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Scottish kids take exams like this. Have you got what it takes to beat them?

Can You Pass This Basic Science Test?

Questions and answers have been sourced from 2011–13 Scottish Standard Grade Science past papers and marking guides issued by the <a href="http://www.sqa.org.uk/" target="_blank">SQA</a>.

Corrosion is the process of materials being eroded by chemical and/or electrochemical reactions with their environment. In this case, it's the Brooklyn Bridge. Better get that fixed, guys.

Correct answer: Corrosion

When compounds like sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides are released into the air, they can rise very high into the atmosphere, then mix and react with water, oxygen, and other chemicals to form acidic pollutants (known as acid rain).

Correct answer: 3 and 4

Slugs and caterpillars are the hedgehog's prey, not the other way round.

Correct answer: The fox and the weasel.

The slug eats the plant, the hedgehog eats the slug, the fox eats the hedgehog. Sorry, hedgehog.

Correct answer: Plant, slug, hedgehog, fox.

Bronchi (singular: bronchus) means "branches" in Latin, and refers to the two branching tubes that conduct air from the windpipe into the lungs.

Correct answer: Bronchi

Materials with low thermal conductivity tend to be used as insulation.

Correct answer: Thermal conductivity

White blood cells help fight infections by attacking bacteria, viruses, and germs (pictured). Glucose is carried round the body dissolved in blood plasma, the pale-yellow liquid part of our blood.

Correct answer: White blood cells and plasma

Subduction occurs when two tectonic plates meet and one is forced under the other and down into the Earth's mantle.

Correct answer: Subduction

The diaphragm is a tough, dome-shaped muscular partition separating the thorax from the abdomen. When it contracts, it increases the volume of the thorax and inflates the lungs.

Correct answer: Diaphagm

Brass is an alloy made by combining copper and zinc. You can make different kinds of brass by varying the quantities of zinc used.

Correct answer: Zinc

These are all major sources of renewable energy.

Correct answers: Solar, tidal, wave, hydroelectric, biomass, wood, or geothermal.

Molten rock is called magma when it's underground, but it's called lava when it's expelled to the surface due to a volcanic eruption.

Correct answer: Lava

Oh well, never mind. There's more to life than science. Maybe you could become a BuzzFeed writer or something?

Oops, you failed

Not bad! You've got some science knowledge. Not enough to beat a Scottish kid, of course. But some.

B-grade student

Congratulations! You're officially as smart as a Scottish kid...when it comes to science, anyway. Go to the top of the class.

A-grade student

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