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Science 160816 is a selection of 10 questions. Science 160816 is the filename to differentiate it from other Science quizzes.
1 Which of the planets in our solar system are gas giants?
A Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, and Jupiter. These are also called the Jovian planets
2 What vitamin does the body produce from the action of ultraviolet light on the skin?
A D – Vitamin D is a hormone that controls calcium levels in the blood
3 In Einstein’s famous equation e=mc2, what does the letter c represent?
A The speed of light (in SI units, the energy E is measured in Joules, the mass m is measured in kilograms, and the speed of light is measured in meters per second)
4 What did Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen discover by accident on November 8 1895?
A X-rays
5 Which of the eight major planets in our solar system comes third alphabetically?
A Mars (Earth, Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus, Venus)
6 What is the positive heavy particle of the nucleus of an atom called?
A Proton
7 What facet of human anatomy did William Harvey discover?
A The circulation of the blood
8 At sea-level, how much does a cubic metre of water weigh?
A One tonne (metric ton)
9 Up, Down, Top, Bottom, Strange and Charm, are the six “flavours” of what elementary particle?
A Quark
10 What is the collective term for the following gasses: helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon, and radon?
A Noble gases – (helium (He), neon (Ne), argon (Ar), krypton (Kr), xenon (Xe), and the radioactive radon (Rn))