Science Quiz #349
Science and Nature Quiz for 23 September 2015
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Q1.
Which of these words best describes the subject of the study of Pomology?
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Q2.
What is the name of the process by which plants obtain carbohydrates from carbon dioxide and water?
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Q3.
Where does kapok, use for stuffing mattresses and cushions, come from?
B
Birds (It is down, from particular birds )
C
It is mined, only in South America
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Q4.
What is the name given to a bone fracture when the bone bends and splinters rather than breaks in two?
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Q5.
Symptoms of what disease include fever, shivering, joint pain, vomiting, anaemia, hemoglobinuria, retinal damage, and convulsions, with cyclical occurrence of sudden coldness followed by rigour, fever and sweating?
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Q6.
Zirconium, hafnium and rutherfordium are elements in the same group in the periodic table of elements, and transition metals; what is the fourth member of this group?
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Q7.
What is the main protein of connective tissue in animals and the most abundant protein in mammals, making up about 25% of the total protein content?
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