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Science Quiz #194

Science and Nature Quiz for 3 October 2012

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Q1. What measurement has been used for the magnitude of earthquakes?

Note: This question was updated in December 2020
A
Torino Scale
B
Beaufort scale
C
Richter scale
D
TORRO scale
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Q2. Why is the scarlet pimpernel, a low-growing annual plant found in Europe, Asia and North America, known as 'the poor man's barometer' and 'the poor man's weatherglass'?

A
The petals fall off when it rains
B
The flowers close when atmospheric pressure decreases and bad weather is approaching
C
The seeds rattle in the slightest wind
D
The flowers only open when 8 hours of daylight is expected
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Q3. What is the scientific term used when something is moving from a solid to a gas without passing through a liquid state?

A
Subject
B
Sublimation
C
Submarine
D
Simplification
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Q4. What bird is nicknamed "man of war" because it steals food from other birds in the air?

A
Vulture
B
Cormorant
C
Frigate bird
D
Black-backed Gull
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Q5. The first Transit of Venus in the 21st century took place on 8 June 2004. What was the date of the next one?

Note: This question was updated in January 2021
A
December 2125
B
December 2117
C
June 2012
D
June 2204
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Q6. What does "xylophilous" refer to?

A
A wood carver
B
Growing in or living on wood
C
Something constructed of wooden slats
D
A resonant ringing when beaten
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Q7. Which tree, native to Western Australia, has flowers that are used to make honey, and long, straight trunks which provide a deep rich reddish-brown, termite-resistant wood with an attractive grain?

A
Karri
B
Coolabah
C
Jarrah
D
Mahogany
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