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Science Trivia Questions for Groups

The Science topic bundles 60 physics, chemistry and biology questions, 20 per difficulty tier, mixing two very different question types: ones that ask you to recall an isolated fact, like a chemical symbol, and ones that ask you to connect a clue to a concept, like naming the force behind a described phenomenon.

Recall or reasoning: the two kinds of Science question

  • A recall question asks for an isolated, memorizable fact, like the chemical formula for water (H2O) or the symbol for sodium (Na): anyone who has seen the fact once gets it right. A reasoning question describes a phenomenon without naming the concept, like asking which force pulls objects toward the center of the Earth, expecting the team to land on "gravity" by piecing clues together, not by recalling a memorized fact.
  • The 20 medium questions tend to blend both types, like asking which cell structure is known as the "powerhouse" for producing most of the cell's energy as ATP: the team has to decode the nickname before retrieving the technical name, mitochondria. The 20 hard ones aim at more advanced vocabulary, like telling mitosis, the formation of two identical daughter cells, apart from similar-sounding processes.
  • Alternating recall questions with reasoning questions keeps a Science round from feeling repetitive: an all-recall block favors whoever memorized the periodic table, and an all-reasoning block wears out players who prefer a straight fact. Pairing Science with a humanities topic, like History or Literature, also balances the knowledge profile across the 2 to 8 teams the game accepts.

From H2O to mitochondria: recalled fact vs. deduced fact

Easy question

Input
Qual é a fórmula química da água?
Expected output
H2O

Pure recall: anyone who has seen the formula before recognizes it instantly, no reasoning required.

Medium question

Input
Qual estrutura da célula é conhecida como a "usina de energia" por produzir a maior parte da energia (ATP)?
Expected output
Mitocôndria

It moves to medium because the question describes the function instead of naming it, forcing the team to decode the "powerhouse" clue before answering.

Hard question

Input
Como se chama o processo de divisão celular que forma duas células-filhas geneticamente idênticas?
Expected output
Mitose

It's hard because it demands one specific technical term, mitosis, easy to confuse with meiosis if the team doesn't know the difference.

Full game FAQ

From 2 to 8 teams. Each team has an editable name, a color and an emoji, just tap the color or emoji to cycle through the available options.

Frequently asked questions

Do the Science questions require complicated formulas?

No. The bank uses at most short formulas, like H2O, and process names, like mitosis; advanced physics or chemistry math formulas don't appear in any of the topic's 60 questions.

What is the difference between the medium and hard tiers in this topic?

Medium tends to describe a concept through a clue or nickname, like the cell's "powerhouse", while hard asks for the technical term directly, like mitosis or mitochondria, requiring more specific scientific vocabulary.

Do the human body and astronomy show up in this Science bank?

No. Human body & health is a separate topic with 60 anatomy questions, and astronomy & space has its own separate bank too; here the scope stays within general physics, chemistry and biology.