Science Quiz #758
Science and Nature Quiz for 26 July 2023
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Q1.
What function does glycerol ester of wood rosin have in foods and drinks?
A
Stabilises flavouring oils to keep them in solution
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Q2.
What is the common name for the seeds of horse-chestnut trees?
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Q3.
Which of these is not an Australian native?
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Q4.
Barred, pinwheel and super-luminous are types of what?
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Q5.
In December 2013 the European Space Agency (ESA) launched an observatory to create a precise three-dimensional map of more than a thousand million stars in the Milky Way galaxy and beyond. What is the name of the project?
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Q6.
What scale measures the hotness or piquancy of a chili pepper, as defined by the amount of capsaicin it contains?
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Q7.
Which of these is a unit of radiation exposure?
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