General Science Quiz No. 10

[Carl]

• 1. In what part of a flower is pollen produced ?

• 2. Which electronic component can be classified as NPN or PNP ?

• 3. What would you call a northern marine creature with ivory tusks ?

• 4. What two elements make up water ?

• 5. What taste are cats unable to detect ?

• 6. Tin cans were invented in 1810, but is it true that can openers did not appear until 50 years later ?

• 7. Do sea gulls drink sea water ?

• 8. How many standard AA batteries do you need to make up the same voltage as a 9-volt battery ?

• 9. What is the term for a wolf's home ?

• 10. Aphyllous trees lack what ?

• 11. What is the layer in the earth's atmosphere at 15-30 km altitude called in scientific terms ?

• 12. Deipnophobia is the fear of what ?

• 13. What plant is the most common cause of hay fever ?

• 14. Alfred Nobel is credited with the invention of what ?

• 15. What is measured in fathoms ?

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

[elcarretero]

3 Walrus
4 Oxygen and Hydrogen

[LucindaC]

1 Stamen
7 yes

[elcarretero]

8 Six

[gail]

15. The sea

[elcarretero]

14 Dynamite

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. In what part of a flower is pollen produced ? Stamen

• 2. Which electronic component can be classified as NPN or PNP ? Transistor

• 3. What would you call a northern marine creature with ivory tusks ? A walrus

• 4. What two elements make up water ? Hydrogen and oxygen

• 5. What taste are cats unable to detect ? Sweet

• 6. Tin cans were invented in 1810, but is it true that can openers did not appear until 50 years later ? Yes

• 7. Do sea gulls drink sea water ? Yes

• 8. How many standard AA batteries do you need to make up the same voltage as a 9-volt battery ? 6

• 9. What is the term for a wolf's home ? Den

• 10. Aphyllous trees lack what ? Leaves

• 11. What is the layer in the earth's atmosphere at 15-30 km altitude called in scientific terms ? Ozone Layer

• 12. Deipnophobia is the fear of what ? Dinner conversations

• 13. What plant is the most common cause of hay fever ? Ragweed

• 14. Alfred Nobel is credited with the invention of what ? Dynamite

• 15. What is measured in fathoms ? Depth of water