Science Quiz #257
Science and Nature Quiz for 18 December 2013
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Q1.
A courgette is a type of what?
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Q2.
What was badly damaged when the ship "Shen Neng I" got into difficulties on 3 April 2010?
B
The beaches on the Côte d'Azur
C
The gannet colony at Cape Kidnappers, New Zealand
D
The Great Barrier Reef, Australia
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3
Q3.
Which of these is a study of soils?
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Q4.
Which semi-aquatic carnivorous mammal of the weasel family has only two living species: the American and the European?
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5
Q5.
What alloy is created from copper and tin?
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6
Q6.
Which of these is concerned with disorders of the eye?
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Q7.
What is the name for the largest of the living primates, that are ground-dwelling and predominantly herbivorous, inhabiting the forests of central Africa?
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