Science Quiz

1. Who invented the world wide web?

2. W hat is the name of M icrosoft's web browser?

3. What is the study of heredity and variation in organisms called?

4. When was the World Hypertension Day first celebrated?

5. What is the study of the Earth's atmosphere and weather called?

6. How many hearts does an octopus have?

7. W hat is the force that opposes motion between two surfaces in contact called?

8. In which year the first Commonwealth Youth Games were held?

9. What sporting event has a strict dress code of all-white?

10. W hat was the first mobile phone with internet connectivity?

Do you know ?

w A use r of the inte rnet today would need 181 million years to do wnload all the data from the internet.

w The longest-living cells in the body are neurons, which can live as long as your lifespan.

w Wearing headphones for an hour multiplies the bacte ria in your ear by 700.

w Bar code scanners read the white space betwee n the black lines rather than the black lines themselves.

w The tallest mountain in the solar syste m is O lympus Mons on Mars.

w It’s impossible to comb all the hairs on a tennis ball in the same direction.

w Famed che mist Gle nn Seaborg was the only pe rson who could write his address in chemical elements.

w The world's oldest known tree is a bristlecone pine named "Methuselah" located in the W hite Mountains of California. It is estimated to be around 4,800 years old.

w The Eiffel Tower can be about 15 ce ntimete rs talle r during the summe r due to the rmal expansion.