General Science Quiz No. 4

[Carl]

• 1. What is the technical term for the voice box found in mammals ?

• 2. Geniophobia is the fear of what ?

• 3. Which planet is known as the red planet ?

• 4. What is a female chicken between the ages of eight weeks and one year old called ?

• 5. What vitamin, found in carrots, helps maintain the acuity of your vision ?

• 6. At what temperature do Fahrenheit and Celsius match ?

• 7. Which element is combined with Iron to create Steel ?

• 8. What do insects do through their spiracles ?

• 9. What is the point at which two lines meet to form an angle ?

• 10. Where was the world's first public aquarium ?

• 11. At which pole would you find penguins ?

• 12. Approximately how many kilometers are there in a nautical mile ?

• 13. An Apgar score is given to what ?

• 14. What is the name of the point at which condensation begins ?

• 15. Anthracite and bituminous are two types of what mineral ?

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

[elcarretero]

1 Larynx
3 Mars

[gail]

5. Vitamin A

[elcarretero]

6 Minus 40

[LucindaC]

11 South

[elcarretero]

7 Carbon

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. What is the technical term for the voice box found in mammals ? Larynx

• 2. Geniophobia is the fear of what ? Chins

• 3. Which planet is known as the red planet ? Mars

• 4. What is a female chicken between the ages of eight weeks and one year old called ? Pullet

• 5. What vitamin, found in carrots, helps maintain the acuity of your vision ? Vitamin A

• 6. At what temperature do Fahrenheit and Celsius match ? Minus 40 degrees

• 7. Which element is combined with Iron to create Steel ? Carbon

• 8. What do insects do through their spiracles ? Breathe

• 9. What is the point at which two lines meet to form an angle ? Vertex

• 10. Where was the world's first public aquarium ? London

• 11. At which pole would you find penguins ? The South Pole

• 12. Approximately how many kilometers are there in a nautical mile ? 1.85

• 13. An Apgar score is given to what ? Health of newborns

• 14. What is the name of the point at which condensation begins ? The dew point

• 15. Anthracite and bituminous are two types of what mineral ? Coal