Science Quiz #674
Science and Nature Quiz for 15 December 2021
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1
Which of these is an alternative medicine that means, in Japanese, "mysterious atmosphere"?
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2
The Korean word transliterated as "getbol" is Korea's term for which vital part of its shoreline ecology?
C
Pinnacle rocks for bird nesting
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3
A species of elk is named after which of these US presidents?
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4
In terms of astronomy what is an NEO?
A
An asteroid on a collision course with another body
C
Any small body in the Solar System whose orbit brings it into proximity with Earth
D
A newly discovered space object
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5
Luigi and Lucia Galeazzi Galvani are credited with the first studies in what, published in 1791?
A
Continuously providing electric current to a circuit
B
The nature of bioelectricity in the body
C
The hearing of birds, quadrupeds, and humans
D
The properties of a vacuum
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6
What is a common name for the butterfly known as Vanessa cardui?
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7
The olfactory organs are concerned with the sense of what?
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