Science Quiz #344
Science and Nature Quiz for 19 August 2015
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1
What is the name of the three bones that make up a human finger?
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2
Which of these colours does not appear on a purple finch?
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3
Which animal has very low metabolic rates and a quarter of the muscle tissue of animals of similar size, and whose hair grows in a direction opposite to that of its extremities?
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4
The fraction of the total incident solar radiation reflected by a planet back to space would be measured as its what?
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5
What is an affliction of nose, throat, upper air passages and eyes caused by over-sensitivity to proteins of pollen in certain plants?
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6
What is the next number in the series 1, 16, 81, 256, 625?
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7
Which of these is a medical term for coughing up blood, associated with lung and heart disease?
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