Science Quiz #505
Science and Nature Quiz for 19 September 2018
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Q1.
On 13th March 1781 a heavenly body was observed, announced and named Georgium Sidus, a star; it was not the first time the body had been observed. Eventually it became known as what?
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2
Q2.
Where is the Sea of Waves?
B
Between Australia and New Zealand
C
Between India and Sri Lanka
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3
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4
Q4.
In the 19th century in Europe, cubebs, known as Piper cubeba, tailed pepper, or Java pepper, were thought to be possibly a useful medicine in the treatment of what?
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5
A
Low energy byproducts of some nuclear reactions
B
A sub-neutron particle in the nucleus of an atom
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6
Q6.
Which of these particularly promotes the explosion of learning in the first two to three years of a child's life?
B
Myelination in the brain
C
Increase in nerve cells
D
Increase in glial cells in the brain
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7
Q7.
What term is applied to an animal or plant produced by crossing two different varieties?
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