Quiz: Science

Published June 21, 2014
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1 Relating to flat-screen televisions and monitors, what does LCD stand for?

2 Where are human triceps muscles to be found?

3 A leveret is the young of which animal?

4 Which is the largest species of big cat to be found in South America?

5 Which subatomic particles are found in the nucleus of an atom?

6 If someone has ophidiophobia, what is that person afraid of?

7 Magnetite, hematite, limonite and siderite are ores of which metal?

8 Alopecia is a condition causing the loss of what from the body?

9 An Astronomical Unit (AU) is the mean distance between which two bodies?

10 Which form of cloud has an anvil shape and is associated with heavy showers and storms?

Answers

  1. Liquid crystal display

  2. At the back of the upper arm

  3. Hare

  4. The jaguar

  5. Protons and neutrons

  6. Snakes

  7. Iron

  8. Hair

  9. Earth and Sun

  10. Cumulonimbus

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