Can You Pass This High School General Science Quiz?

In addition to spinning in place at 1,000 mph, the Earth hurtles around the sun at about 67,000 mph.

It takes about 70 percent less energy to make paper from recycled paper than it does to make paper from trees.

The speed of light, simply put for those of us here in the United States, is 186,000 miles per second. Technically, though, it's 299,792,458 meters per second, which equates to 186,287.49 miles per second.

Venus is the hottest planet, with an average surface temperature of over 700 degrees Fahrenheit.

Skylab was in orbit from 1973 to 1979. It fell to Earth in 1979, with the odds of hitting an actual person at a predicted 152 to 1.

Children have 300 bones. Some bones fuse together as they grow.

Fleas can jump 80 times higher than their height. So, if you were a six-foot-tall flea, you'd be able to jump about 480 feet straight up.

Because snakes only eat meat, not plant material, they are true carnivores.

Alexander Graham Bell was also the founder of American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T). Blame him if your phone bill is too high.

The smallest bone in the human body is the stapes, or stirrup bone, which is located in the ear.

Even though Saturn is the second-largest planet in the solar system, it's made up of gas. That means it would float if placed in a (VERY) large body of water.

The blue whale can makes sounds as loud as 188 decibels. These sounds can be heard up to 530 miles away.

Lake Mead, in Arizona, was formed by the Hoover Dam and supplies water to Arizona, California and Nevada.

The poison dart frog, found in central and south America, is on the endangered species list. It doesn't make a good pet!

The stegosaurus had a brain the size of a walnut even though it was over 30 feet long. It didn't read much.

The largest meteor crater is in Winslow, Arizona. The crater measures 4,150 ft across and 150 ft deep.

That's a lot of blinking. No wonder we're always tired.

It can actually take as long as 50 hours for your dinner to leave your body ... so to speak.

Compared to other mammals, we're pretty weak. A hippopotamus' jaw exerts 1,800 psi.

About 40-50 percent of your body heat escapes via the top of your body. Heat rises, so wear a hat.

In addition to weighing in at 12 tons, the Hubble Space Telescope is 43 ft long and cost a whopping $2.1 billion to build.

The Atlantic giant squid has eyeballs that are bigger than a dinner plate at up to a whopping 15 inches. You should see its sunglasses.

The average human brain weighs in at just over three pounds. The largest human brain ever weighed belonged to a 30-year-old male and was a whopping 5 lb., 1.1 oz.

Cricket ears are located on the front of each tibia (leg bone) just under the knees. This can make dancing an ear-splitting experience.

Sound travels about four times faster in water because water molecules are closer together. However, sound is easier to start in air.

About 100 lightning bolts strike somewhere on Earth every second. These strikes lead to the deaths of approximately 1,000 people per year.

Indian Lotus Tree seeds remain viable for as long as 400 years, so give it a try. Or, have your grandchildren do so.

About half of a car's fuel, if the car is traveling about 80 mph, is used to combat wind resistance. Sails are not recommended.

Although most substances contain carbon, white diamonds are unique because they are all carbon. Colored diamonds may contain other elements.

The Earth's equatorial circumference is 40,075 km. The Earth's polar circumference is 40,008 km.

The sun, moon, and the rotation of the earth all combine to form the gravitational feces that affect tides.

Less pure stones are not as hard as more pure diamonds. They will scratch glass easily.

The second most abundant element in the Earth's crust is silicon. Pizza is a close third.

A bolt of lightning is 54,000 degrees Fahrenheit. That's six times hotter than the surface of the sun.

Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe. The second most abundant element is helium.