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- Q: The Dick skin test determines a person’s immunity or susceptibility to which disease?
A: Scarlet fever. Developed in 1924, it involves injecting a small amount of scarlet fever toxin just under the skin. - Q: What is the largest internal organ of the human body?
A: The liver. In a healthy adult, it typically weighs between 1.36 and 1.59 kg (3 to 3.5 lbs) and measures about 22 cm (8.6 in) in length - Q: What is the name for the longest side of a right-angled triangle?
A: The hypotenuse. It is always the side directly opposite the 90-degree right angle. - Q: The minnow is the smallest member of what fish family?
A: Carp family (Cyprinidae) (or, according to recent taxonomic reclassifications, the family Leuciscidae). Minnow is the common name for a number of species of small freshwater fish, all belonging to the family Cyprinidae - Q: The Patella is commonly known as what?
A: Kneecap. It is a small, triangular bone located at the front of the knee joint that protects the joint and improves the leverage of your thigh muscles. - Q: American astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovered which planet in 1930?
A: Pluto. Originally considered a planet, its status was changed when astronomers adopted a new definition, so it’s now classified as a dwarf planet. - Q: What is the name of the process of a solid turning directly into a gas without passing through a liquid state?
A: Sublimation. A common everyday example of sublimation is dry ice (solid carbon dioxide), which turns straight into a foggy gas at room temperature. - Q: The small tree Camellia Sinensis provides us with which digestible product?
A: Tea. Through various processes such as oxidation and drying, its leaves and buds yield black, green, white, oolong, and Pu-erh teas. The seeds can be pressed into an edible cooking oil. - Q: Which spiral galaxy is nearest our Milky Way?
A: Andromeda (Messier 31). Located roughly 2.5 million light-years away, it is our largest galactic neighbour and is on a collision course to merge with us in about 4.5 billion years. - Q: Teeth used for biting, slicing, and cutting are known as what?
A: incisors. They are the chisel-shaped front teeth located in the centre of the upper and lower jaws.