Science Quiz #519
Science and Nature Quiz for 26 December 2018
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Q1.
If an oblong field is 5 metres by 12 metres, what is the distance of the diagonal?
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2
Q2.
What is one of the characteristics of the epipelagic zone of an ocean?
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3
Q3.
In mathematical terms what is another name for "exponent"?
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4
Q4.
An ombrophobe or ombrophobous plant cannot withstand much what?
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5
Q5.
What is the current established official length of one metre?
A
The length of the path travelled by light in vacuum during 1/299 792 458 of a second
B
The length of a pendulum having a half-period of one second
C
One ten-millionth of the length of the earth's meridian along a quadrant through Paris
D
1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red emission line in the spectrum of krypton-86 in a vacuum
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Q6.
The only two bones in the human body which are not articulated with or directly attached to any other bone, are the patella (kneecap) and what other?
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7
Q7.
What are the joints in the fingers called?
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