Science Quiz #768
Science and Nature Quiz for 4 October 2023
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Q1.
What genus of grass is also known as kaffir corn, dhurra, Guinea corn and Indian millet?
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Q2.
Which of these is not an alternative name for a wolverine?
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Q3.
Which of these is in a human's thoracic cavity?
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Q4.
What is the scientific study of plate tectonics and seabed geology, ocean currents, waves and geophysical fluid dynamics, and fluxes of chemical substances and physical properties within an ocean and across its boundaries?
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Q5.
It is considered to have been conceived in the West as an idea in 1508 and in its current highly-oxygen-permeable form 490 years later, and is..?
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Q6.
Someone who has an abnormal fear of dogs is suffering from what?
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Q7.
Broadly speaking what do geologists study?
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The nature and distribution of major and trace elements in Earth's ground water and materials
B
Earth's landforms in relation to their geologic, climatic processes and human activities
D
Earth's properties, products and processes, structure and evolution
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