SCIENCE QUIZ 22

Question: When milk sours what acid is formed?
Answer: Lactic Acid

Question: Which short-legged dog is named after the 18 Century parson who bred them?
Answer: Jack Russel

Question: What is the light sensitive part of the eye called?
Answer: The retina

Question: When did New Year’s Eve & New Year’s Day last fall in the same year?
Answer: It happens every year!

Question: What is the outer layer of skin called?
Answer: Epidermis

Question: Is an icicle a stalagmite or a stalactite?
Answer: Satactite

Question: Which unattractive sounding fruit is a cross between a grapefruit and a tangerine?
Answer: The Ugli fruit

Question: Copper gets its name from which Mediterranean island?
Answer: Cpyrus

Question: What is the right side of a boat called?
Answer: Starboard

Question: What often used computer term is short for picture element?
Answer: Pixel

Question: What word is used for the letter 'O' in the phonetic alphabet?
Answer: Oscar

Question: There are only 4 gemstones that can be called precious - the rest are semi-precious - what are the 4?
Answer: Diamond, Emerald, Ruby and Sapphire.

Question: What is considered to be the world's fastest growing plant?
Answer: Bamboo

Question: What name is given to plants that last for many years?
Answer: Perennials

Question: What type of creature is a speckled wood?
Answer: Butterfly

Question: What do we call the electromagnetic waves between radio waves & infrared, they are actually higher frequencies of radio waves?
Answer: microwaves

Question: What are the three largest planets in the solar system?
Answer: Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus

Question: In a 4-stroke internal combustion engine, what is the third stroke?
Answer: The ignition or power stroke (Intake, compression, IGNITION and exhaust)

Question: What name is given to a female swan?
Answer: Pen

Question: What is the most abundant metal in the Earth's crust?
Answer: Aluminium