Science Quiz #604
Science and Nature Quiz for 12 August 2020
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Q1.
Which of these places is not one inhabited by dung beetles?
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Q2.
Which of these is a localised, blood-filled dilation of a blood vessel caused by disease or weakening of the vessel wall that most commonly occurs in arteries at the base of the brain and in the aorta?
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Q3.
What is another name for a wildebeest?
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Q4.
In 1896 French engineer and scientist Henri Becquerel identified radioactivity while observing what?
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Phosphorescence in uranium salts
B
Electrical conductivity in the air round uranium
C
Fluorescence on a screen during discharge of electricity through a vacuum tube
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Q5.
In organic substrates what is the prime means of generating adenosine triphosphate (ATP) in the absence of oxygen?
Note: This question was updated in March 2024
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Q6.
What orbits the Sun between Earth and Mercury?
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Q7.
"Farrow" is a term for a pig's giving birth, or the piglets, but is also used of what other animal?
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