Science Quiz #600
Science and Nature Quiz for 15 July 2020
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Q1.
What is the only known example of the plant species Lapageria?
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Chilean bellflower, or copihue
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Q2.
What is the common name for acetyl-salicylic acid?
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Q3.
Where are chemical elements listed?
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Q4.
What organ in the human body does the term amaurosis apply to?
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Q5.
Which of these is part of a car's transmission system?
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Q6.
Plants and algae make carotenoids, which absorb light energy for photosynthesis and provide photoprotection; which is one of the only two animals known to do the same?
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Q7.
A subspecies of which bird or insect makes an annual migration of - in terms of direct flight - about 11,000 km (6,835 mi) each way (total 22,000 km, 13,670 mi), the first leg of which is non-stop?
Note: This question was updated in October 2021
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