Science Quiz #149
Science and Nature Quiz for 23 November 2011
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Q1.
What does an anthropologist study?
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Q2.
Which plant is commonly used as a herbal treatment for depression?
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Q3.
What does the chemical symbol Ag stand for?
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Q4.
Which infectious disease, usually occurring in childhood, is characterised by eruptions of successive crops of vesicles?
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Q5.
What part of the body is affected by dermatitis?
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Q6.
Carbon is the main constituent of which of these?
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Q7.
What is the technique of mechanically widening a narrowed or obstructed blood vessel whereby tightly folded balloons are passed into the narrowed locations and then inflated to a fixed size using water pressures some 75 to 500 times normal blood pressure (6 to 20 atmospheres)?
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