Quiz Facts Answers
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. The Moon is positioned approximately between Earth and the Sun, with its illuminated half facing away from Earth. Which lunar phase is observed from Earth?
Full moon
New moon
First quarter
Waning gibbous
2. In a grassland food web, foxes prey on rabbits. If foxes are removed while other conditions initially remain similar, what is the most likely short-term change in the rabbit population?
It increases because predation is reduced
It declines because fewer predators are present
It stays exactly the same
It immediately disappears
3. Which sentence uses “its” and “it’s” correctly?
The dog wagged it’s tail.
Its going to rain this afternoon.
It’s clear that the machine has lost its power.
The team celebrated it’s victory.
4. Water vapor cools and changes into tiny liquid droplets that can form clouds. Which process has occurred?
Precipitation
Evaporation
Infiltration
Condensation
5. A hiker boils water on a high mountain, where air pressure is lower than at sea level. Compared with sea level, the water will generally boil at what temperature?
Below 100°C
Above 100°C
Exactly 100°C
It cannot boil at high altitude
6. Which language is the official and most widely spoken language of Brazil?
Italian
Spanish
French
Portuguese
7. A location is recorded at 0 degrees latitude. Which geographic line is it on?
The Equator
The Tropic of Cancer
The Arctic Circle
The Prime Meridian
8. A right triangle has shorter sides measuring 6 units and 8 units. How long is its hypotenuse?
14 units
12 units
10 units
16 units
9. A traveler wants to photograph the Sun as it rises. Under ordinary conditions, which horizon should they face?
East
North
South
West
10. Who wrote the novel Pride and Prejudice?
Charlotte Brontë
George Eliot
Jane Austen
Mary Shelley
11. Which chemical element has the symbol Fe?
Fluorine
Iron
Fermium
Francium
12. Four friends each ate a different fraction of an equal-sized pizza. Which fraction represents the greatest amount?
5/8
2/3
7/10
3/4
13. What is the capital of Australia?
Melbourne
Sydney
Canberra
Perth
14. Which planet is the largest in our solar system?
Saturn
Jupiter
Neptune
Earth
15. A houseplant gradually bends toward a sunny window. What is this growth response called?
Gravitropism
Phototropism
Transpiration
Germination
16. Which play features the characters Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
Macbeth
The Odyssey
The Great Gatsby
Hamlet