Super Quiz: Science

February 4, 2016 at 1:40 a.m.

  1. What figure resembles an egg or an ellipse in shape?

  2. The black, sticky substance that is used for paving roads

  3. On the Fahrenheit scale, what is (a) the boiling point and (b) the freezing point of water?

  4. Term for the pollen-producing reproductive organ of a flower

  5. This machine consists of a beam or rigid rod pivoted at a fixed hinge.

  6. This constellation is named after a hunter in Greek mythology.

  7. One transliteration of this large bird's song is, "Who's awake? Me too."

  8. This unit of electrical resistance is named after a German physicist.

  9. The Large Hadron Collider is the world's largest and most powerful ----------.

ANSWERS

  1. Oval

  2. Asphalt

  3. (a) 212 degrees, (b) 32 degrees

  4. Stamen

  5. Lever

  6. Orion

  7. Great horned owl

  8. Ohm (Georg Simon Ohm)

  9. Particle collider (accelerator)

Weekend on 02/04/2016

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