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Science 121023 is a selection of 10 questions. Science 121023 is the filename to differentiate it from other Science quizzes.
1 Dry ice, is the solid form of which abundant gas?
A Carbon dioxide
2 Which type of acid is the electrolyte in car batteries?
A Sulphuric acid (solution of about 35% sulphuric acid and 65% water)
3 What is the common name of a condition created by too much bile in the bloodstream creating a yellowing of the skin?
A Jaundice
4 What is the connection between hydrated magnesium sulphate and a town in Surrey?
A Epsom salts (it was here it was discovered)
5 Which mineral forms the lead in a pencil?
A Graphite (an allotrope of carbon)
6 What name is given to the orbit of a satellite that stays above the same point on the Earth’s surface?
A Geostationary orbit (Geosynchronous orbit) (a geostationary orbit is only achieved at an altitude of 22,236 miles directly above the Equator)
7 Which scientific unit gives a measure of electrical resistance?
A Ohm (symbol: Ω) (named after German physicist Georg Simon Ohm)
8 What everyday piece of computer equipment did Douglas Engelbart of Stanford Research Institute invent in 1963?
A The mouse (his prototype was made from wood)
9 The rocks and minerals called magnetite, hematite, limonite, and siderite, are ores of which metal?
A Iron
10 Which subatomic particles are present in the nucleus of an atom?
A Protons and neutrons