Science Quiz #784
Science and Nature Quiz for 24 January 2024
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Q1.
What is the area of a triangle whose sides are 5, 12 and 13 inches long?
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Q2.
What is the name of the dark nebula in the constellation Orion that is approximately 1500 light years from Earth?
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Q3.
Cherry barbs, koi, bristlenose pleco and neon tetras are types of what?
C
Freshwater tropical fish
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Q4.
What pollinates the tubular, bright red flowers of the Salvia coccinea (known as Texas Sage, Scarlet Sage, or Blood Sage), a species of flowering plant native to the south of North America, the Caribbean, and the north of South America?
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Q5.
What is a form of asexual reproduction found in females, where growth and development of embryos occurs without fertilisation by a male?
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Q6.
An endomorph has what physical characteristic?
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Ability to change into a different shape
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Q7.
Who published the paper "Incompleteness Theorems"?
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