General Science Quiz No. 6

[Carl]

• 1. Sailors from years past suffered from scurvy due to a lack of what ?

• 2. Selenophobia is the fear of what ?

• 3. What does a dipsomaniac crave ?

• 4. What type of creature is an Orb Weaver ?

• 5. At what wind speed does a tropical storm become a hurricane ?

• 6. What term refers to a group of frogs ?

• 7. What is extracted from the ore cassiterite ?

• 8. What is the very bottom soil horizon called?

• 9. What vegetable grows fast enough that you can hear it ?

• 10. What is the granular substance that bees collect called ?

• 11. What process produces a duplicate of the original cell ?

• 12. What is the fruit of the rose ?

• 13. What common affliction makes the lens of the eye go opaque ?

• 14. Hemophobia is the fear of what ?

• 15. What are poults ?

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

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1 Vitimin C
3 Alcohol

[LucindaC]

6 Army
9 Rhubarb

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10 Nectar

[gail]

12. Hip

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11 Cloning

[gail]

4. Spider

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15 Young poultry

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. Sailors from years past suffered from scurvy due to a lack of what ? Vitamin C

• 2. Selenophobia is the fear of what ? The Moon

• 3. What does a dipsomaniac crave ? Alcohol

• 4. What type of creature is an Orb Weaver ? Spider

• 5. At what wind speed does a tropical storm become a hurricane ? 74mph (119km/hr)

• 6. What term refers to a group of frogs ? Army

• 7. What is extracted from the ore cassiterite ? Tin

• 8. What is the very bottom soil horizon called ? Bedrock

• 9. What vegetable grows fast enough that you can hear it ? Rhubarb

• 10. What is the granular substance that bees collect called ? Pollen

• 11. What process produces a duplicate of the original cell ? Mitosis

• 12. What is the fruit of the rose ? Rose hip

• 13. What common affliction makes the lens of the eye go opaque ? Cataracts

• 14. Hemophobia is the fear of what ? Blood

• 15. What are poults ? Baby turkeys