Science Quiz #122
Science and Nature Quiz for 18 May 2011
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Q1.
In medicine, which suffix denotes the surgical removal of something, usually from inside the body?
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Q2.
The fact that hot water freezes more quickly than cold water is known as what?
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Q3.
Which of these is "low back pain"?
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Q4.
Where is the Sea of Tranquillity?
B
Around the islands of Tonga
C
Near Salt Lake City, Utah
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Q5.
What scale, developed by Terence Meaden as an extension of the Beaufort scale, measures tornado intensity between T0 and T11?
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Q6.
Early in 2010 which telescope was used to discover 5 new planets and 2 objects circling stars that were too hot to be planets and too small to be stars?
Note: This question was updated in July 2015
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Q7.
What is the name for a badger's nest?
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