Science Quiz #797
Science and Nature Quiz for 24 April 2024
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Q1.
What is the focus of climatology?
A
The forces that cause change in our environment
B
Forces that influence long-term weather patterns, and how climate changes over time
C
Atmospheric phenomena, particularly of the troposphere and lower stratosphere
D
Patterns of wind and sea currents
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Q2.
Which of these is a variety of cabbage introduced into England in the 16th century?
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Q3.
The asteroid 16 Psyche which orbits the sun between Mars and Jupiter is…(what)?
D
Orbiting perpendicular to the rest of the asteroid belt
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Q4.
A study in June 2022 led by Joris Peters from Ludwig Maximilian University Munich and Greger Larson from the University of Oxford traced the origin of chicken domestication to a period from the 17th to the 13th century BCE in what present-day country?
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Q5.
The tibia and fibula are found where in the human body?
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Q6.
What dye used in cooking for crimson tints is made from the body of a female insect inhabiting Peru and Mexico?
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Q7.
A function whose logarithm is a quadratic equation is represented graphically as what?
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