Science Quiz #137
Science and Nature Quiz for 31 August 2011
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1
What is the name for a period that occurs about every 11 years when the sun's magnetic field lines are the most distorted?
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2
Herpetophobia is a fear of what?
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3
Rubbing a balloon on one's hair and then sticking it to a wall is an example of what type of electricity?
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4
Which of these affects the human stomach?
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5
Project SCORE, the world’s first communications satellite, was launched when?
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6
The existence of what was conjectured by Russian mathematician Vladimir Arnold in 1995 and proven in 2006 by Hungarian scientists Gábor Domokos and Péter Várkonyi?
A
An element with atomic number 117
C
Gömböc, a type of convex 3 dimensional body
D
An underwater trench off the East coast of Africa
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7
What is the most abundant element in the earth's crust?
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