General Science Quiz No. 9

[Carl]

• 1. Bathmophobia is the fear of what ?

• 2. HIV stands for what ?

• 3. In the human body, what mineral is necessary in the production of hemoglobin ?

• 4. How many kilograms are there in a short ton ?

• 5. An infectious particle that can only reproduce inside a living cell is called what ?

• 6. What percentage of a cucumber is water ?

• 7. What is the more common name for the hormone epinephrine ?

• 8. What is the common name for a "circumorbital hematoma" ?

• 9. How many flowers must honeybees visit to make one pound of honey ?

• 10. What instrument is used to measure atmospheric pressure ?

• 11. What large reptile was popularized by Steve Irwin and Paul Hogan ?

• 12. Atelophobia is the fear of what ?

• 13. What is the chemical symbol for potassium ?

• 14. How many sides are on a triacontagon ?

• 15. What common aquarium fish is named for the naturalist who discovered it in Trinidad in 1876 ?

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

[elcarretero]

3 Iron
4 1,000

[gail]

11. Crocodile
13. K

[elcarretero]

8 Black Eye

[LucindaC]

10 barometer

[elcarretero]

13 K

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. Bathmophobia is the fear of what ? Stair or steep slopes

• 2. HIV stands for what ? Human Immunodeficiency Virus

• 3. In the human body, what mineral is necessary in the production of hemoglobin ? Iron

• 4. How many kilograms are there in a short ton ? 907

• 5. An infectious particle that can only reproduce inside a living cell is called what ? Virus

• 6. What percentage of a cucumber is water ? 96

• 7. What is the more common name for the hormone epinephrine ? Adrenaline

• 8. What is the common name for a "circumorbital hematoma" ? Black eye

• 9. How many flowers must honeybees visit to make one pound of honey ? 2 million

• 10. What instrument is used to measure atmospheric pressure ? Barometer

• 11. What large reptile was popularized by Steve Irwin and Paul Hogan ? The crocodile

• 12. Atelophobia is the fear of what ? Imperfection

• 13. What is the chemical symbol for potassium ? K

• 14. How many sides are on a triacontagon ? 30

• 15. What common aquarium fish is named for the naturalist who discovered it in Trinidad in 1876 ? The guppy