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10 Science questions to try

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  1. Why does ice float on water?

    Question 1 of 10, easy

  2. What does a Geiger counter detect?

    Question 2 of 10, easy

  3. Which unit measures how loud a sound is?

    Question 3 of 10, easy

  4. What is the upward force that makes a boat float called?

    Question 4 of 10, easy

  5. Roughly what is the acceleration due to gravity at Earth's surface?

    Question 5 of 10, medium

  6. What is sound too high-pitched for humans to hear called?

    Question 6 of 10, medium

  7. What is the softest mineral on the Mohs hardness scale?

    Question 7 of 10, medium

  8. An astronaut goes from Earth to the Moon. What stays the same?

    Question 8 of 10, medium

  9. Who invented the vacuum flask, the basis of the Thermos?

    Question 9 of 10, hard

  10. Which scientist found in 1662 that a gas's pressure rises as its volume shrinks?

    Question 10 of 10, hard

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