1. What is the closest planet to the Sun?

2. What is the name of the 2nd biggest planet in our solar system?
3. What is the hottest planet in our solar system?
4. What planet is famous for its big red spot on it?
5. What planet is famous for the beautiful rings that surround it?
6. Can humans breathe normally in space as they can on Earth?
7. Is the sun a star or a planet?
8. Who was the first person to walk on the moon?
9. What planet is known as the red planet?
10. What is the name of the force holding us to the Earth?
11. Have human beings ever set foot on Mars?
12. What is the name of a place that uses telescopes and other scientific equipment to research space and astronomy?
13. What is the name of NASA’s most famous space telescope?
14. Earth is located in which galaxy?
15. What is the name of the first satellite sent into space?
16. Ganymede is a moon of which planet?
17. What is the name of Saturn’s largest moon?
18. Olympus Mons is a large volcanic mountain on which planet?
19. Does the sun orbit the Earth?
20. Is the planet Neptune bigger than Earth?

Space Quiz Answers

1. Mercury 2. Saturn 3. Venus 4. Jupiter

5. Saturn 6. No 7. A star 8. Neil Armstrong
9. Mars 10. Gravity 11. No 12. An observatory
13. Hubble Space Telescope 14. The Milky Way Galaxy 15. Sputnik 16. Jupiter
17. Titan 18. Mars 19. No 20. Yes

1. What food makes up nearly all (around 99%) of a Giant Panda’s diet?
2. True or false? Mice live for up to 10 years.
3. What is the name of the phobia that involves an abnormal fear of spiders?
4. What is the largest type of ‘big cat’ in the world?
5. True or false? Crocodiles have no sweat glands so they use their mouths to release heat.
6. Eagles are very good at spotting potential prey from a long distance, why?
7. What are female elephants called?
8. True or false? Owls can turn their heads completely backwards, allowing a 360 degree view.
9. Bees are found on every continent of earth except for one, which is it?
10. True or false? Cats spend an average of 13 to 14 hours a day sleeping.
11. What is the fastest land animal in the world?
12. A ‘doe’ is what kind of animal?
13. True or false? Cougar’s are herbivores.
14. Groups of lions are known as what?
15. Is a dolphin a mammal?
16. What is the largest land animal in the world?
17. True of false? Snakes have slimy skin.
18. What is the only continent on earth where Giraffes live in the wild?
19. How many pairs of wings does a bee have?
20. What type of animal is the largest primate in the world?
21. Is a shark a fish or a mammal?
22. What is the most recognizable feature of a hedgehog’s appearance?
23. True or false? Owls are far-sighted, meaning that anything within a few inches of their eyes can’t be seen properly.
24. What is the name of an adult female horse?
25. What are baby goats called?
26. What is the tallest animal in the world?
27. True or false? Rabbits are born blind.
28. What is the most recognizable physical feature of the male lion?
29. How many legs does a spider have?
30. The crocodile species is believed to have been around for how long? 2 million years or 200 million years?

Animal Quiz Answers

1. Bamboo
2. False - Captive mice live for up to 2 and a half years while wild mice only live for an average of around 4 months.
3. Arachnophobia
4. The tiger, weighing up to 300 kilograms (660 pounds).
5. True - They often sleep with their mouth open to cool down.
6. Because they have excellent eyesight.
7. Cows
8. False - Their field of view is about 270 degrees.
9. Antarctica
10. True
11. The cheetah (it can reach speeds of up to 120kph – 75mph).
12. A female deer.
13. False - They are carnivores.
14. Prides
15. Yes
16. The elephant - The largest on record weighed around 12,000 kilograms! (26,000 lb).
17. False - Snakeskin is smooth and dry.
18. Africa
19. 2
20. The Gorilla
21. A fish
22. Their spines of spiky hair.
23. True
24. A mare
25. Kids
26. The giraffe - The average height is around 5 metres (16ft) and the tallest on record stood nearly 6 metres (20 ft) tall.
27. True
28. Its mane
29. 8
30. 200 million years

