Science Quiz #129
Science and Nature Quiz for 6 July 2011
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Q1.
Sheep are aged by their teeth and are referred to by the number of permanent incisors that have erupted. About how old is a "four-tooth"?
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Q2.
Which of these is a primate of the Old-world monkey family, closely related to the baboons?
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Q3.
About how long does it take for the moon to make one orbit of the Earth?
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Q4.
What device is designed to measure a gravitational field and changes to it?
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Q5.
What is the name of the thick dark green fluid manufactured by the liver?
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Q6.
Australopithecus sediba, an early hominid, whose only discovered remains date to 1.78 to 1.95 million years ago, is known from two partial skeletons discovered where?
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Q7.
What paraffin-derived clear, transparent liquid developed in 1924 by W. J. Stoddard and Lloyd E. Jackson began to be used by dry cleaners in 1928 and has become a common organic solvent used in painting and decorating?
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