Science Quiz #599
Science and Nature Quiz for 8 July 2020
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Q1.
In North America one species of what, called Magicicada septendecim, lives for 17 years all but a few weeks of which are spent underground?
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Q2.
The subphylum Chelicerata is one of the major subdivisions of the phylum Arthropoda; it contains sea spiders and arachnids (including scorpions, spiders, and potentially horseshoe crabs). Which was the first chelicerate to have its genome fully sequenced?
B
Red, or two-spotted, spider mite
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Q3.
What is the overall term for the gases which surround a planet?
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Q4.
Swiss scientist Albert Hofmann was talking about what when he said "I think that in human evolution it has never been as necessary to have this substance. It is just a tool to turn us into what we are supposed to be. ”?
A
Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD)
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Q5.
Which of these is a disease caused by a coronavirus?
A
Some types of common cold
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Q6.
How many orbits of the earth did John Glenn make in Mercury-Atlas 6 in 1962?
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Q7.
James Chadwick discovered which sub-atomic particles in 1932?
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