1. True or false? Sound travels faster through water than air?

2. Water is made up of what two elements?
3. What is another name for a tidal wave?
4. True or false? The Indian Ocean is the biggest ocean on Earth.
5. The solid state of water is known as what?
6. Can the average human survive without water for a few days or a few weeks?
7. True or false? Pure water is tasteless.
8. Nimbus, cumulus and stratus are types of what?
9. True or false? Water is an example of a chemical element.
10. Does water cover more or less than 50% of the Earth’s surface?
11. True or false? Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius (212 degrees Fahrenheit).
12. When water is cooled, does it contract or expand?
13. Water freezes at what temperature?
14. True or false? Water is easy to compress.
15. What is the chemical formula of water?
16. The deepest point in all of the world’s oceans is named what?
17. True or false? The consumption of bottled water has risen significantly over the last few decades.
18.Pure water has a pH level of a around what number?
19. What is the longest river on Earth?
20. True or false? Ice sinks in water.

Water Quiz Answers

1. True 2. Hydrogen and oxygen 3. Tsunami 4. False - Pacific Ocean

5. Ice 6. A few days 7. True 8. Clouds
9. False 10. More - Around 70% 11. True 12. Expand
13. 0 °C (32 °F) 14. False 15. H20 16. Mariana Trench
17. True 18. 7

1. What is the chemical symbol of gold?

2. True or false? Steel is a chemical element.
3. What is the most common metal found on Earth?
4. True or False? Sodium is a very reactive metal.
5. What three kinds of medals are awarded at the Olympic Games?
6. True or false? Metal bonding with metal is known as a metallic bond.
7. Bronze is made from what two metals?
8. What is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature?
9. True or false? Sterling silver is made up of less than 50% silver by weight.
10.What metal has the chemical symbol Pb?

Metal Quiz Answers

1. Au 2. False - Alloy
3. Iron 4. True
5. Gold, silver and bronze 6. True
7. Copper and tin 8. Mercury
9. False - Over 92% 10. Lead

1. What is the name of the largest ocean on earth?

2. What are the two main metals in the earth’s core?
3. Which is hotter, the center of the earth or surface of the sun?
4. What do you call molten rock before it has erupted?
5. What do you call it after it has erupted?
6. True or false? You can see the Great Wall of China from space.
7. What do you call a person who studies rocks?
8. Name the three time periods of the dinosaurs.
9. True or false? The Grand Canyon is around 10000 feet (3000 meters) deep.
10. What is the name of the deepest location in the world’s oceans?
11. Over a long period of time while under extreme heat and pressure, graphite turns into which precious mineral?
12. Outside of Antarctica, what is the largest desert in the world?
13. The gemstone ruby is typically what color?
14. What is the name of the highest mountain on earth?
15. Do stalactites rise from the floor or hang from the ceiling of limestone caves?
16. 'Cascade', 'horsetail', 'plunge' and 'tiered' are types of what?
17. Someone who studies earthquakes is known as a what?
18. What is the name of the layer of earth’s atmosphere that absorbs the majority of the potentially damaging ultraviolet light
from the sun?
19. The mass of the earth is made up mostly of which two elements?
20. What is the second most common gas found in the air we breathe?

Earth Quiz Answers

1. The Pacific Ocean 2. Iron and nickel 3. The center of the earth 4. Magma
8. Triassic, Jurassic and
5. Lava 6. True 7. A geologist
Cretaceous
9. False - 5000 feet (1500 12. The Sahara Desert in
10. Mariana Trench 11. Diamond
meters) Africa
13. Red 14. Mount Everest 15. Hang from the ceiling 16. Waterfall
19. Iron (32%) and oxygen
17. Seismologist 18. The ozone layer 20. Oxygen (21%)
(30%)