Fun Science Quizzes for Kids

Food Questions & Answers

How much do you really know about the food you eat? Take our fun food quiz and find out! There
are questions relating to a whole range of food related topics including fruit & vegetables, meat,
fast food restaurants, cooking, famous meals, health, nutrition and more.

Test your knowledge of a subject that plays an important role in your everyday life. Give it your
best, check your answers and enjoy all the fun trivia for kids.

1. The rice dish paella comes from what country?

2. Deer meat is known by what name?
3. Are humans omnivore, herbivore or carnivore?
4. What food is used as the base of guacamole?
5. The range of vegetables, fruits, meats, nuts, grains, herbs and spices used in cooking are
known as what?
6. True or false? India is the worlds largest producer of bananas.
7. What is the sweet substance made by bees?
8. Lures, reels, rods, hooks, baits and nets are common equipment used in what food gathering
method?
9. True or false? McDonalds has restaurants in over 100 countries around the world.
10. The Pizza Hut franchise began in what country?
11. Foods rich in starch such as pasta and bread are often known by what word starting with the
letter C?
12. True or false? Trans fats are good for your health.
13. What is another name for maize?
14. Fruit preserves made from citrus fruits, sugar and water are known as what?
15. True or false? Beefsteak is a variety of tomato.
16. Dairy products are generally made from what common liquid?
17. Do coconut trees grow better in cold or warm climates?
18. True or false? Cooking food often transforms its chemical make up.
19. What is the popular food used to carve jack-o-lanterns during Halloween?
20. Chiffon, marble and bundt are types of what?

Food Quiz Answers

1. Spain
2. Venison
3. Omnivore
4. Avocado
5. Ingredients
6. True
7. Honey
8. Fishing
9. True
10. USA
11. Carbohydrates
12. False
13. Corn
14. Marmalade
15. True
16. Milk
17. Warm
18. True
19. Pumpkins
20. Cake
General Science Quiz

Take our general science quiz and see how much basic knowledge you have on a range of
interesting science topics. Put yourself to the test and learn some fun science facts along the
way.

Theres a wide variety of easy general knowledge questions that are perfect for kids while some
of the harder ones might even leave adults scratching their heads. Give it a go and check your
answers at the bottom of the page.

1. What is the biggest planet in our solar system?

2. What is the chemical symbol for the element oxygen?
3. Another name for a tidal wave is a?
4. True or false? Dogs are herbivores.
5. What is the 7th element on the periodic table of elements?
6. What is the name of the long appendage that hangs from an elephants face?
7. True or false? DNA is the shortened form of the term Deoxyribonucleic acid?
8. The highest mountain on earth is?
9. What is the name of the closest star to the earth?
10. True or false? Frogs are cold blooded animals.
11. What is the name of the element with the chemical symbol He?
12. The fear of what animal is known as arachnophobia?
13. Pure water has a pH level of a around?
14. The molten rock that comes from a volcano after it has erupted is known as what?
15. True or false? Yogurt is produced by bacterial fermentation of milk.
16. What is the name of the part of the human skeleton which protects our brain?
17. Is the compound HCl an acid or base?
18. True or false? The fastest land animal in the world is the zebra.
19. How many bones do sharks have in their bodies?
20. What famous scientist was awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on
theoretical physics?

General Science Quiz Answers

1. Jupiter
2. O
3. Tsunami
4. False - They are omnivores
5. Nitrogen
6. A trunk
7. True
8. Mount Everest
9. The sun
10. True
11. Helium
12. Spiders
13. 7
14. Lava
15. True
16. The skull
17. An acid (hydrochloric acid)
18. False (it is the cheetah)
19. 0
20. Albert Einstein

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Plant Questions & AnswersPlant Quiz
How much do you know about plants? Find out with our fun plant quiz for kids. Find questions
and answers related to a range of topics including flowers, trees, forests and more.

Enjoy the cool facts and fun trivia while learning more about plants. Take the challenge and
answer as many of the questions as you can.

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1. The scientific study of plant life is known as what?

2. The process of plants using energy from sunlight to turn carbon dioxide into food is known as
what?
3. True or false? In the right conditions bamboo can grow over 60cm (24in) in just one day.
4. The movement of pollen from the anthers to the stigma of a flower is known as what?
5. Amber is made from fossilized tree _____?
6. True or false? Humans were on Earth before plants.

