Science Quiz #727
Science and Nature Quiz for 21 December 2022
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Q1.
Which of these is a bird?
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2
Q2.
How far away is the nearest known system, as of 2022, that astronomers are reasonably confident contains a black hole?
A
1.2 billion light years
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3
Q3.
What does an emetic make you do?
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Q4.
Which of these is a pyrotechnic composition of a metal powder and a metal oxide, which produces a reaction that is not explosive, but creates short bursts of high temperatures on a small area for a short period?
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Q5.
What name is given to the product of mass and velocity?
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Q6.
Which of these animals is not a marsupial?
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Q7.
What adaptation gives the tiny moss-like Schistostega pennata, the only member of its family, its other names of goblin gold, Dragon's gold or elfin-gold?
A
Spherical cells in its structures that act as lenses
B
Extra-reflective surfaces to its gametophores
C
It has a symbiosis with a luminous insect
D
Its upper surfaces are yellow and coin-shaped
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