Easy science trivia

1. Trivia question: The concept of gravity was discovered by which famous

physicist?
Answer: Sir Isaac Newton.
2. Trivia question: How many colors are in the rainbow?
Answer: Seven
3. Trivia question: True or False? Electrons are smaller than atoms.
Answer: True.
4. Trivia question: What is the name of the tallest grass on earth?
Answer: Bamboo.
5. Trivia question: Which is the most abundant element in the universe?
Answer: Hydrogen.
6. Trivia question: What is the hardest natural substance on Earth?
Answer: Diamond.
7. Trivia question: What is the study of mushrooms called?
Answer: Mycology.
8. Trivia question: Can an airplane go in reverse?
Answer: Yes.
9. Trivia question: Does sound travel faster in the air or in water?
Answer: Water.
10. Trivia question: Which oath of ethics taken by doctors is named after an
Ancient Greek physician?
Answer: The Hippocratic Oath.
Hard science trivia
11. Trivia question: What is the largest desert in the world?
Answer: It’s not the Sahara, but actually Antarctica!
12. Trivia question: True or False? Lasers work by focusing on sound
waves.
Answer: False. “Laser” is actually an acronym that stands for Light
Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation. Lasers concentrate light
waves, not sound waves.
13. Trivia question: What does DNA stand for?
Answer: Deoxyribonucleic acid.
14. Trivia question: Do diamonds last forever?
Answer: No. Diamonds do not last forever. They’ll eventually degrade to
graphite, though the process takes over a billion years.
15. Trivia question: What is a material that will not carry an electrical
charge called?
Answer: An insulator.
16. Trivia question: Will there be an impact on your height if you go to
space?
Answer: Yes. You will be taller because you’ll no longer be subjected to
gravity.
17. Trivia question: At what temperature are Celsius and Fahrenheit equal?
Answer: -40.
18. Trivia question: Roughly how long does it take for the sun’s light to
reach Earth: 8 minutes, 8 hours or 8 days?
Answer: 8 minutes.
19. Trivia question: How do airplanes stay in the air?
Answer: Planes stay in the air because of the shape of their wings. Air
moving over the wing gets forced downwards, which pushes the wing up.
This push is stronger than gravity, and so makes the plane fly.
20. Trivia question: What is chalk made of?
Answer: It comes from limestone, which formed from the shells of tiny
marine animals.
Science trivia about nature
21. Trivia question: Which freezes faster, hot water or cold water?
Answer: Hot water freezes faster than cold, known as the Mpemba effect.
22. Trivia question: On what continent will you not find bees?
Answer: Antarctica.
23. Trivia question: What is the only rock that floats?
Answer: Pumice. It forms from the froth at the top of lava flow, which cools
very rapidly.
24. Trivia question: True or False? Chameleons change colors only to
blend into their environment.
Answer: False. Chameleons also change colors for other reasons, like to
regulate body temperature, when feeling aggression, and when feeling
excited.
25. Trivia question: Can lightning strike the same place twice?
Answer: If you answered no to this science trivia question, you’re wrong. It
is actually more likely that lightning will strike the same place twice.
26. Trivia question: True or false? Shark cartilage can cure cancer.
Answer: Unfortunately, many still believe that shark cartilage can cure
cancer, leading to the killing of sharks. That’s false, and scientists now
have proof that there are sharks with cancerous tumors themselves.
27. Trivia question: How long is the memory of a goldfish?
Answer: Most people would say that goldfish only have a three-second
memory. However, their memories actually last for several days.
28. Trivia question: What mountain peak is farthest from the center of the
Earth?
Answer: Many may think the answer to this science trivia question is Mount
Everest. However, the peak of Chimborazo in Ecuador is the farthest from
the center of the earth.
29. Trivia question: How many bones do sharks have in their bodies?
Answer: Zero! Instead, they have powerful, flexible cartilage.
30. Trivia question: Can gold be created from other elements?
Answer: Yes. It is possible to create gold from other elements, but it’s so
complicated and expensive that it would cost you more to make it than to
buy it.
Science trivia about the body
31. Trivia question: What is the heaviest organ in the human body?
Answer: The liver.
32. Trivia question:How does fat leave your body when you lose weight?
Answer: Through your sweat, urine, and breath.
33. Trivia question: From which body part does the majority of your body
heat escape?
Answer: This is a trick science trivia question. Most people think the answer
is your head, but you lose heat evenly throughout your body.
34. Trivia question: How many senses do humans have?
Answer: Thought the answer was five? You actually have more—many
neurologists identify nine or more senses. Fun fact: There are also things
dogs can smell that humans can’t.
35. Trivia question: Which blood type is the rarest in humans?
Answer: AB negative.
36. Trivia question: How many teeth does an adult human have?
Answer: 32.
37. Trivia question: How many bones are in the human body?
Answer: 206.
38. Trivia question: What part of the human body serves the purpose of
maintaining balance?
Answer: The ears.
39. Trivia question: Who has more hair follicles, blondes or brunettes?
Answer: Blondes.
40. Trivia question: What color is the blood inside your body?
Answer: Dark red. Although your veins appear blue, human blood contains
hemoglobin and hemoglobin is a red protein, so the blood in your body is
dark red.
Science trivia about space
41. Trivia question: What is the only planet that spins clockwise?
Answer: Venus.
42. Trivia question:Can humans see the Great Wall of China from space?
Answer: No. Unless you’re in low orbit “under a specific set of weather and
lighting conditions,” according to Scientific American. Unfortunately, the
Great Wall’s composition of clay and stone simply blends in too much to
the surrounding landscape for anyone to make it out with an unaided eye
from orbit.
43. Trivia question: Is Pluto a planet?
Answer: No. Pluto used to be identified as a planet in our solar system, but
it is now classified as a dwarf planet.
44. Trivia question: What was the name of the first man-made satellite
launched by the Soviet Union in 1957?
Answer: Sputnik 1.
45. Trivia question: What is the biggest planet in our solar system?
Answer: Jupiter.
46. Trivia question: Which planet is closest to the sun?
Answer: Mercury.
47. Trivia question: Does the earth go around the sun, or does the sun go
around the earth?
Answer: This is an easy piece of earth trivia: The earth goes around the
sun.
48. Trivia question: True or False? All radioactive material is man-made.
Answer: False. The sun and stars emit cosmic radiation that interacts with
the earth’s atmosphere. There’s also naturally radioactive material in soil,
water, and vegetation.
49. Trivia question: Is the earth flat or round?
Answer: Humans have known that the earth is round since the time of
Ancient Greece.
50. Trivia question: True or False? The center of the earth is very hot.
Answer: True. The temperature of Earth’s core is almost 11,000 degrees
Fahrenheit—as hot as the surface of the sun.