Science Quiz #775
Science and Nature Quiz for 22 November 2023
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Q1.
What is one of the keystones of current biological theory, concerned with heritable change in successive generations of animals, plants and other living things?
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Q2.
The air we breathe is made up of 78.09% of what gas?
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Q3.
Which breed of cat is naturally tailless?
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Q4.
What is the "litmus" which is used in litmus paper to detect acids or alkalis?
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Dyes extracted from lichens
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Q5.
What leaves relieve pain caused by stinging nettle?
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Q6.
The first uses of what on a large scale in civil engineering were the construction of the Canal du Midi in France (1681), the Erie canal in New York (1825), the Box Tunnel on the railway line between London and Bristol, England (1841), and the Mont Cenis Tunnel between France and Italy (1870)?
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Q7.
An isotherm is a line denoting equal what?
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