Science Quiz #663
Science and Nature Quiz for 29 September 2021
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1
Q1.
The cochlea is part of which part of the body?
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2
Q2.
The letters "G I", when applied to dietary matters, stand for what?
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3
Q3.
If you do not have an instrument to measure angles, what are the most useful tools with which to draw a right angle?
C
Opisometer and straight edge
D
Compasses and straight edge
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4
Q4.
In 2002 what, possibly unique, reaction was observed in cichlids, a freshwater fish species, in one short stretch of the River Congo?
B
The fish in the stretch grew close to 10 times the usual size
C
They became bottom feeders
D
Cichlids had genetically diverged on opposite sides of the river
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5
Q5.
What is the engineering term for a shallow masonry construction used to carry the supports of a timber superstructure?
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Q6.
Pictures of a babirusa are seen in cave paintings of more than 30,000 years ago; what is it?
B
A swine usually called a deer-pig
C
It is extinct, but was a cat-like carnivore
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Q7.
An atom of oxygen linked to an atom of hydrogen is a signature combination in the formulae of which compounds?
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