Science Quiz #151
Science and Nature Quiz for 7 December 2011
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Q1.
What chemical element, a rare and lustrous silvery-white metal, was discovered in 1803 by William Hyde Wollaston, who named it after an asteroid ?
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Q2.
Which of these is a professional association in the UK with the dual roles of learned society and professional body that was formed in 1980 from the merger of the Faraday Society with 3 other societies?
A
The Royal Society of Chemistry
B
The Royal Academy of Arts
C
The Chartered Institute for IT
D
The Geological Society of London
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Q3.
What is the standard measure of quantity used in the oil production industry?
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Q4.
What is the name for a net of fine lines or fibres in the eyepiece of a sighting device, such as a telescope, a telescopic sight, a microscope, or the screen of an oscilloscope?
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Q5.
Which of these is a type of cow?
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Q6.
The olfactory organs are concerned with the sense of what?
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Q7.
What transparent, biconvex structure changes shape to change the focal distance of the eye so that it can focus on objects at different distances?
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