Science Quiz on Human Body with answers - Round 1 to 8

SCIENCE Quiz

by Santosh Kumar Biswa, Damphu Central School, Bhutan

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Quiz on Human Body 1

1.       Where is Red blood corpuscles formed?

2.       What do the pancreas secretes in our body?

3.       Which glands in our body glands secrete tears?

4.       How many bones does a newly born infant have?

5.       Which lens do we use to correct short-sightedness?

6.       Name the main component of bones and teeth.

7.       Which is the largest part of our brain?

8.       Name the largest bone found in the human leg.

9.       Name the largest organ in the human body.

10.   Name the largest gland in the human body.

11.   To what organ in our body is the disease Myopia   connected with?

12.   What is Leukaemia?

13.   What is the main function of blood in our body?

14.   Which vitamin helps in clotting of blood?

15.   What is the normal body temperature of a man?

16.   How many bones are there in an adult human being?

17.   What is the average heartbeat of a normal man in a minute?

18.   What does the disease malaria effect on our body?

19.   What is Trachoma the disease of?

20.   What is the total volume of blood in a normal human being?

Answer to Human Body 1

1.      Bone marrow.

2.      Insulin.

3.      Lachrymal 

4.      300.

5.      Concave lens.

6.      Calcium phosphate.

7.      Cerebrum.

8.      Tibia.

9.      Skin.

10.  Liver.

11.  Eyes.

12.  A disease of the blood.

13.  Transportation of oxygen.

14.  Vitamin K.

15.  36.9

16.  206 bones.

17.  70.

18.  Spleen.

19.  Eyes.

20.  5-6 litres.

Quiz on Human Body 2

1.      What is the main function of the kidney?

2.      Name the master gland in the human body?

3.      Which vitamin is good for healthy eyes?

4.      What is the main constituent of haemoglobin in the human body?

5.      In 24 hours, what is an average human lung respiration?

6.      In 24 hours, by what length does an average human nail growth?

7.      In 24 hours, how much an average human breath?

8.      In 24 hours, how many words an average human speaks?

9.      In 24 hours, by what length does an average human hair grow? 

10.  In 24 hours, by what length does an average human blood flow?

11.  In 24 hours, how many times does an average human heart beats?

12.  In 24 hours, how much does an average human produce sweat? 

13.  In 24 hours, how many times does an average human move during sleep?

14.  In 24 hours, by how much does an average human loses body temperature?

15.  Name the gland in the human body which is in the shape of a pistol?

16.  Which organ is affected by hepatitis?

17.  How many senses do we have?

18.  Which bone in the body is most often broken?

19.  Where in your brain is the cerebellum?

20.  How many ribs does an adult have?

Answer to Human Body 2

1.      To remove waste product from the body.

2.      Pituitary gland.

3.      Vitamin A.

4.      Iron.

5.      1, 03, 689 times.

6.      0.00007 inches

7.      438 cubic feet air

8.      4,800 words.

9.      0.01715 inches

10.  16, 80,000 miles. 

11.  1, 03,689 times. 

12.  1.43 pints SWEAT.

13.  25.4 times 

14.  85.60.

15.  Pancreas.

16.  The Liver.

17.  5 (Touch, Smell, Sight, Hearing, Taste)

18.  The Collar Bone.

19.  At the bottom.

20.  24.

Quiz on Human Body 3

1.      How many teeth does an adult have?

2.      How many bones are there in an adult human being?

3.      How many valves are there in the human heart?

4.      How many lungs does the human body have?

5.      What is the average heartbeat per minute in a normal man?

6.      Name a bone found in the leg.

7.      Which is the largest gland in the human body?

8.      Which is the largest organ in the human body?

9.      How many bones are there in a newly born infant?

10.  Lack of what causes diabetes.

11.  The tibia is better known as what bone?

12.  What is the longest bone in the body?

13.  How much calcium is required for the adult human daily?

14.  Up to what maximum angle can a man see with his two eyes?

15.  How many times does a normal human heart beat in a day?

16.  What percent of water is present in the human brain?

17.  Where would you find the Pituitary gland?

18.  Where would you find your olfactory organs?

19.  Which component does Skin, hair and nails all share?

20.  What is the common term for acetylsalicylic acid?

Answer to Human Body 3

1.      32.

2.      206.

3.      4.

4.      2.

5.      70.

