Science Quiz #407
Science and Nature Quiz for 2 November 2016
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Q1.
What is the area of a triangle whose sides are 5, 12 and 13 inches long?
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2
Q2.
What ampihibia are native to Europe and Asia, with 4 fingers and five toes, one species of which ejects a white poisonous fluid from the glands in the skin?
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Q3.
What is dichlor-diphenyl-trichlorethane used for?
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Q4.
What was developed at the Bell Telephone Company under the direction of Dr William Shockley?
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Q5.
The Californian fly Helaeomyia petrolei is most likely to develop its larvae in which of these habitats?
A
Pohutukawa trees, New Zealand
C
La Brea Tar Pits, Los Angeles
D
The Dead Sea, Palestine
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Q6.
Which of these is a small monkey found in Columbia and Brazil?
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Q7.
In 2013 a new gene-editing system was discovered which offered an alternative to protein-based targeting. What was it called?
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