Science Quiz #166
Science and Nature Quiz for 21 March 2012
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Q1.
Double vision, the perception of two images from a single object, is properly called what?
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2
Q2.
Which of these is a localised, blood-filled dilation of a blood vessel caused by disease or weakening of the vessel wall that most commonly occurs in arteries at the base of the brain and in the aorta?
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3
Q3.
What does an "aquarium" simulate?
B
A circulating current through different-levelled pools
C
The submerged area of a water habitat
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Q4.
Transits of Venus occur in a pattern, with pairs of transits 8 years apart separated by much longer gaps, that repeats every how many years?
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Q5.
What nest at Sandy Cape, the most northern point on Fraser Island off the coast of Queensland, Australia, which is protected as part of the Great Sandy National Park?
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Q6.
What is the "Ishihara test" for?
A
The strength of reinforced concrete
C
The sharpness of scalpels and similar objects
D
The effectiveness of streamlining
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Q7.
Which of these is NOT a dangerous gas that forms naturally in a coal mine?
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