75 Science Trivia Questions

May 30, 2023

Think you’re a science whiz? Our trivia will test your knowledge with questions from fans of fun science. They include Hank Green, Bill Nye, and Neil deGrasse Tyson.

This trivia covers famous discoveries and the elements of our world. It's not just about facts. It's about having fun while learning something new.

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Science Trivia Questions and Answers

  1. Name a famous scientist.

    • Albert Einstein
    • Isaac Newton
    • Marie Curie
    • Nikola Tesla
    • Galileo Galilei
  2. Name a planet in our solar system.

    • Earth
    • Mars
    • Jupiter
    • Saturn
    • Venus
  3. Name a type of rock.

    • Granite
    • Basalt
    • Limestone
    • Sandstone
    • Marble
  4. Name a unit of measurement.

    • Meter
    • Kilogram
    • Second
    • Kelvin
    • Ampere
  5. Name a type of energy.

    • Kinetic energy
    • Potential energy
    • Thermal energy
    • Electrical energy
    • Nuclear energy
  6. Name a chemical element.

    • Oxygen
    • Carbon
    • Hydrogen
    • Gold
    • Iron
  7. Name a branch of science.

    • Biology
    • Chemistry
    • Physics
    • Astronomy
    • Geology
  8. Name a common gas in the Earth's atmosphere.

    • Nitrogen
    • Oxygen
    • Carbon dioxide
    • Argon
    • Neon
  9. Name a famous invention.

    • Telephone
    • Light bulb
    • Computer
    • Airplane
    • Penicillin
  10. Name a natural disaster.

    • Earthquake
    • Hurricane
    • Tornado
    • Flood
    • Wildfire
  11. Name a mammal.

    • Dog
    • Cat
    • Elephant
    • Dolphin
    • Lion
  12. Name a type of cell.

    • Animal cell
    • Plant cell
    • Bacterial cell
    • Nerve cell
    • Red blood cell
  13. Name a famous physicist.

    • Stephen Hawking
    • Richard Feynman
    • Albert Einstein
    • Isaac Newton
    • Marie Curie
  14. Name a type of wave.

    • Sound wave
    • Light wave
    • Radio wave
    • Electromagnetic wave
    • Seismic wave
  15. Name a planet other than Earth that has moons.

    • Saturn
    • Jupiter
    • Uranus
    • Neptune
    • Mars
  16. Name a type of cloud.

    • Cumulus cloud
    • Cirrus cloud
    • Stratus cloud
    • Cumulonimbus cloud
    • Altostratus cloud
  17. Name a famous biologist.

    • Charles Darwin
    • Jane Goodall
    • Gregor Mendel
    • Rosalind Franklin
    • Louis Pasteur
  18. Name a type of galaxy.

    • Spiral galaxy
    • Elliptical galaxy
    • Irregular galaxy
    • Lenticular galaxy
    • Barred spiral galaxy
  19. Name a famous mathematician.

    • Pythagoras
    • Archimedes
    • Euclid
    • Isaac Newton
    • Carl Friedrich Gauss
  20. Name a layer of the Earth.

    • Crust
    • Mantle
    • Core
    • Lithosphere
    • Asthenosphere
  21. Name a chemical compound commonly found in food.

    • Water
    • Salt (Sodium chloride)
    • Sugar (Sucrose)
    • Starch
    • Vitamin C (Ascorbic acid)
  22. Name a type of renewable energy source.

    • Solar power
    • Wind power
    • Hydropower
    • Geothermal energy
    • Biomass energy
  23. Name a famous astronomer.

    • Galileo Galilei
    • Carl Sagan
    • Johannes Kepler
    • Edwin Hubble
    • Nicolaus Copernicus
  24. Name a human body system.

    • Digestive system
    • Respiratory system
    • Circulatory system
    • Nervous system
    • Skeletal system
  25. Name a type of telescope.

    • Refracting telescope
    • Reflecting telescope
    • Radio telescope
    • X-ray telescope
    • Infrared telescope
  26. Name a subatomic particle.

    • Electron
    • Proton
    • Neutron
    • Quark
    • Positron
  27. Name a famous chemist.

    • Marie Curie
    • Dmitri Mendelejew
    • Linus Pauling
    • Antoine Lavoisier
    • Rosalind Franklin
  28. Name a type of animal adaptation.

