NSEW Quiz 2012

Level 1
Suggested for ages 6 to 10

Round 1: Our world in motion

Questions about the wonders of our world in motion

Round 2: Physics and Space

Questions about forces, motion, energy and space

Round 3: Engineering
Questions about how things work

Round 4: Chemistry
Questions about materials, changes and chemicals

Round 5: Biology
Questions about living things

Level 2
Suggested for ages 11 and above

Round 1: Our world in motion

Questions about the wonders of our world in motion

Round 2: Physics and Space

Questions about forces, motion, energy and space

Round 3: Engineering
Questions about how things work

Round 4: Chemistry
Questions about materials, changes and chemicals

Round 5: Biology
Questions about living things
Level 1

Round 1: Our world in motion

1) A tidal wave or tsunami, like the one on the 26th of December 2004, is caused
by what?

2) What is the fastest land animal?

3) What tissue in our bodies do we use to make us move?

4) Which of the following cannot move on its own?

human, snake, plant or rock

5) Wind is the movement of what?

Round 2: Physics and Space

1) If the forces acting on something are balanced, what will happen to the way it
moves?

2) A shark can swim fast because of its

Sharp teeth, good sense of smell, long pointed body, patterned skin

3) Why is it dark at night?

4) An object that does not let light pass through it is called

5) What happens to a sound as the thing making the sound moves further away?

Round 3: Engineering
1) Which one of these is not a job for an engineer?

Building renewable energy generators

Designing computer games

Creating new fabrics for hi tech clothing

They all are

2) When was the first call made on a hand held mobile phone?

3) What is the fastest land vehicle in the world?

4) An engineer who works to improve the natural environment is called

An aerospace engineer, a civil engineer, a mechanical engineer or an

environmental engineer
 5) Why is diamond used in in some drills and saw blades?

Round 4: Chemistry
1) If you were choosing material to make a mop, what property would the material
ideally have?

2) Which one of the following is a chemical?

Bleach, sugar, vinegar, all of them

3) If you hold an ice cube in your warm hand, what will it turn to after a few
moments?

4) Which of the following is not a gas?

Carbon dioxide, oxygen, steam, ice

5) What is dynamite?

Round 5: Biology
1) Which of these foods does not come from a plant?

Carrot, lettuce, banana, cheese

2) Which of the following is a predator?

Fox, mouse, rabbit, pigeon

3) Which of the following animals moves by flying?

Horse, grey squirrel, penguin, bee

4) What is the biggest fish in the world?

5) What is the longest bone in the human body?

Level 2

Round 1: Our world in motion

1) What is the fastest animal in the world?

2) What are the moving plates of the earths crust called?

3) When animals move a long way to another habitat in search of food, it is known
as

4) The sea has two high tides and two low tides per day. What causes the sea to
move like this?

5) What is the approximate speed of light?

Round 2: Physics and Space

1) What is the name given to the rocks in orbit around the Sun between Mars and
Jupiter?

2) A wind turbine transforms movement energy mainly into what other form of
energy

3) How long does the earth take to complete one orbit of the sun?

4) What large group of materials are good thermal conductors and good electrical
conductors

5) In Albert Einsteins famous equation, E=mc2, what does the letter E stand for?

Round 3: Engineering
1) Which of these famous engineering projects was completed most recently?

The Millennium Dome, the Birmingham Bull Ring, the Channel Tunnel or the Airbus
A380 superjumbo jet

2) How could an engineer help reduce the amount of greenhouse gasses we

produce?

By designing faster ways of digging coal from the ground

By studying the effects of greenhouse gasses on our climate

By building extra power stations

By designing cars that use less fuel

3) What kind of engineer might help to produce artificial limbs for humans?
 An automotive engineer, an electrical engineer a biomedical engineer or an
aeronautical engineer

4) How are computers connected to the internet?

5) What is the world speed record for a solar powered car? (answers to the nearest
10 kilometres per hour)

Round 4: Chemistry
1) To separate solid salt from a solution, what would you do to the solution?

2) Boiling water in a kettle is a change of what

3) Roughly how many atoms make up the head of a pin?

One thousand, one million, one trillion, one billion trillion

4) Is rusting a reversible or irreversible process?

5) Which is the only pure metal that is liquid at room temperature?

Round 5: Biology
1) Yeast and bacteria are examples of what?

2) As well as certain nutrients and oxygen, what other three things do plants need
to grow?

3) Which organ in your body contains hydrochloric acid?

4) Excess fertilisers from fields that wash into rivers and streams can cause algae to
overgrow. What is the main problem with this?

5) What proportion of food crops are pollinated by insects, birds or animals?