SCIENCE QUIZ 18

Question: What is a Laxton Superb?
Answer: Apple

Question: Which gas, which he called 'dephlogisticated air', was discovered by Sir Joseph Priestley in 1774?
Answer: Oxygen

Question: What kind of animal is a pipistrelle?
Answer: Bat

Question: What can be Cardinal or Ordinal?
Answer: Numbers - Cardinal = 1,2,3 ordinal = first, second, third

Question: In science what is the opposite of centrifugal force?
Answer: Centripetal

Question: Which device controls an electric current by varying resistance to the current?
Answer: Rheostat

Question: Which metallic element is an essential constituent of haemoglobin?
Answer: Iron. To combine properly with oxygen, the red blood cells must contain adequate haemoglobin; this, in turn, depends on the amount of iron in the body. The organism derives its store of iron by absorption from the gastrointestinal tract.

Question: Which unit of volume is equal to one cubic decimetre?
Answer: Litre

Question: What does a 30-year-old European male have that is on average 2.2 inches long and sticks out 1 inch?
Answer: Nose

Question: By what name is solid carbon dioxide known?
Answer: Dry Ice

Question: What is collective noun for a group of Dolphins?
Answer: A pod

Question: What colourless liquid used as an antiseptic and a bleach has the chemical formula H2O2?
Answer: Hydrogen Peroxide

Question: What are the tiny air sacs in the lungs called?
Answer: Alveoli

Question: What kind of animal is a St Lucia Parrot?
Answer: It's a Parrot, from St Lucia

Question: What name is given to the positive electrode of a battery?
Answer: Anode

Question: What is the epicarp of an orange?
Answer: Peel

Question: Which scientific word relates to the structure of the human body?
Answer: Anatomy

Question: Which ponies were originally used in coalmines?
Answer: Shetland ponies

Question: In computer terminology, what does LAN stand for?
Answer: Local area network

Question: Which is the heaviest snake in the world?
Answer: Anaconda - has been measured up to 500lb / 27ft 9ins length