6.      Tibia.

7.      Liver.

8.      Skin.

9.      300.

10.  Insulin.

11.  The shin.

12.  The Femur.

13.  1200 mg.

14.  180 degrees

15.  More than one lakh (0.1 million).

16.  80%

17.  In the brain.

18.  On your face (nose).

19.  Keratin.

20.  Aspirin

Quiz on Human Body 4

1.      What substance makes up most of the human body?

2.      Where Red blood corpuscles are formed?

3.      What is the main function of the kidney?

4.      What is Vitamin “p”?

5.      What is Vitamin “M”?

6.      What metal does Vitamin B12 contain?

7.      How much bile juice is produced in the liver?

8.      How many neurons are there in human brain?

9.      What is an average weight of the human’s brain?

10.  What is the main function of neurons in the brain?

11.  At what speed does messages are passed between the neurons?

12.  What is the first part of the intestine called?

13.  What is the tendon at the top of the human heel?

14.  What part of the body is affected by glaucoma?

15.  Which of the seven vertebrae is the lowest?

16.  Anaemia is caused by a deficiency of what?

17.  What is the Gluteus Maximus?

18.  What part of the human body is an anagram of elation?

19.  Where are Food normally digested in our body?

20.  Where are Lungs situated?

Answer to Human Body 4

1.      Water.

2.      Bone marrow.

3.      To remove waste product from the body.

4.      Niacin (one of the vitamin B-complex group)

5.      Folic acid

6.      Cynocobalamine.

7.      Around one litre.

8.      It contains 100 billion neurons (nerve cells)

9.      The weight of the human’s brain is 1350 to 1400 grams, on an average.

10.  To pass the information and messages.

11.  The messages are passed between the neurons with a speed of 241 kilometres per hour in sensory neurons and 322 kilometres per hour in motor neurons.

12.  Food pipe.

13.  The Achilles tendon.

14.  The eyes.

15.  The Coccyx.

16.  Red Blood Cells.

17.  The largest muscle in our body (our buttocks)

18.  Toenail.

19.  Small intestines.

20.  Thoracic cavity.

Quiz on Human Body 5

1.      Of what organ’s disease is Bronchitis?

2.      What is Ricketts?

3.      What element is used for the X-ray of alimentary canal?

4.      What is used for the treatment of Kidney failure?

5.      What is done on Tissues taken from a living body?

6.      How is Insulin injected into the intestines?

7.      What is Leukaemia?

8.      What is Trachoma?

9.      What is Pyorrhoea?

10.  What is Myopia?

11.  Which bone is known as the "funny bone?"

12.  How long is an adult’s gut?

13.  Name the smallest bone in your body?

14.  What is the outer layer of a tooth called?

15.  Name the biggest part of the human brain?

16.  What is a double helix?

17.  What is the Oesophagus?

18.  What is another name for your voice box?.

19.  What substance are nails made of?

20.  What are Vertebrae?

Answer to Human Body 5

1.      Respiratory tract.

2.      A disease of the Bones.

3.      Barium.

4.      Dialysis.

5.      Biopsy.

6.      By Gall bladder.

7.      A disease of the Blood.

8.      A disease of the Eyes.

9.      A disease of the Gums.

10.  A disease connected with Eyes.

11.  Humerus.

12.  9m.

