Science Quiz #432
Science and Nature Quiz for 26 April 2017
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1
Q1.
What colour is pure sulphur?
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2
Q2.
In a Nature Ecology & Evolution 1 report published in 2017, mussels living around extreme deep-sea hydrothermal vents and methane seeps had genes which strengthened what?
A
Stability in protein structures
C
Ability to process toxic chemicals
D
Stability in protein structures, toxin removal from cells, greatly stronger immune system
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3
Q3.
What will be affected by a HALO operation?
B
Hair growth on the crown of the head
C
Varicose veins in the lower legs
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4
Q4.
Which of these is a variety of igneous rock consisting of large-grained crystals, such as feldspar or quartz, dispersed in a fine-grained feldspathic matrix or groundmass?
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5
Q5.
Georges Leopold Cuvier is associated with which science?
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6
Q6.
In what number system would the statement "1 + 1 = 10" be true?
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7
Q7.
The Idiot Fruit, or Idiot Tree, was thought to be extinct in the mid 19th century but in 1971 one was rediscovered. How?
A
The wood was found in a firewood pile in Northern Territory, Australia
B
Cavers found it in a new cave in the Jenolan Caves in New South Wales, Australia
C
Its poisonous seeds were found in the stomachs of dying cattle in Queensland, Australia
D
A flowering branch drifted ashore in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia
Select from the options above.