Science Quiz #175
Science and Nature Quiz for 23 May 2012
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Q1.
Where do aquatic creatures live?
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Q2.
James Chadwick discovered which sub-atomic particles in 1932?
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Q3.
What is a group of conditions involving damage to the joints of the body, the most common form of which is a result of trauma to or infection of the joint, or age?
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Q4.
What orbits the Sun between Earth and Mercury?
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Q5.
What element takes its name from the German word for "evil spirit"?
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Q6.
The common choko is what colour when ripe?
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Q7.
What is one of the world's most prestigious scientific journals, first published on 4 November 1869, one of the few that publish original research articles across a wide range of scientific fields?
C
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
D
The Scientific American
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