Science Quiz #26
Science and Nature Quiz for 15 July 2009
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Q1.
Verdigris is the name for the green deposit formed after exposure to air on what metal?
Note: This question was updated in August 2014
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Q2.
What measure is used to measure the warmth of a duvet?
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Q3.
What is the name of the type of curve traced by a point on a rolling wheel?
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Q4.
What species of tree of the genus Prunus, native to the Middle East, produces a seed in a corrugated shell which is botanically not a nut, but a drupe?
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Q5.
Tinnitus affects which part of the body?
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Q6.
What is a word for giddiness, often associated with a disease of the inner ear?
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Q7.
What name is given to the potential difference measured across a conductor of 1 ohm resistance when current of 1 ampere is flowing?
Note: This question was updated in November 2014
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