Science Quiz #115
Science and Nature Quiz for 30 March 2011
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Q1.
What is "chalcedony"?
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A naturally magnetised mineral
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Q2.
How many months are there in a decade?
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Q3.
Where is the tendon known as the hamstring?
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Q4.
What phenomenon was discovered by Frenchman Joseph Fourier in 1824, reliably experimented on by Irishman John Tyndall in 1858, and first reported quantitatively by Swede Svante Arrhenius in 1896?
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Planetary orbits are affected by other planets
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Q5.
Roughly how many days does it take the moon to orbit the earth?
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Q6.
What is another name for the Southern Boobook owl, also called the Mopoke or Ruru?
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Q7.
What is obtained from a sturgeon?
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