Science Week 2022

What is the name of this piece of important glass equipment used in Science?

• Test tube

• Round measuring beaker

• Flat bottomed flask

• Round cylinder

What is the name of this glass container?

• Conical flask

• Conical cylinder

• Conical measuring flask

• Cone cylinder

What is the name of this shaped lens?

• Convex

• Concave

• Bifocal

• Monocular

What is the name of the igneous rock that has glass-like properties?

• Scoria

• Granite

• Obsidian

• Peridotite

What temperature (in degrees celsius) does sand have to be heated to in order to make glass?

• 1500

• 1600

• 1700

• 1800

The first man-made glass manufactured was thought to be in which one of these places?

• Syria, Turkey and Greece

• Syria, Egypt and Mesapotamia

• Egypt, Greece and Mesopotamia

• Egypt, Turkey and Syria

Which country produces 34% of the global supplies of glass?

• China

• India

• USA

• Brazil

The blowpipe is used to shape molten glass. When was this tool first produced?

• 30BC

• 40BC

• 50BC

• 60BC

What acid can be used to dissolve glass?

• Hydrochloric acid

• Sulphuric acid

• Hydrofluoric acid

• Nitric acid

The official "Recycle Glass Month" is recognised as being

• December

• November

• October

• September