13.  Ears.

14.  Enamel.

15.  The cerebrum.

16.  It is the shape of DNA.

17.  The long pipe that shifts food from the back of our throat down to our stomach.

18.  Larynx.

19.  Keratin.

20.  The bones that make up the spine.

Quiz on Human Body 6

1.      What are Nostrils?

2.      What are Epidermis?

3.      What is the human body’s biggest organ?

4.      What is a variation of a gene is called?

5.      Freckles is dominant over no freckles. With respect to the freckle gene, what is a woman with no freckles?

6.      Who is a person with only homologous sex chromosomes?

7.      What does a person with an autosomal trisomy have?

8.      What bone forms the human lower jaw?

9.      When taking your blood pressure what are you measuring?

10.  Which vessel carries oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart?

11.  What causes the “lub-dup” heart sounds to produce?

12.  Which chamber of the heart is the most muscular and pumps blood to the entire body?

13.  What are the tiny bumps on the tongue called?

14.  What is the black part of the eye called?

15.  What do we call the muscular bag inside the body?

16.  How many bones make up the human spine? 

17.  In what part of the human body is the Epiglottis located?

18.  Which organ of the human body is largely
responsible for the breakdown of food in the small intestine?  

19.  Which organ of the body is
responsible for the disease Diabetes Mellitus?  

20.  A zygote (fertilized cell) begins to divide through a process called?

Answer to Human Body 6

1.      The two holes in the nose.

2.      The outside layer of skin on the human body.

3.      The skin.

4.      Allele.

5.      Homozygous recessive.

6.      Female.

7.      Down syndrome.

8.      Mandible.

9.      The force of blood against your artery walls.

10.  Pulmonary vein.

11.  Turbulence of blood against valves as they close.

12.  Left ventricle.

13.  Taste buds.

14.  Pupil.

15.  Stomach.

16.  33

17.  Larynx.

18.  Duodenum.

19.  Pancreas.

20.  Mitosis.

Quiz on Human Body 7

1.      Emphysema is a disease of which organ of the human body? 

2.      Epilepsy affects which organ of the body? 

3.      Osteoporosis is a disease of which part of the human body?

4.      Name of the acid secreted by the stomach? 

5.      What are prostaglandins?

6.      What amount of materials the stomach of an adult can hold?

7.      How many hairs the average human scalp has?

8.      Where on the body is the human skin less sensitive?

9.      Who discovered blood circulation?

10.  Which part of the human body contains the most gold?

11.  Where in your body is your patella

12.  How many bones do human hands include the wrists?

13.  Name the fastest growing tissue in the human body.

14.  How many bones does human face have?

15.  How many chambers are there in the human heart?

16.  How much blood is required by the adult human body daily?

17.  Name the largest artery in the human body.

18.  Name the smallest bone in the human body.

19.  Where is the stirrup bone located?

20.  What percent of oxygen goes to the brain from all the oxygen that a human breathes?

Answer to Human Body 7

1.      Lungs.

2.      Brain.

3.      Bones.

4.      Hydrochloric Acid.

5.      Prostaglandins are hormones that have a pronounced effect in small, localized areas of the body.

6.      1.5 liters

7.      100,000 hairs

8.      Heel

9.      William Harvey

10.  Toenails

11.  Knee

12.  54 bones

13.  Hair

14.  14 bones

15.  Four

16.  88 pounds of oxygen

17.  The aorta

18.  The stirrup bone

19.  In the ear

20.  20%

Quiz on Human Body 8

1.      What is astigmatism?

2.      Where is the only bone fully grown at birth located?

3.      If a condition is pulmonary, which part of the body is affected?

4.      What is the human alimentary canal?

5.      What is the length of the human alimentary canal?

6.      What are incisors?

7.      What is wisdom tooth?

8.      What is Oesophagus?

9.      What is the opening of the stomach into the intestine called?

10.  What juice is secreted by the inner lining of the stomach?

11.  Name a yellowish green watery fluid produced in the liver, which is transported through hepatic duct.

12.  What acid circulates in the human body to serve as building blocks of protein?

13.  What does Gastric juice do in the human stomach?

14.  What is the storehouse of calcium and phosphorus in the human body?

15.  What is the function of cartilages in the human body?

16.  What is the skeleton of the head?

17.  Name a flat longitudinal ridge projecting upward from the meeting point of the two neural arches.

18.  What is the last section of the backbone?

19.  Name a large bone formed by the fusion of five vertebrae?

20.  How many pairs of ribs do a human have?

21.  What is a long flat bone lying in the middle of the front chest?

22.  What are girdles?

23.  What are hardened keratinous plate-like structures which lie below the skin at the base?

24.  What is Hair Follicle?

25.  What is Hypoxia?

Answer to Human Body 8

1.      A condition in human affecting the eyes

2.      In the ear

3.      Lungs

4.      A muscular tube which starts with the mouth and ends at the anus.

5.      9m long

6.      The four front teeth in the centre of each jaw

7.      The last molar teeth of each side in each jaw

8.      A tube which simply conducts the food from the throat to the stomach

9.      Pylorus GK Pylon

10.  Gastric juice

11.  Bile

12.  The amino acid

13.  It kills bacteria and starts digesting protein only

14.  Bones

15.  To support and connect structures in the body

16.  Skull

17.  Neural spine

18.  Coccyx

19.  Sacrum

20.  12 pairs

21.  The sternum