Science Quiz #731
Science and Nature Quiz for 18 January 2023
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Q1.
What is the name for the process by which heat is transferred by the motion of a fluid?
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2
Q2.
Trig stations are installed on the highest point of a hill or mountain for what?
B
To form a comfortable seat
C
To provide a perch for passing birds
D
Geodetic and other surveying
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3
Q3.
Which of these animals has the longest average life span?
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4
Q4.
Prepatellar bursitis is more commonly known as what?
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Q5.
What term was coined by publisher Henry Holt to refer to the direct influence of mind on a physical system that cannot be entirely accounted for by the mediation of any known physical energy, such as distorting or moving an object and influencing the output of a random number generator?
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6
Q6.
What is "hydrophobia" applied to?
A
Fear of enclosed spaces
D
Reluctance to clean the bath
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Q7.
The term "syzygy" is used in activities in what kind of area?
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