Science Quiz #38
Science and Nature Quiz for 7 October 2009
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Q1.
What was the name of the first of the space shuttles that was used only for testing purposes?
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Q2.
In the human body, adductors and abductors are types of what?
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Q3.
Which of these is a gas?
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Q4.
Which inert gas with a density 2.8 that of air was discovered by Ramsay and Travers in 1895?
Note: This question was updated in December 2014
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Q5.
How many toes does a llama have?
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Q6.
What is "Too much money chasing too few goods"?
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Q7.
What is the name for the change of direction when a ray of light passes from one medium (e.g. water) to another (e.g. air)?
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