science & Nature Quizzes (15 per page with answers)

	Each set contains 15 questions with answers		each set 15 questions with answers
Science & Nature 001	In diving, what does the acronym 'scuba' stand for?	Science & Nature 055	Which is the world’s fastest moving land mammal?
Science & Nature 002	An optical large telescope orbits the Earth at a height of 300 miles. After which astronomer is it named?	Science & Nature 056	At what temperature do the Celsius and Fahrenheit scales converge?
Science & Nature 003	What sort of device was a Lee-Enfield?	Science & Nature 057	What name is given to the female swan?
Science & Nature 004	What is the lightest metal?	Science & Nature 058	Dietary deficiency of vitamin C gives rise to which disease?
Science & Nature 005	Etymology is the study of what?	Science & Nature 059	Pellagra is the disease caused by a dietary deficiency of which vitamin?
Science & Nature 006	What is the name of the unit that measures relative loudness?	Science & Nature 060	Which vitamin is also produced in human skin on exposure to sunlight?
Science & Nature 007	Jupiter and Uranus are either side of which planet?	Science & Nature 061	What is the name of the longest river in Europe?
Science & Nature 008	What is the name of the largest moon in the Solar System?	Science & Nature 062	At what age is it current best practice to introduce solid foods to infants?
Science & Nature 009	What is the study of earthquakes called?	Science & Nature 063	What is the world’s third largest desert?
Science & Nature 010	What is the science of very low temperatures called?	Science & Nature 064	Which group of foods is acknowledged as being the best source of dietary calcium?
Science & Nature 011	The femur is another name for which bone?	Science & Nature 065	What is the largest flower on earth?
Science & Nature 012	How many lines does an American television set use; 325, 525, 625 or 675?	Science & Nature 066	What is the common name of Quercus robur?
Science & Nature 013	The maxilla is another name for which bone?	Science & Nature 067	What is measured in curies?
Science & Nature 014	What is the chemical symbol for sodium?	Science & Nature 068	What disease is caused by malabsorption of vitamin B12?
Science & Nature 015	What is a male fox called?	Science & Nature 069	What is an ungulate?
Science & Nature 016	How many bones does an adult human being have?	Science & Nature 070	What is the appearance of a gibbous moon?
Science & Nature 017	What name is given to an angle of more than 180 degrees?	Science & Nature 071	Aboard which ship did Charles Darwin travel from 1831–36?
Science & Nature 018	The Sun is largely composed of which two gases?	Science & Nature 072	What type of fruit is a morello?
Science & Nature 019	Which has more bones in its neck, a giraffe or a mouse?	Science & Nature 073	Which constellation is depicted as the Hunter?
Science & Nature 020	In what decade was the first photograph taken?	Science & Nature 074	Which cereal disease can cause food poisoning and gangrene of the fingers if consumed?
Science & Nature 021	When was the planet Pluto discovered?	Science & Nature 075	What is the common name of the flower Kniphofia?
Science & Nature 022	What took place in Alamogordo, Northern Mexico on 16 July 1945?	Science & Nature 076	What is the old name for the chemical element now called sulphur?
Science & Nature 023	Is a 'sea cucumber' a plant or an animal?	Science & Nature 077	Which creature gives its name to a protein found in human blood?
Science & Nature 024	Which sand-burrowing amphibian is legally protected in Britain?	Science & Nature 078	Which equine creature is particularly associated with the Shetland Isles?
Science & Nature 025	What is an LED?	Science & Nature 079	What was first built by Enrico Fermi, an Italian-American physicist, in 1942?
Science & Nature 026	Which alloy consists of copper and tin and sometimes zinc and lead?	Science & Nature 080	What is the name of the longest river in Europe?
Science & Nature 027	How do pythons kill their prey?	Science & Nature 081	What is the chemical symbol for Copper?
Science & Nature 028	Which British physicist discovered that an electric current could be made to flow in a wire, without a battery, by a magnet nearby?	Science & Nature 082	What is a John Dory?
Science & Nature 029	Where are rods and cones found together?	Science & Nature 083	Who was responsible for the special theory of relativity?
Science & Nature 030	Who was the first woman in space?	Science & Nature 084	What is The Lancet?
