Science Quiz #657
Science and Nature Quiz for 18 August 2021
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Q1.
Bigfoot, a supposedly large, hairy, bipedal humanoid which lives in forests in the Northwest of North America, is also known as what?
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Q2.
The Mohs scale measures what?
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3
Q3.
What part of the body is affected by the condition called rickets?
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Q4.
The mandrill is the word's largest what?
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Q5.
What ore is the chief source of aluminium?
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Q6.
On which body of knowledge was the 1552 "Badianus" manuscript of botanical medicine (in various libraries in Europe but not published until early 20th century) based?
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Q7.
What is a distinguishing characteristic of Saturn's largest moon, and the second largest moon in our solar system, Titan?
A
It spins in the opposite direction from Saturn's other moons
B
It has a dense atmosphere
D
Its orbit round Saturn is elliptical
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