Science and Nature Quiz for 18 March 2009
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1
Which of these equations accurately represents the relationship between the square of a number and the product of one less and one greater than that number?
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2
Which of these colours does not appear on a purple finch?
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3
What does an anemometer measure?
A
Sea creatures tentacles
C
Petal sizes of certain perennial flowers
D
The strength of an opposing army
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4
What is the lowest number that is both the square of one integer and the cube of another?
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5
What is petrology the study of?
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6
What scale initially related wind conditions to their effects on the sails of a man of war, from "sufficient for steerage" to "which canvas sails couldn't withstand."
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7
What is a highly magnetized, rotating, neutron star emitting a beam of electromagnetic radiation that can only be observed when the beam of emission is pointing towards the Earth (known as the lighthouse effect)?
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