SCIENCE QUIZ 29

Question: What is the chemical symbol for the element Potassium?
Answer: K

Question: What type of creature is a Garibaldi?
Answer: A fish

Question: Founded in Canada in 1971, and now with its headquarters in Amsterdam, what was the original aim of the environmental organization Greenpeace?
Answer: To oppose U.S. nuclear testing in Alaska

Question: In anatomy what is the outer layer of the skin called?
Answer: Epidermis

Question: The density of which substance is measured by a lactometer?
Answer: Milk

Question: What colour is the mineral 'azurite'?
Answer: Blue

Question: Dendrology is the scientific study of what?
Answer: Trees

Question: What colour is the cabbage moth?
Answer: Brown

Question: If an object is hastate what shape is it?
Answer: Triangular

Question: In electronics what does LED stand for?
Answer: Light Emitting Diode

Question: Reynard is a nickname for which animal?
Answer: A fox

Question: What is the male part of a flower called?
Answer: Stamen

Question: In the world of nature what is a Camberwell beauty?
Answer: A butterfly

Question: What is a tree or shrub called that sheds its leaves annually?
Answer: Deciduous

Question: What planet is nearest to the Sun?
Answer: Mercury

Question: What is converted into alcohol during brewing
Answer: Sugar

Question: What colour is the mineral 'malachite'?
Answer: Green

Question: Which fruit is a cross between a peach and a plum?
Answer: Nectarine

Question: What is the most obvious symptom that shows, when you contract jaundice?
Answer: You turn a yellow colour

Question: What is the bony substance in a tooth just beneath the enamel?
Answer: Dentine