SCIENCE QUIZ NO.20

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SCIENCE QUIZ NO.20

Postby magpie in the 80's » Thu Sep 02, 2010 7:34 pm

1 What five-letter word is the name given to a positive electrode?
ANODE
2 By what name is sodium chloride more commonly known?
SALT
3 Enceladus is the smallest satellite of which planet?
SATURN
4 Who was the second man to set foot on the moon?
BUZZ ALDRIN
5 What is the middle colour of a rainbow?
GREEN
6 Which bitter fluid is secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder?
BILE
7 Brass is an alloy of copper and which other metal?
ZINC
8 In what year did Dolly the sheep become the first cloned mammal?
1997
9 How many planets in the solar system are larger than Earth?
4
10 What does a toxicologist study?
POISONS
11 Cyanide gives off an aroma similar to which nuts?
ALMONDS
12 What G word is a boys name and also a unit of magnetic force?
GILBERT
13 In computer terminology the word bit is a shortened version of which two words?
BINARY DIGIT
14 W is the chemical symbol for which element?
TUNGSTEN
15 Who invented the light bulb?
THOMAS EDISON
16 In World War II who invented the bouncing bomb?
BARNES WALLIS
17 What is the name of the flap of cartilage that prevents food from entering the windpipe?
EPIGLOTTIS
18 What is the lightest element?
HYDROGEN
19 Which planet was named after the Roman god of the sea?
NEPTUNE
20 In rocket science LOX is an abbreviation for what?
LIQUID OXYGEN
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Re: SCIENCE QUIZ NO.20

Postby Footy Chick » Thu Sep 02, 2010 8:34 pm

5 Green
8 1995?
10 toxins!

17 Epiglottis?
18Helium?
20 Don't know, I'm no rocket scientist ;) :lol:
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Re: SCIENCE QUIZ NO.20

Postby grant j » Thu Sep 02, 2010 8:39 pm

2. Salt
4. Aldrin
6. Bile
7. Zinc
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Re: SCIENCE QUIZ NO.20

Postby old moz » Thu Sep 02, 2010 10:00 pm

1---anode
11---almonds
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Re: SCIENCE QUIZ NO.20

Postby magpie in the 80's » Fri Sep 03, 2010 7:57 pm

Footy Chick wrote:5 Green
8 1995? close enough
10 toxins! [-(

17 Epiglottis?
18Helium? [-(
20 Don't know, I'm no rocket scientist ;) :lol: ha ha

others correct FC
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Re: SCIENCE QUIZ NO.20

Postby magpie in the 80's » Fri Sep 03, 2010 7:58 pm

grant j wrote:2. Salt
4. Aldrin
6. Bile
7. Zinc

:-bd
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Re: SCIENCE QUIZ NO.20

Postby magpie in the 80's » Fri Sep 03, 2010 7:58 pm

old moz wrote:1---anode
11---almonds

:-bd
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Re: SCIENCE QUIZ NO.20

Postby Interceptor » Fri Sep 03, 2010 8:52 pm

3 Enceladus is the smallest satellite of which planet? Uranus
9 How many planets in the solar system are larger than Earth? 4
12 What G word is a boys name and also a unit of magnetic force? Gilbert
13 In computer terminology the word bit is a shortened version of which two words? binary digit
14 W is the chemical symbol for which element? Tungsten
15 Who invented the light bulb? Edison
18 What is the lightest element? Hydrogen
19 Which planet was named after the Roman god of the sea? Neptune
20 In rocket science LOX is an abbreviation for what? Liquid Oxygen
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Re: SCIENCE QUIZ NO.20

Postby magpie in the 80's » Fri Sep 03, 2010 10:26 pm

Interceptor wrote:3 Enceladus is the smallest satellite of which planet? Uranus [-(
9 How many planets in the solar system are larger than Earth? 4
12 What G word is a boys name and also a unit of magnetic force? Gilbert
13 In computer terminology the word bit is a shortened version of which two words? binary digit
14 W is the chemical symbol for which element? Tungsten
15 Who invented the light bulb? Edison
18 What is the lightest element? Hydrogen
19 Which planet was named after the Roman god of the sea? Neptune
20 In rocket science LOX is an abbreviation for what? Liquid Oxygen

all others correct inter
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Re: SCIENCE QUIZ NO.20

Postby mickey » Sat Sep 04, 2010 1:04 am

10. chemicals and the effect on living things
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Re: SCIENCE QUIZ NO.20

Postby magpie in the 80's » Sat Sep 04, 2010 11:17 am

mickey wrote:10. chemicals and the effect on living things

CLOSE ENOUGH MICKEY
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Re: SCIENCE QUIZ NO.20

Postby magpie in the 80's » Fri Sep 10, 2010 7:44 pm

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Re: SCIENCE QUIZ NO.20

Postby Kahuna » Sun Sep 12, 2010 7:19 pm

16/ Barnes Wallis
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Re: SCIENCE QUIZ NO.20

Postby magpie in the 80's » Mon Sep 13, 2010 6:07 pm

magpie in the 80's wrote:1 What five-letter word is the name given to a positive electrode?
ANODE
2 By what name is sodium chloride more commonly known?
SALT
3 Enceladus is the smallest satellite of which planet?
SATURN
4 Who was the second man to set foot on the moon?
BUZZ ALDRIN
5 What is the middle colour of a rainbow?
GREEN
6 Which bitter fluid is secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder?
BILE
7 Brass is an alloy of copper and which other metal?
ZINC
8 In what year did Dolly the sheep become the first cloned mammal?
1997
9 How many planets in the solar system are larger than Earth?
4
10 What does a toxicologist study?
POISONS
11 Cyanide gives off an aroma similar to which nuts?
ALMONDS
12 What G word is a boys name and also a unit of magnetic force?
GILBERT
13 In computer terminology the word bit is a shortened version of which two words?
BINARY DIGIT
14 W is the chemical symbol for which element?
TUNGSTEN
15 Who invented the light bulb?
THOMAS EDISON
16 In World War II who invented the bouncing bomb?
BARNES WALLIS
17 What is the name of the flap of cartilage that prevents food from entering the windpipe?
EPIGLOTTIS
18 What is the lightest element?
HYDROGEN
19 Which planet was named after the Roman god of the sea?
NEPTUNE
20 In rocket science LOX is an abbreviation for what?
LIQUID OXYGEN


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