Science Quiz #283
Science and Nature Quiz for 18 June 2014
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Q1.
What is the name for the decrease in size of tissue or an organ due to physiological change from old age, or lack of use, nutrition or nerve supply?
Note: This question was updated in February 2022
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Q2.
What usually causes the bone disease called rickets?
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A deficiency of vitamin D
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Q3.
Which of these equations accurately represents the relationship between the square of a number and the product of one less and one greater than that number?
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Q4.
What device removes a pilot from an aircraft in an emergency?
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Q5.
What is the common name for trypanosomiasis?
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Q6.
What is the most publicly used method for categorizing the impact hazard associated with near-Earth objects (NEOs) such as asteroids and comets?
Note: This question was updated in March 2023
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The Palermo Technical Impact Hazard Scale
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Q7.
After digestion, food passes from the stomach through the pylorus to where?
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