Science Quiz #152
Science and Nature Quiz for 14 December 2011
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Q1.
If an oblong field is 5 metres by 12 metres, what is the distance of the diagonal?
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Q2.
What is a cantaloupe?
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Q3.
Ophanin, piscivorin, ablomin, latisemin and triflin, cysteine-rich secretory proteins that can reduce muscle contractions, are naturally found where?
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Leaves of the mimosa plant
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Q4.
Which plant has leaves and flowers (each of which consists of 5 or 6 small yellow flower heads surrounded by leaflets in star form that bloom between July and September) that are covered with white hairs and appear woolly?
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Q5.
What name is given to the unnatural fear of death?
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Q6.
What is added to steel to make stainless steel?
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Q7.
The word "renal" refers to which part of the body?
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