Science Quiz #596
Science and Nature Quiz for 17 June 2020
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Q1.
What animal is native to Russia, the USA (especially Alaska), Canada, the Carpathian region (especially Romania), and Finland, where it is the national animal?
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Q2.
How many sides does a hendecagon have?
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Q3.
A "shar pei" is a type of what?
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Q4.
Stylets are a feature of tardigrades, diptera, aphids and some invertebrates. What purpose do they serve?
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Piercing cell walls and channelling nutrients to the animal
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Q5.
What is the approximate speed of light in miles per second?
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Q6.
What is the closest city to the Large Hadron Collider, the world's most powerful particle accelerator?
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Q7.
What is the conifer native to the west coast of North America that grows to over 300 feet high?
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