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1. Who wants to be a scientist? <insert school name> Celebrating Science Year 2001-2002

2. Who wants to be a scientist? Do you?

3. Rules • Each member of the team answers one question • Each member of the team will receive a prize after every correctly answered question • The team have three opportunities to get help: ask the audience phone a friend 50 / 50 • If necessary there will be a tie-breaker question to decide the winning team

4. Prizes The winning team receive: <insert main prize here> • 4 correct questions <insert prize> • 3 correct questions <insert prize> • 2 correct questions <insert prize> • 1 correct question <insert prize>

5. Who wants to be a scientist? 50/50

6. 1.Where would you find the humerus, radius and ulna? A In a pond B On the wheels of a car C In the arm D In the respiratory system

7. C In the arm

8. 1. Where would you find the hammer, anvil and stirrup? A In the eye B The wild west C In the ear D In the digestive system

9. C In the ear

10. 1. Where would you find rods and cones? A On the M62 B In the circulatory system C In a fisherman’s bag D In the eye

11. D In the eye

12. 2.Which are chemicals to help digest food? A proteins B carbohydrates C enzymes D minerals

13. C enzymes

14. 2. Which cell carries oxygen around the body? A white blood cell B nerve cell C red blood cell D muscle cell

15. C red blood cell

16. 2. What part of the cell controls substances in & out? A cell membrane B cell wall C cytoplasm D nucleus

17. A cell membrane

18. 3. What do we call a solid dissolved in a liquid? A solution B solvent C saturated D solute

19. A solution

20. 3.What do we call it when liquid turns to gas? A melting B freezing C condensing D evaporating

21. D evaporating

22. 3. What do we call a solution no more solid can go into? A solvent B saturated C full D solute

23. B saturated

24. 4. Which three are inherited characteristics? A finger length, weight, scar B eye colour, ear lobe and blood group C accent, freckles and hair length D hand writing, hair colour and weight

25. B eye colour, ear lobe and blood group

26. 4. How do you inherit features from your parents? A they teach you B in your genes C in your blood D from the womb

27. B in your genes

28. 4.What chemical in cigarettes causes lung cancer? A nicotine B carbon monoxide C tar D smoke

29. C tar

30. The Killer Question The British scientist Robert Hooke was the first person to describe seeing cells through a microscope, but in which year did he do it?

31. 1665

32. Who wants to be a scientist? Do you?