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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?

A
Five toes
B
Feet with three digits forward and one back
C
Very short toes
D
Feet with two digits facing forward (digits 2 and 3) and two back (digits 1 and 4)
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Q2. What word is used to describe how to remove rubber from trees?

A
Faucet
B
Tap
C
Bidet
D
Bath
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Q3. Phobos and Deimos are the moons of which planet?

A
Mars
B
Earth
C
Uranus
D
Venus
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Q4. What was Woulfe's Apparatus designed to do?

A
Prepare picric acid
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?

A
Ceres
B
Pluto
C
Makemake
D
Haumea
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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.
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