Science Quiz #597
Science and Nature Quiz for 24 June 2020
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Q1.
What chemical element takes its name from the Roman name for Paris?
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Q2.
Where in the human body is the sagittal suture?
A
Front to back along the top of the skull
B
From side to side on the top of the skull
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Q3.
As a first step to manufacturing steel, iron is extracted from ore by removing oxygen and combining it with what element?
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Q4.
What is an example of a non-Newtonian fluid?
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Q5.
If a line is orthogonal to another, what is it?
D
Crossing it, at an undefined angle
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Q6.
What is unusual in the bird world about the mating dance of some species of manakin birds?
A
They spread their wings and bodies flat to the ground while circling and jumping
B
They create and perform in elaborate radially ridged crop circles
C
They coax the female to join in a spiral and circling dance
D
The male performs with a troupe of subordinate males
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Q7.
Which constellation, that lies between Cancer and Virgo, contains the stars called Regulus, Denebola, Wolf 359, Gliese 436, Zosma, Adhafera, and Algieba?
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