Science Quiz #725
Science and Nature Quiz for 7 December 2022
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Q1.
Flower chafers, June beetles, dung beetles and rhinoceros beetles are species of what?
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Q2.
Which is a description of the mathematical form known as a solid torus?
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Q3.
This plant is the only genus in its family, native to Asia, Europe and Western North America, usually 0.25-1 m (1-3 ft) tall but some plants reach 3.5 m (11 ft) tall, with large, often fragrant flowers, purple, pink, red, white or yellow. What is it?
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Q4.
What does the "C" in LUCA as an evolutionary term stand for?
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Q5.
The Leontopodium nivale (Snowy lion's paw) is more commonly known as what?
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C
Hardened fore-wings or wing cases of beetles
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Q7.
Joseph Marie Jacquard invented the punch card in 1801 as a means of automating what process?
C
Sorting debtors' records
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