Student Science Test Answers

These are actual answers from test papers and essays submitted to science and health teachers by junior high, high school, and college students around the world.





"H2O is hot water, and CO2 is cold water"

"When you smell an oderless gas, it is probably carbon monoxide"

"Water is composed of two gins, Oxygin and Hydrogin. Oxygin is pure gin. Hydrogin is gin and water."

"Three kinds of blood vessels are arteries, vanes and caterpillars."

"The moon is a planet just like the earth, only it is even deader."

"Dew is formed on leaves when the sun shines down on them and makes them perspire."

"A super-saturated solution is one that holds more than it can hold."

"Mushrooms always grow in damp places and so they look like umbrellas."

"The pistol of a flower is its only protections against insects."

"A permanent set of teeth consists of eight canines, eight cuspids, two molars, and eight cuspidors."

"The tides are a fight between the Earth and moon. All water tends towards the moon, because there is no water in the moon, and nature abhors a vacuum. I forget where the sun joins in this fight."

"A fossil is an extinct animal. The older it is, the more extinct it is."

"Germinate: To become a naturalized German."

"Liter: A nest of young puppies."

"Momentum: What you give a person when they are going away."

"Planet: A body of Earth surrounded by sky."

"Before giving a blood transfusion, find out if the blood is affirmative or negative."

"For a nosebleed: Put the nose much lower then the body until the heart stops."

"To keep milk from turning sour: Keep it in the cow."

"A vibration is a motion that cannot make up its mind which way it wants to go."

"Genetics explain why you look like your father and if you don't why you should."

"Some people can tell what time it is by looking at the sun. But I have never been able to make out the numbers."

"I am not sure how clouds get formed. But the clouds know how to do it, and that is the important thing."

"A blizzard is when it snows sideways."

"A monsoon is a French gentleman."

"It is so hot in some places that the people there have to live in other places."