A round of science fundamentals with clean single-fact answers. The symbol for sodium, which planet exerts the strongest gravitational pull, and the part of the cell holding DNA.
Einstein and the hardest natural substance close it out. A sound choice for an opening round.
- What is the chemical symbol for sodium?
- Which planet has the strongest gravitational pull in our solar system?
- What part of the cell contains DNA?
- Who proposed the theory of general relativity?
- What is the hardest natural substance on Earth?
- How many bones are in the adult human skull?
- What gas do plants release during photosynthesis?
- Which scientist developed the theory of evolution by natural selection?
- What is the speed of light in a vacuum, in kilometres per second (approximately)?
- What is the smallest unit of life?
- What does DNA stand for?
- What is the most abundant gas in Earth's atmosphere?
- Which element has the atomic number 1?
- Which scientist is famous for the laws of motion?
- What organ is primarily affected by hepatitis?
- Light travels faster than sound.
- The human eye can distinguish about 10 million different colours.
- Antibiotics are effective against viruses.
- Water boils at 100°C at sea level.
- What is the centre of an atom called?