7. What grain has the highest level of worldwide production? (Hint: Rice is second)
8. A trailing or climbing plant is also known as a _____?
9. True or false? Pitcher plants are carnivorous.
10. The Japanese word sakura means the blossoming of what kind of tree?

Plant Quiz Answers

1. Botany
2. Photosynthesis
3. True
4. Pollination
5. Resin
6. False
7. Maize (corn)
8. Vine
9. True
10. Cherry tree

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Earth Questions & AnswersEarth Quiz
Put your knowledge of the earth to the test with our fun earth quiz thats perfect for kids. Learn
interesting trivia and answer a range of questions on topics such as rocks, air, deserts, oceans,
mountains, gas, volcanoes and more.

Have you got what it takes to answer them all? Give it your best and when youre done scroll
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1. What is the name of the largest ocean on earth?

2. What are the two main metals in the earths 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. The Great Barrier Reef is found off the coast of which country?
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 worlds 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 earths 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
5. Lava
6. Australia
7. A geologist
8. Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous
9. False - 5000 feet (1500 meters)
10. Mariana Trench

11. Diamond
12. The Sahara Desert in Africa
13. Red
14. Mount Everest
15. Hang from the ceiling
16. Waterfall
17. Seismologist
18. The ozone layer
19. Iron (32%) and oxygen (30%)
20. Oxygen (21%)

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1. Now that Pluto is no longer included, how many planets are there in the Solar System?
2. What is the smallest planet in the Solar System?
3. What is the largest planet in the Solar System?
4. What is the hottest planet in the Solar System?
5. The sixth planet from the Sun features an extensive ring system, what is the name of this
planet?
6. The chemical element uranium was named after what planet?
7. What planet in the solar system is farthest from the Sun?
8. What is the second smallest planet in the solar system?
9. What planet is closest in size to Earth?
10. The moon Titan orbits what planet?
11. What planet is nicknamed the Red Planet?
12. True or false? Neptune is larger than Saturn.
13. The Galilean moons orbit what planet?
14. What planet is closest to the Sun?
15. What is the seventh planet from the Sun?
16. True or false? Venus has more atmospheric pressure than Earth?

17. Triton is the largest moon of what planet?

18. What is the brightest planet in the night sky?
19. What is the third planet from the Sun?
20. Phobos and Deimos are moons of what planet?

Planet Quiz Answers

1. 8
2. Mercury
3. Jupiter
4. Venus
5. Saturn
6. Uranus
7. Neptune
8. Mars
9. Venus
10. Saturn
11. Mars
12. False
13. Jupiter
14. Mercury
15. Uranus
16. True
17. Neptune

18. Venus
19. Earth
20. Mars

Animal Quiz
Animal Quiz is full of interesting and weird facts about wildlife that will surprise you!
Find out how much you really know about wildlife by taking the quiz
You can also use these interesting animal facts for Trivia night or to do your own board game
Animal Quiz: True or False?
Wolverine pups can have different fathers when they are born in the same litter: true or false?
True.

Tarantulas transform their prey into a liquid smoothie and drink it with their straw-like mouth:
true or false?
True.

Dolphins sleep with half of their brain: true or false?

True: because dolphin take conscious breaths, they always need half of their brain to remain
awake, thus can only afford to have half of their brain asleep at a time
dolphin-sleeping
Dolphins sleeping - or "snaging" (because they look like a row of sausages = snags in Australian
slang)

Female praying mantis can sometimes eat their husband: true or false?
True.

The Loch Ness monster is a protected species: true or false?

True (Under the provisions of the 1912 Scottish Protection of Animals Act).

Dolphins call each other by their name: true or false?

True.

Gold fish have a poor memory: true or false?

False, they can be trained to perform complex tasks and remember it for weeks.

Baby koalas eat their mum poo: true or false?

True! A special kind of poo only, one that contains lots of great bacteria that will help the baby
koala to digest its own food.

Flamingos are pink because of what they eat: true or false?

True: their colour comes from a shrimp-like crustacean and in captivity, they lose their pink
colour if their diet is not supplemented.
Starfish have a brain in the centre of their body: true or false?
False: Starfish have instead a network of nerves.

