General Science Quiz No. 1

[Carl]

• 1. Which theory explains the movement of the Earth's continents ?

• 2. What are the fastest and strongest global winds called ?

• 3. What does the Kármán Line represent ?

• 4. What type of creature is a copperhead ?

• 5. Pnigerophobia is the fear of what ?

• 6. A rainbow has how many colors ?

• 7. What is ferret saying when he performs a "weasel war dance" ?

• 8. What animal has the highest blood pressure ?

• 9. What do you have if you are suffering from circadian dysrhythmia ?

• 10. Which planet is famous for its rings ?

• 11. Which of the following materials is used along with iron ore and limestone to produce iron in a modern blast furnace: coal, bauxite, coke or cementite ?

• 12. On the ph scale, what number indicates neutrality ?

• 13. Chorophobia is fear of what ?

• 14. How many sides does a nonagon have ?

• 15. What color eggs do peacocks lay ?

Answers will be provided next Thursday evening after 21:00.

[elcarretero]

2 Jet streams
6 Seven

[gail]

4. Snake
10. Saturn

[elcarretero]

8 Giraffe

[LucindaC]

9 jet lag

[elcarretero]

11 Coke

[Brandyboy]

12 7.
13 Dancing.

[elcarretero]

14 Nine

[Brandyboy]

1 Continental Drift.
3 The boundary between Earth's atmosphere and outer space.

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. Which theory explains the movement of the Earth's continents ? Continental drift

• 2. What are the fastest and strongest global winds called ? Jet steams

• 3. What does the Kármán Line represent ? The edge of space

• 4. What type of creature is a copperhead ? Snake

• 5. Pnigerophobia is the fear of what ? Smothering

• 6. A rainbow has how many colors ? Seven: Red, orange, indigo, yellow, green, blue and violet

• 7. What is ferret saying when he performs a "weasel war dance" ? "Come play with me": They sleep 15 hours per day. When they are awake, they want to have fun and play with their human friends

• 8. What animal has the highest blood pressure ? Giraffe

• 9. What do you have if you are suffering from circadian dysrhythmia ? Jet lag

• 10. Which planet is famous for its rings ? Saturn

• 11. Which of the following materials is used along with iron ore and limestone to produce iron in a modern blast furnace: coal, bauxite, coke or cementite ? Coke

• 12. On the ph scale, what number indicates neutrality ? 7

• 13. Chorophobia is fear of what ? Dancing

• 14. How many sides does a nonagon have ? 9

• 15. What color eggs do peacocks lay ? They don't lay eggs: peacocks are male peafowl. Peahens are female and lay eggs