British science week

NASA’s ‘New Horizons’ sent back the clearest ever images of Pluto.  But how is the amazing spacecraft powered?

• Hydrogen fuel
• Solar energy
• Nuclear fuel
• Compressed carbon dioxide

A comet in the night sky this month will be the closest for how many years?

• 124
• 426
• 354
• 246

Which insects are scientists working with to help search for earthquake survivors?

• Termites
• Cockroaches
• Ants
• Grasshoppers

When last estimated, how many different species did Scientists estimate there are on Earth?

• 1 million

• 10 thousand

• 8.7 million

• 100 million

Which of these animals is an AMPHIBIAN?

• Dog

• Frog

• Cat

• Spider

Which of these animals is a MAMMAL?

• Bird

• Mouse

• Shark

• Frog

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What is Biodiversity?

• a type of coconut

• a brand of oil

• the spread of living things

• a plant species

If 100% represents all the life forms that have ever existed, what percentage are now extinct?

• 21.2%

• 74%

• 58.88%

• 99.9%

Which type of organisms provide 60% of the world's medicine?

• Animals

• Bacterium

• Plants

• A mixture of the above

When did the first multicellular organism exist on Earth?

• 50 years ago

• 2 billion years ago

• 600 million years ago

• 40 billion years ago