1st Year Science Quiz – Junior Cycle (Ireland)
Biology (6 Questions)
1. What is the basic unit of life?
2. Name the part of the cell that controls what enters and leaves the cell.
3. What is the function of the chloroplast in a plant cell?
4. What word describes the process by which green plants make their own food?
5. In which organ of the human body does digestion begin?
6. Name one function of the skeleton.
Chemistry (6 Questions)
7. What is the smallest particle of an element called?
8. What is the chemical symbol for oxygen?
9. What happens to the particles of a solid when it melts?
10. Name a property of metals.
11. What is formed when an acid reacts with a base?
12. What is the pH value of a neutral substance?
Physics (6 Questions)
13. What is the unit of force?
14. What tool is used to measure temperature?
15. What happens to the length of a shadow during the day?
16. Name one form of energy.
17. What is the unit of volume
18. What is friction?
Earth and Space (6 Questions)
19. What is the name of the planet we live on?
20. What causes day and night?
21. What is the sun classified as (planet/star/moon)?
22. Name one planet other than Earth.
23. What is the approximate time it takes Earth to orbit the sun?
24. What natural satellite orbits the Earth?
Scientific Skills / Investigation (6 Questions)
25. What is a variable in a science experiment?
26. Why is it important to repeat an experiment?
27. What is meant by a fair test?
28. What do you call a guess or prediction you make before an experiment?
29. What piece of equipment is used to measure mass?
30. Why do scientists record their results?
Biology (Answers)
1. Cell
2. Cell membrane
3. To carry out photosynthesis / to trap sunlight
4. Photosynthesis
5. Mouth
6. Support / Protection / Movement / Producing blood cells (any one)
Chemistry (Answers)
7. Atom
8. O
9. They gain energy and move faster, spreading out
10. Good conductor of heat or electricity / Shiny / Malleable / Ductile (any one)
11. Salt and water
12. 7
Physics (Answers)
13. Newton (N)
14. Thermometer
15. It gets longer and then shorter again (depending on sun’s position)
16. Light / Heat / Sound / Kinetic / Potential / Electrical (any one)
17. Cm3
18. A force that opposes motion
Earth and Space (Answers)
19. Earth
20. Earth’s rotation on its axis
21. Star
22. Mars / Jupiter / Venus / Saturn / Mercury / Neptune / Uranus (any one)
23. 365 days / 1 year
24. The Moon
Scientific Skills / Investigation (Answers)
25. Something that can be changed or measured in an experiment
26. To improve accuracy and reliability
27. Only one variable is changed, all others are kept the same
28. Hypothesis
29. Balance / Electronic balance / Weighing scales (any one)
30. To analyse, compare, and communicate findings