Science Quiz #499
Science and Nature Quiz for 8 August 2018
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1
Which of these is a plane tree?
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2
About how often does our solar system orbit around the centre of our galaxy, the Milky Way?
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3
What do the Australian native animals the Wombat and the spiny horned Thorny Devil (or Dragon), have in common?
A
They are both marsupials
C
They live in arid rocky plains
D
They nest and reproduce underground
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4
What is the name for the lump in a human throat?
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5
What satellite, launched by NASA aboard a Delta rocket from Cape Canaveral on 10 July 1962, was built as part of a multi-national agreement between AT&T, Bell Telephone Laboratories, NASA, the British General Post Office, and the French National PTT (Post, Telegraph & Telecom Office)?
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6
A courgette is a small variety of what?
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7
What was the "endless screw", credited to Archimedes in the 3rd century BCE, designed to do?
D
Transfer motion from one device to another
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