Science Quiz #438
Science and Nature Quiz for 7 June 2017
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Q1.
Passiflora edulis, a vine native to South America, is also called passionfruit, maracujá or maracuyá in South America, lilikoʻi in Hawaii and by what name in South Africa?
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2
Q2.
The Homestake Experiment in the late 1960s was designed to observe what?
C
Treatment of Alzheimer's
D
The results of chemical weapons tests
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3
Q3.
What shape are the 12 faces of a regular dodecahedron?
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4
Q4.
What was invented by Elias Howe in 1846 and improved by Isaac Merritt Singer?
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Q5.
How does the Killifish, Kryptolebias marmoratus, respond to times when water is low?
A
Lays extra eggs and buries them deep in the remaining mud
B
It buries itself below mud
C
It develops legs and migrates to deeper water
D
It alters its biology to enable it to breathe air and hides in hollow trunks above water
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Q6.
The small blind golden air-breathing catfish, clarias cavernicola, is found only in one place which is a vast underground lake entered from which feature?
A
Craighead Caverns in Tennessee, USA
B
The Dragon's Breath, or Algamas, Cave in Namibia
C
Reed Flute Cave in Guilin, China
D
Cheddar Gorge in Somerset, UK
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Q7.
Which of these is a breed of horse?
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