Science Quiz #456
Science and Nature Quiz for 11 October 2017
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Q1.
Chameleons, parrots, cuckoos, woodpeckers, some owls and some other birds are characterised by zygodactyly. What do they have?
B
Feet with three digits forward and one back
D
Feet with two digits facing forward (digits 2 and 3) and two back (digits 1 and 4)
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2
Q2.
What word is used to describe how to remove rubber from trees?
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3
Q3.
Phobos and Deimos are the moons of which planet?
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4
Q4.
What was Woulfe's Apparatus designed to do?
B
Collect blood from large farm animals
C
Collect noxious gases safely
D
Assist in an alchemical process to turn base metal into gold
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Q5.
What is the largest and first discovered (by Piazzi at Palermo in 1801) of the minor planets?
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Q6.
When does the clear ice deposit known as "glaze" form?
A
When the temperature of the surface is at freezing point
B
When supercooled water droplets of fog freezes on contact with a vertical surface it drifts past
C
When supercooled rain or drizzle comes into contact with the ground
D
When the air temperature drops suddenly
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Q7.
What is the "First Law of Robotics" devised by Isaac Asimov in his science fiction stories?
A
A robot must protect its own existence at all costs
B
A robot must keep itself very clean at all times
C
A robot must open doors for people, even if it has its arms full
D
A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
Select from the options above.