Science Quiz #91
Science and Nature Quiz for 13 October 2010
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Q1.
What word means the type of movement by normally walking on the soles of the feet?
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2
Q2.
In the acronym PAL, used in the television industry, what does the "L" stand for?
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Q3.
If the numbers from 1 to 10 are multiplied by each other, what is the last number of the result?
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Q4.
What law is "the volume of a given mass of gas at a given temperature is inversely proportional to its pressure"?
Note: This question was updated in April 2017
C
The Temperature / Pressure Scenario
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Q5.
What mountain's volcanic eruption, on the island of Sumbawa, Indonesia, has discharged the most material?
Note: This question was updated in April 2017
C
Thera (known as Santorini), around 1470 BC
D
Mt Aso, Kyoto, around 300,000 BC
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Q6.
What is the largest and first discovered (by Piazzi at Palermo in 1801) of the minor planets?
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Q7.
Which animals live in nests called "dreys"?
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