    • Camouflage
    • Mimicry
    • Hibernation
    • Migration
    • Echolocation
  29. Name a type of rock formation.

    • Cave
    • Arch
    • Canyon
    • Delta
    • Volcano
  30. Name a unit of time.

    • Second
    • Minute
    • Hour
    • Day
    • Year
  31. Name a type of chemical reaction.

    • Combustion
    • Oxidation
    • Hydrolysis
    • Reduction
    • Decomposition
  32. Name a type of animal reproduction.

    • Sexual reproduction
    • Asexual reproduction
    • Viviparity
    • Oviparity
    • Parthenogenesis
  33. Name a famous paleontologist.

    • Mary Anning
    • Robert Bakker
    • Jack Horner
    • Sue Hendrickson
    • Richard Leakey
  34. Name a type of rock cycle process.

    • Weathering
    • Erosion
    • Deposition
    • Compaction
    • Metamorphism
  35. Name a type of energy transformation.

    • Mechanical to electrical energy
    • Chemical to thermal energy
    • Nuclear to electromagnetic energy
    • Electrical to sound energy
    • Thermal to kinetic energy
  36. Name a famous female scientist.

    • Marie Curie
    • Jane Goodall
    • Rosalind Franklin
    • Rachel Carson
    • Ada Lovelace
  37. Name a layer of the atmosphere.

    • Troposphere
    • Stratosphere
    • Mesosphere
    • Thermosphere
    • Exosphere
  38. Name a type of renewable resource.

    • Solar energy
    • Wind power
    • Geothermal energy
    • Biomass
    • Hydropower
  39. Name a type of cell division.

    • Mitosis
    • Meiosis
    • Binary fission
    • Budding
    • Fragmentation
  40. Name a type of renewable fuel.

    • Ethanol
    • Biodiesel
    • Hydrogen
    • Methane
    • Vegetable oil
  41. Name a famous inventor.

    • Thomas Edison
    • Alexander Graham Bell
    • Leonardo da Vinci
    • Nikola Tesla
    • Benjamin Franklin
  42. Name a type of animal behavior.

    • Migration
    • Courtship
    • Aggression
    • Parental care
    • Territory marking
  43. Name a type of chemical bond.

    • Ionic bond
    • Covalent bond
    • Metallic bond
    • Hydrogen bond
    • Van der Waals forces
  44. Name a famous biologist known for their work with evolution.

    • Charles Darwin
    • Alfred Russel Wallace
    • Ernst Mayr
    • Richard Dawkins
    • Stephen Jay Gould
  45. Name a type of renewable energy storage.

    • Batteries
    • Pumped hydro storage
    • Compressed air energy storage
    • Flywheel energy storage
    • Hydrogen storage
  46. Name a famous scientist known for their contributions to the theory of gravity.

    • Isaac Newton
    • Albert Einstein
    • Galileo Galilei
    • Johannes Kepler
    • Edmond Halley
  47. Name a type of blood cell.

    • Red blood cell
    • White blood cell
    • Platelet
    • Neutrophil
    • Lymphocyte
  48. Name a type of chemical reaction used for cooking.

    • Maillard reaction
    • Fermentation
    • Caramelization
    • Oxidation
    • Hydrolysis
  49. Name a type of energy-efficient light bulb.

    • LED bulb
    • Compact fluorescent bulb
    • Halogen bulb
    • Incandescent bulb
    • OLED bulb
  50. Name a type of rock used for sculpture.

    • Marble
    • Granite
    • Limestone
    • Soapstone
    • Basalt
  51. Name a famous scientist known for their work with electromagnetism.

    • Nikola Tesla
    • Michael Faraday
    • James Clerk Maxwell
    • Thomas Edison
    • André-Marie Ampère
  52. Name a type of cloud associated with thunderstorms.

    • Cumulonimbus cloud
    • Nimbostratus cloud
    • Stratocumulus cloud
    • Cirrostratus cloud
    • Altocumulus cloud
  53. Name a type of chemical reaction used in photosynthesis.

    • Carbon fixation
    • Light-dependent reaction
    • Calvin cycle
    • Electron transport chain
    • Water splitting
  54. Name a famous female astronomer.

    • Henrietta Swan Leavitt
    • Vera Rubin
    • Jocelyn Bell Burnell
    • Annie Jump Cannon
    • Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
  55. Name a type of renewable energy infrastructure.

