Science and Nature Quiz for 23 June 2010
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1
What statistical term is used in government, marketing or opinion research to denote the characteristics of a population?
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2
Phobos and Deimos are the moons of which planet?
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3
What is the name for the position in the orbit of a heavenly body when it is nearest the sun?
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4
What was unusual about the catching of two examples of a species of fish, called the "Coelacanth", in 1938 and 1953?
A
They were thought to have been extinct for 50 million years
C
Both had developed legs
D
It was believed that they communicated by thought waves
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5
Which of these is a type of waterfowl with a distinctive extensive pouch attached to the lower mandible?
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6
What is the name of the process by which a wave motion such as light or sound is turned back on reaching a boundary between two media?
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7
What is the name given to copper bars arranged in a cylinder, insulated from each other which rotates to connect each section of the armature in turn (in a motor) or to the external current (in a dynamo)?
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