Science & Nature 031	The circumference of the Earth at the equator is approximately: (a) 30,000km (18,642 miles), (b) 40,000km (24,856 miles) or (c) 50,000km (31,069 miles)?	Science & Nature 085	How many different kinds of beetle are there: (a) 50,000, (b) 100,000 or (c) 250,000?
Science & Nature 032	What is another name for the rowan tree?	Science & Nature 086	‘Yin’ and ‘Yang’ are expressions used in what kind of treatment?
Science & Nature 033	Which member of the crow family has the Latin name Pica pica?	Science & Nature 087	What is a bandicoot?
Science & Nature 034	How many sides does a snowflake have?	Science & Nature 088	What does ‘Eureka!’ mean?
Science & Nature 035	Where is the Prime Meridian?	Science & Nature 089	Which ancient people invented paper?
Science & Nature 036	Which was the largest dinosaur?	Science & Nature 090	A radio signal was sent across the Atlantic for the first time in which year?
Science & Nature 037	What is the brightest artificial light?	Science & Nature 091	By what shorter name is deoxyribonucleic acid otherwise known?
Science & Nature 038	What are the colours of the rainbow?	Science & Nature 092	What is agoraphobia?
Science & Nature 039	What name is given to the process by which the world's atmosphere is becoming continually warmer?	Science & Nature 093	What is the world’s tallest marsupial?
Science & Nature 040	There are two varieties of artichoke: one of them is the Jerusalem artichoke; name the other.	Science & Nature 094	The science and technology of nuclear studies is called what?
Science & Nature 041	What do astronomers call an exploding star?	Science & Nature 095	What colour are the eggs of an emu?
Science & Nature 042	Which Swedish chemist invented dynamite?	Science & Nature 096	Who has been called ‘the Father of Chemistry’?
Science & Nature 043	Where is the natural home of the world’s lemurs?	Science & Nature 097	The pippistrelle is Britain’s smallest species of what?
Science & Nature 044	What is the name given to the wide expanse of coral located off the coast of Australia?	Science & Nature 098	An expert in codes and ciphers would be called what?
Science & Nature 045	What is a rockhopper?	Science & Nature 099	What was the Tin Lizzie, introduced in the USA in 1908?
Science & Nature 046	Snowy, tawny and barn are examples of which creatures?	Science & Nature 100	Triton is the largest moon of which planet?
Science & Nature 047	Which condition usually affecting children is characterized by a harsh cough and difficulty in breathing?	Science & Nature 101	The study and treatment of diseases of the mind is called what?
Science & Nature 048	Where is bile stored in the human body?	Science & Nature 102	Linus Yale invented what device in 1865?
Science & Nature 049	What name is given to the fruit of the forest trees (like beech) which are used as fodder for pigs?	Science & Nature 103	What is the national flower of India?
Science & Nature 050	Where in the human body is the pineal gland?	Science & Nature 104	In which organ of the body is insulin produced?
Science & Nature 051	What stage in the life cycle of the butterfly follows the larva?	Science & Nature 105	Hepatitis is inflammation of what?
Science & Nature 052	What is the common name of the star called Sirius?	Science & Nature 106	In 1769 Nicholas-Joseph Cugnot built a tractor driven by what sort of power?
Science & Nature 053	Which Scottish physicist is credited with the invention of radar?	Science & Nature 107	Which birds congregate in musters?
Science & Nature 054	What was the invention of the British scientist Joseph Swan?	Science & Nature 108	Photophobia is (a) fear of light or (b) fear of being photographed?
		Science & Nature 109	P is the chemical symbol for which element?
		Science & Nature 110	What word is the opposite of convex?

About these quizzes

These quizzes are for general purpose as Quiz Night type quizzes and should not be mistaken for Exam questions, they are simply to use as general quizzes and can be used for relief lessons or quiz nights or as a general quick subject quiz for students.

NOTE: most quizzes are being updated so this is a work in progress.

I ran a quiz each week in the computer lab with one question per week pasted on the notice board, on Fridays at morning recess I would draw entries out of a bag (A4 Envelope) and for the correct answer a prize was given to the wining student (usually a Crunchie Bar).

On Friday recess I then ran a quick 10min quiz on any topic and these became quite popular, so I have put together many quizzes over several years and from various quiz books that I purchased. Here are some of the quizzes, many starting around 1997-8 so some may now be slightly outdated but I am certain you can modify the questions to bring them up to date.