The Amazing Universe Quiz 1 What is the

The Amazing Universe Quiz

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

2. What is the smallest mammal in the world?

3. Which country experiences the highest average annual rainfall?

4. What is tallest animal in the world?

5. What are cirrus floccus, altostratus lenticularis and fractonimbus?

6. What is the longest molecule?

7. What is a rainbow made of?

8. What is the biggest lake in the world?

9. Where is the biggest desert?

10. What is the tallest mountain in the world?

11. In which country would you find the tallest mountain in the world?

12. How deep is the deepest part of the sea? a) 109, 160 metres b) 10, 916 metres c) 1, 091. 6 metres

13. What do bees make from nectar? �

14. Where is the lowest place on dry land?

15. How many species of beetle exist in the world? a) At least 350, 000 b)� Up to 35, 000 c) Up to 3, 500

16. Where do badgers live?

17. What is diamond made of?

18. How far away is the nearest star our solar system? a) 42 trillion km b) 4. 2 trillion km c) 0. 42 trillion km to

19. What sort of tree does an acorn grow into?

20. What is the longest river in the world?

The Amazing Universe Quiz: Answers

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

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

2. What is the smallest mammal in the world?

2. What is the smallest mammal in the world? Bumblebee bat (shortest) Etruscan pygmy shrew (lightest)

3. Which country experiences the highest average annual rainfall?

3. Which country experiences the highest average annual rainfall? Hawaii (annual) India (monsoon)

4. What is tallest animal in the world?

4. What is tallest animal in the world? A giraffe

5. What are cirrus floccus, altostratus lenticularis and fractonimbus?

5. What are cirrus floccus, altostratus lenticularis and fractonimbus? Clouds

6. What is the longest molecule?

6. What is the longest molecule? DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)

7. What is a rainbow made of?

7. What is a rainbow made of? Different colours of light

8. What is the biggest lake in the world?

8. What is the biggest lake in the world? Kazakhstan Russia Azerbaijan Turkmenistan Iran The Caspian Sea

9. Where is the biggest desert?

9. Where is the biggest desert? Antarctica

10. What is the tallest mountain in the world?

10. What is the tallest mountain in the world? Mount Everest

11. In which country would you find the tallest mountain in the world?

11. In which country would you find the tallest mountain in the world? China (Tibet) Nepal Mount Everest

12. How deep is the deepest part of the sea? a) 109, 160 metres b) 10, 916 metres c) 1, 091. 6 metres

12. How deep is the deepest part of the sea? b) 10, 916 metres The Mariana trench Mount Everest

13. What do bees make from nectar? �

13. What do bees make from nectar? � Honey

14. Where is the lowest place on dry land?

14. Where is the lowest place on dry land? The shores of the dead sea

15. How many species of beetle exist in the world? a) At least 350, 000 b)� Up to 35, 000 c) Up to 3, 500

15. How many species of beetle exist in the world? a) At least 350, 000 b)� Up to 35, 000 c) Up to 3, 500

16. Where do badgers live?

16. Where do badgers live? Underground in burrows called setts

17. What is diamond made of?

17. What is diamond made of? Carbon

18. How far away is the nearest star our solar system? a) 42 trillion km b) 4. 2 trillion km c) 0. 42 trillion km to

18. How far away is the nearest star our solar system? a) 42 trillion km b) 4. 2 trillion km c) 0. 42 trillion km to

19. What sort of tree does an acorn grow into?

19. What sort of tree does an acorn grow into? An oak tree

20. What is the longest river in the world?

20. What is the longest river in the world? The Nile The Amazon

Photo Credits • • • Astronomy photos by NASA Bumblebee bat by Medhi Yokubol Pygmy shrew by Stella Nutella at en. wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution 2. 5 Generic license Mount Everest by Kerem Barut Nepal map by ‘Uwe Dedering’, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3. 0 Unported license Honeycomb by ‘George Shuklin’, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 1. 0 Generic licence Beetle by Hedwig Storch, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3. 0 Unported license Badger sett © Steve Jackson, www. badgers. org. uk Diamond by the U. S. Geological Survey