Science Quiz #464
Science and Nature Quiz for 6 December 2017
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Q1.
What is or are the principal element(s), apart from carbon and hydrogen, in mustard gas?
A
Phosphorus and fluorine
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2
Q2.
Which of these is essential to the production of glass, rayon and cellophane, soaps, detergents, dyeing textiles, water softeners, most photographic film developing agents, and in toothpaste?
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3
Q3.
The animal has had legal protection in its country since 1895, and is the only living member of the more than 200 million year old order Rhynchocephalia. What is it?
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Q4.
Where is something usually called "dark matter" found?
A
Everywhere in the universe
C
Round the hydrothermal vents in the Mariana Trench
D
In the heart of a white dwarf star
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5
Q5.
What is the medical term for abnormally low body temperature?
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Q6.
The Royal Observatory, from which standard time was recorded, was established in Greenwich in 1676. Where is it now?
A
Bletchley Park, Buckinghamshire, England
B
Herstmonceux Castle, East Sussex, England
C
Dartmoor, Devon, England
D
Edinburgh Castle, Scotland
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Q7.
The minute and critically endangered Lemur Leaf Frog, found in Costa Rica, Panama and Colombia, has unusually long thin legs and what other unusual feature?
A
The females are half the size of the males
B
No webbing between its toes
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