Science Quiz #656
Science and Nature Quiz for 11 August 2021
A new science quiz is available each week. Try our daily general knowledge quiz or work through our archive of daily and themed quizzes.
1
Q1.
The present standard model of cosmology indicates that what, not detectable directly but deduced by its effects, constitutes at least 84.5% of the total mass of the universe?
D
Dark energy and dark matter
Select from the options above.
2
Q2.
What kind of engineering or computing system would be called "stovepipe"?
A
One that operates as a standalone, which has the potential to share resources but does not
B
A many-level narrowly integrated system
C
A system to divert attack from the main operations
Select from the options above.
3
Q3.
Where do tepals occur?
C
As part of a fungus root system
D
In ancient flowering plants
Select from the options above.
4
Q4.
A clown fish creates a home for itself inside what?
Select from the options above.
5
Q5.
What does the "R" stand for in the acronym ARPANET?
Select from the options above.
6
Q6.
Where is the Sea of Smyth?
A
In the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by ocean currents
B
Off the West coast of England
C
In Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan
Select from the options above.
7
A
The first element to be synthesised rather than being discovered in nature
B
A theoretical element, not so far synthesised
D
A compound of rhenium and boron
Select from the options above.