    • Wind farm
    • Solar power plant
    • Hydroelectric dam
    • Geothermal power station
    • Biomass facility
  56. Name a type of rock used for making jewelry.

    • Diamond
    • Ruby
    • Sapphire
    • Emerald
    • Amethyst
  57. Name a type of chemical reaction used in batteries.

    • Redox reaction
    • Galvanic cell
    • Electrolysis
    • Acid-base reaction
    • Displacement reaction
  58. Name a famous botanist.

    • George Washington Carver
    • Carl Linnaeus
    • Gregor Mendel
    • Joseph Banks
    • Rachel Carson
  59. Name a type of energy used in nuclear power plants.

    • Nuclear fission energy
    • Nuclear fusion energy
    • Heat energy
    • Electromagnetic energy
    • Mechanical energy
  60. Name a type of cell organelle.

    • Mitochondria
    • Nucleus
    • Chloroplast
    • Endoplasmic reticulum
    • Golgi apparatus
  61. Name a type of rock used for building construction.

    • Granite
    • Limestone
    • Sandstone
    • Slate
    • Basalt
  62. Name a type of energy conversion in a solar panel.

    • Solar to electrical energy
    • Solar to thermal energy
    • Solar to mechanical energy
    • Solar to chemical energy
    • Solar to radiant energy
  63. Name a type of chemical reaction used in cooking bread.

    • Yeast fermentation
    • Maillard reaction
    • Carbon dioxide production
    • Gluten formation
    • Enzymatic reactions
  64. Name a famous marine biologist.

    • Jacques Cousteau
    • Sylvia Earle
    • Rachel Carson
    • Eugenie Clark
    • Jane Lubchenco
  65. Name a type of energy conversion in a wind turbine.

    • Wind to electrical energy
    • Wind to mechanical energy
    • Wind to kinetic energy
    • Wind to potential energy
    • Wind to rotational energy
  66. Name a type of chemical reaction used in respiration.

    • Cellular respiration
    • Oxidative phosphorylation
    • Glycolysis
    • Krebs cycle
    • Electron transport chain
  67. Name a famous environmentalist.

    • Rachel Carson
    • Greta Thunberg
    • Wangari Maathai
    • David Attenborough
    • Al Gore
  68. Name a type of energy conversion in a hydroelectric power plant.

    • Water to electrical energy
    • Water to mechanical energy
    • Water to kinetic energy
    • Water to potential energy
    • Water to rotational energy
  69. Name a type of chemical reaction used in rusting.

    • Oxidation reaction
    • Reduction reaction
    • Electrochemical reaction
    • Corrosion reaction
    • Displacement reaction
  70. Name a type of energy conversion in a geothermal power plant.

    • Geothermal to electrical energy
    • Geothermal to thermal energy
    • Geothermal to mechanical energy
    • Geothermal to kinetic energy
    • Geothermal to radiant energy
  71. Name a type of chemical reaction used in fire.

    • Combustion reaction
    • Exothermic reaction
    • Redox reaction
    • Pyrolysis reaction
    • Flame reaction
  72. Name a type of energy conversion in a tidal power plant.

    • Tidal to electrical energy
    • Tidal to mechanical energy
    • Tidal to kinetic energy
    • Tidal to potential energy
    • Tidal to rotational energy
  73. Name a type of chemical reaction used in digestion.

    • Hydrolysis
    • Enzymatic reaction
    • Absorption reaction
    • Fermentation
    • Esterification
  74. Name a type of energy conversion in a biomass power plant.

    • Biomass to electrical energy
    • Biomass to thermal energy
    • Biomass to mechanical energy
    • Biomass to kinetic energy
    • Biomass to chemical energy
  75. Name a type of chemical reaction used in fermentation.

    • Anaerobic fermentation
    • Alcoholic fermentation
    • Lactic acid fermentation
    • Acetic acid fermentation
    • Butyric acid fermentation
  76. Name a type of energy conversion in a nuclear power plant.

    • Nuclear fission to electrical energy
    • Nuclear fusion to electrical energy
    • Nuclear to thermal energy
    • Nuclear to mechanical energy
    • Nuclear to radiant energy
  77. Name a type of chemical reaction used in photosynthesis.

    • Carbon fixation
    • Light-dependent reaction
    • Calvin cycle
    • Electron transport chain
    • Chlorophyll synthesis

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