SCIENCE QUIZ 10

Question: What, in the human body is the more common name for the sternum?
Answer: The breastbone

Question: What type of domestic cat has no tail?
Answer: Manx

Question: What is the name of the space station first launched by the Soviet Union in 1986?
Answer: MIR

Question: What is the common name for nitrous oxide?
Answer: Laughing Gas

Question: What is the last letter of the Greek alphabet?
Answer: Omega

Question: Tactile relates to which of the senses?
Answer: Touch

Question: Where in the human body is the thyroid gland?
Answer: Neck

Question: What is Nitrogen narcosis or decompression sickness more commonly known as?
Answer: The Bends; suffered by divers due to pressure change when surfacing too quickly.

Question: The word 'ursine' relates to which animals?
Answer: Bears

Question: What is the only part of the human body which has no blood supply?
Answer: The cornea (in the eye)

Question: What is the name of the chief male sex hormone?
Answer: Testosterone

Question: What would impure dilute acetic acid be better known as?
Answer: Vinegar

Question: What is the chemical term for chalk?
Answer: Calcium carbonate

Question: What is the world’s largest fruit?
Answer: The double coconut or Coco de mere weighs up to 23 kg and only grows in the Seychelles.

Question: What is a more common term for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation?
Answer: Laser

Question: What is a perfect diamond of 100 carats or more called?
Answer: A paragon

Question: In the human body, what is the patella better known as?
Answer: The kneecap

Question: What is a scut?
Answer: A rabbit's tail

Question: Copper gets its name from which Mediterranean island?
Answer: Cyprus - where it was first found

Question: What does the abbreviation UHT stand for? (with regard to milk).
Answer: Ultra Heat Treated