Science Quiz #602
Science and Nature Quiz for 29 July 2020
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Q1.
What are usually found in an aquarium?
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2
Q2.
The medical specialty called obstetrics is to do with what?
A
Trauma following amputations
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3
Q3.
Schwann cells, or neurilemma, react with neuron axons to form what kind of sheath round the axons?
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Q4.
What name was given to the number 10 to the power of 100 (i.e. 1 followed by one hundred zeros) by nine-year-old Milton Sirotta, nephew of American mathematician Edward Kasner?
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Q5.
Tadpoles of the amphibians Bufo bufo, members of the Dendrobatidae family, and Bufo marinus have what in common?
A
They are carried in the female parent's mouth
B
They are raised in trees, in small pools formed in epiphytes
C
They are carried on the back of a male parent
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Q6.
The aggressive meat ant, Iridomyrmex purpureus, also known as the gravel ant or southern meat ant, is endemic to which country?
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Q7.
What do the terms lordosis and kyphosis refer to?
A
Flexion of the human foot
B
Actions of the oesophagus
D
Stages of asthmatic distress
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