By David, 2 January 2019
Get into 2019 with this brain work out! 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!
Poison hemlock is a member of the Apiaceae family, which includes carrots, parsley and celery.
The eastern grey kangaroo has a population of several million, so it is not a threatened species.
Canopus is the name of a star, not a cloud.
Callistemon typically have bright red, cylindrical flowers that look like brushes for cleaning bottles.
Earth used to spin faster than it does now. That means there were more rotations in a year, which means more days in a year!
Sodium is a silvery-looking metal, but it’s very reactive so it’s rarely seen in its pure form.
Iodine is not a metal. It’s a grey solid that also turns into a bright purple gas!
Measles is an airborne disease, spread by coughing and sneezing. It’s not spread by any other animal species.
The International Space Station has a full crew of six people. However, there have been up to 13 people there at the same time.
Deciduous trees lose their leaves once a year. In temperate climates, they usually lose their leaves in autumn. In the tropics, deciduous plants typically lose their leaves in the dry season.
Congratulations! you are a real science whiz!
Oh dear! Maybe you should reload the page and try a new quiz!
If you’re after more fun science for kids, subscribe to Double Helix magazine!
Categories:
January 2, 2019 at 8:20 pm
Question 10: I think you should specify that said triangle is on a flat plane, since it’s possible to have more than one right angle on different planar geometries.
January 2, 2019 at 8:35 pm
Oh, I didn’t realise the questions change on each reload – my previous comment was in regards to the maximum number of right angles that a triangle can have.
January 3, 2019 at 9:02 am
Yup, on a sphere you can have three right angles – on the Earth, Singapore, Kinshasa and the South Pole makes a triangle with three almost-right angles!