Science Quiz #491
Science and Nature Quiz for 13 June 2018
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Q1.
Which is almost exclusively the food of the caterpillar of the Monarch Butterfly?
D
A swan plant or a milkweed
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Q2.
Where does a shark carry denticles?
A
Along the side of its tongue
D
On the underside of its tail
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3
Q3.
What equipment puts an object in rotation around a fixed axis, applying a force perpendicular to the axis, and uses the sedimentation principle to cause heavier particles to move out along the radius?
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Q4.
A small slender fish (up to 6 ins (150mm)), possibly the most abundant in the oceans and member of a family with 246 species is known as what?
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5
Q5.
Which of these are single-celled organisms of microscopic dimensions?
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6
Q6.
Brass, one of the copper alloys, is manufactured using mainly which other metal?
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Q7.
What is the connection between the computer programming language ADA, developed in 1980, and the daughter of poet Lord Byron?
A
The "Dreamworks" film production company
D
Charles Babbage's "analytical engine"
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