Koalas are bears: true or false?

False: they are marsupials, just like kangaroo they have a pouch to carry their baby around!

Ostriches bury their heads in sand: true or false?

False of course!
Although looking at the picture below you wouldn't think so...

Ostriches, Credits: Deb Olive

Sloths can remain hanging on their branch after death: true or false?
True.

Elephants cant jump: true or false?

True! They are too heavy to have their four feet off the ground at the same time

Ants can change the shape of their feet depending on what they are doing: true or false?
True: they can increase their foot contact area when the carry heavy loads, but if they have to
run they can decrease it.

The blue whale largest blood vessels are big enough for a human to swim in: true or false?
Theoretically true although no one has tried it yet.

Cheetah are the fastest animal in the world: true or false?

False: The spine tailed swift can fly fastest than the cheetah can run.

All lionesses in a pride are related: true or false?

True.

Baby dolphins are born with a moustache: true or false?

True! They lose it quickly

Giraffe have more bones in their necks than humans: true or false?
False, they have just the same (7).

Some turtles can breathe through their bottom: true or false?

True: The Fitzroy river turtle absorbs more oxygen thanks to its bottom than its mouth.

Black panthers and leopards are two big cat species: true or false?
False, the black panther is a leopard with a dark fur.

Sloths use toilets: they always poo and wee in the same place on the ground: true or false?
True.

Wombats make square poo: true or false?

True.

wombat
wombat-poo
Wombat and wombat poo

Flamingos can only eat with their head upside down: true or false?
True.

Elephant drink through their trunk: true or false?

False, they use their trunk to suck up water and bring it to their mouths.

Frogs can vomit their stomach to clean it: true or false?

True.

A blue whale tongue is about as heavy as an elephant: true or false?

True.

The pink fairy armadillo has an external armour that can blush: true or false?
True.

Elephant are wrinkled to keep cool: true or false?

True! The wrinkles increase their skin surface and help keep their temperature down.

Animal Quiz: Open Questions

How many times its weight can an ant carry?
100 times (the Asian weaver ant).

How many humans can the poison from one golden poison dart frog kill?
10.

The now extinct platypus frogs were caring for their babies a special way: how?
Their eggs developed in the mums stomach (they were also called gastric-brooding frogs).

What is an axolotl?
A salamander.

How long is a giraffe's tongue?

45-50 centimetres.

Who is thought to be the longest living animal?

A clam that lived 507 years.

How far away can elephants talk to each other?

8km.

It is the only mammal that produces eggs AND is venomous!

The platypus.
wild-platypus

How many times its own height can a flea jump?

200 times (equivalent to you jumping to the top of the Empire State Building).

How does a honey bee communicate where a new food source is to others?
It dances: the waggle dance used by bees is able to indicate the distance and the direction of the
food source (compared to the sun) as well as how much food there is.

What does a hagfish do to defend itself against predators?

It creates a thick layer of slime around its body!

What do pandas almost exclusively feed on?

Bamboos.

How much water can an elephant hold in its trunk?

10 litres.

I am known to be David Attenborough favourite animal!

Birds of paradise.

Which mammal is capable of sustaining flight?

Bats.

How many elephants to equal the weight of a blue whale?

20 to 40.

What colour is a giraffe tongue?

Blue or black.

What is the world largest land carnivore?

A bear (the Kodiak bear).

Who is the slowest fish?

The seahorse (less than 0.02 km/h).

What do koalas almost exclusively feed on?

Eucalyptus.

Whats the largest animals to have ever lived on Earth?

The blue whale (30m long, 160 tons). Larger than any dinosaur
dinosaur

How long does it take a sloth to digest its food?

Up to a month.

Do Mosquitoes have a favourite colour?

Yes (blue).

What is the biggest wild cat?

The Siberian tiger.

How many kilograms does an elephant poo a day?

100kg.

How much does an adult elephant drink a day?

Around 225 litres.

Knowing that an adult grey kangaroo weight between 40 and 80kg, how much does a grey
kangaroo weight it at its birth?
Around 1 gram for less than 2 cm.
grey-kangaroo

What bird can fly backward?

The hummingbird.

How long is the arctic tern (a tiny 113g bird) migration?

71000km.

How do most big cats kill their prey?

