By David, 2 January 2020
Start the new decade with a challenge! This megaquiz will test your knowledge of all the quizzes we wrote in 2018. The questions are randomly selected, so if you want more questions, you can just reload the page. Or head back to our 2019 megaquiz!
Congratulations! you are a real science whiz!
Oh dear! better brush up before the next quiz!
Neptune. Launched in 1977, Voyager 2 has flown past all four planets listed. It is now on an extended journey in interstellar space.
New Horizons was launched in 2006 and made the first flyby of Pluto in 2015. It’s the only spacecraft that has visited Pluto.
The Sun is the main source of energy for all living things on Earth. Energy is harvested from the Sun by plants (and a few other organisms) in a process called photosynthesis. Photosynthetic organisms are then eaten by other organisms and the energy travels up the food chain.
With a camel-like shape and leopard-like colouring, the giraffe was once known as a camelopard.
Most 50 cent coins have 12 sides, making them dodecagons. The 50 cent coins made in 1966 were circular!
Silverfish are insects, so they have six legs.
The Kola Superdeep Borehole SG-3 is the deepest artificial point on Earth, 12.262 kilometres below the ground.
Chlorophyll is the green pigment that allows plants to photosynthesise.
Douglas Mawson was a famous Australian geologist who explored Antarctica.
About 78% of Earth’s atmosphere, by volume, is nitrogen gas.
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