Science Quiz #618
Science and Nature Quiz for 18 November 2020
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Q1.
What meteorological phenomenon is named after the Arabic word for "season"?
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Q2.
Rubbing a balloon on one's hair and then sticking it to a wall is an example of what type of electricity?
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Q3.
Ilmenite is the most commercially important ore of what element?
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Q4.
What is the fourth planet from the Sun?
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Q5.
What does "xylophilous" refer to?
B
Growing in or living on wood
C
Something constructed of wooden slats
D
A resonant ringing when beaten
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Q6.
What word is used to describe the lowest temperature at which vapour above a liquid can be ignited?
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Q7.
Which of these is another name for geranium?
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