By suffocation (all except the jaguar which crunches the preys skull).

Is the rhinoceros horn closer to a tooth or a nail?

A nail, the horn is made of keratin.
african-rhino
Rhinos, Credits: Deb Olive
Animal Quiz: Who am I?
Who am I?
I live in Madagascar.
I have a strange look and a very long skinny finger usefull to find larvae under tree bark.
I am threatened because people think I am bad luck and kill me for it.
The Aye-aye.

Who am I?
I live in tropical waters.
I am formed by a colony of invertebrate, carnivorous animals.
I can be 50 million years old.
Coral reefs.

Who am I?
I live in the Galapagos Island.
I swim and eat under water.
I can shrink my skeleton and my body length can decrease by 20%.
I am an iguana (the Galpagos marine iguana).

Animal Quiz

1. What food makes up nearly all (around 99%) of a Giant Pandas 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. Are butterflies insects?
7. What are female elephants called?
8. True or false? Bats are mammals.
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? Cougars 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 hedgehogs appearance?
23. True or false? Owls are far-sighted, meaning that anything within a few inches of their eyes
cant 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. Yes
7. Cows
8. True
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

Technology Quiz

1. Solar power generates electricity from what source?

2. Did the Apple iPhone first become available in 2005, 2006 or 2007?
3. In terms of computing, what does CPU stand for?
4. True or false? Nintendo was founded after the year 1900.
5. The Hubble Space Telescope is named after which American astronomer?
6. Is the wavelength of infrared light too long or short to be seen by humans?
7. Firefox, Opera, Chrome, Safari and Explorer are types of what?
8. True or false? Gold is not a good conductor of electricity?
9. The technologically advanced humanoid robot ASIMO is made by which car company?
10. True or false? Atomic bombs work by atomic fission.
11. In terms of computing, what does ROM stand for?
12. Did the original Sony Playstation use CDs or cartridges to play games?
13. What is the Earths primary source of energy?
14. IBM is a well known computer and information technology company, what does IBM stand
for?
15. Along with whom did Bill Gates found Microsoft?
16. What science fiction writer wrote the three laws of robotics?
17. True or false? In computing, keyboards are used as input devices.

18. What does the abbreviation WWW stand for?

19. Nano, Shuffle, Classic and Touch are variations of what?
20. True or false? DNA is an abbreviation for Deoxyribonucleic acid.

Technology Quiz Answers

1. The Sun
2. 2007
3. Central Processing Unit
4. False - 1889
5. Edwin Hubble
6. Long
7. Web browsers
8. False
9. Honda
10. True
11. Read Only Memory
12. CDs
13. The Sun
14. International Business Machines
15. Paul Allen
16. Isaac Asimov
17. True
18. World Wide Web

19. The Apple iPod

20. True

1. What is the name of the biggest part of the human brain?

2. The colored part of the human eye that controls how much light passes through the pupil is
called the?
3. What is the name of the substance that gives skin and hair its pigment?
4. The muscles found in the front of your thighs are known as what?
5. True or false? The two chambers at the bottom of your heart are called ventricles.
6. What substance are nails made of?
7. What is the human bodys biggest organ?
8. The innermost part of bones contains what?
9. True or false? An adult human body has over 500 bones.
10. How many lungs does the human body have?
11. Another name for your voice box is the?
12. The two holes in your nose are called?
13. Your tongue is home to special structures that allow you to experience tastes such as sour,
sweet, bitter and salty, what is their name?
14. The bones that make up your spine are called what?
15. The shape of DNA is known as?
16. The flow of blood through your heart and around your body is called?
17. The bones around your chest that protect organs such as the heart are called what?
18. What is the name of the long pipe that shifts food from the back of your throat down to your
stomach?
19. True or false? Your ears are important when it comes to staying balanced.
20. The outside layer of skin on the human body is called the?

Human Body Quiz Answers

1. The cerebrum
2. Iris
3. Melanin
4. Quadriceps
5. True
6. Keratin
7. The skin
8. Bone marrow
9. False (there are 206)
10. 2
11. Larynx
12. Nostrils
13. Taste buds
14. Vertebrae
15. A double helix
16. Circulation
17. Ribs
18. The esophagus
19. True
20. Epidermis

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 NASAs 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 Saturns 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