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Which of The Following Is A Dinosaur?: Plesiosaurus

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Which of The Following Is A Dinosaur?: Plesiosaurus

1. The document provides information about various science topics including space probes, dinosaurs, planets, geology, and biology. 2. Questions are asked about the composition of comets, periods of the Paleozoic era, and examples of different scientific terms. 3. Multiple choice answers are provided for the questions with explanations for some of the answers.

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1.

Deep Impact, a NASA space probe, was launched on January 12, 2005, initially,
to study the interior composition of which comet?
Ans- comet Tempel 1 (9P/Tempel)
2.

Which of the following is a dinosaur?

A.Plesiosaurus
B.Wolly Mammoth
C.Pterodon
D.Perentie
E.American Robin(Missed)
Explanation
Birds ARE dinosaurs! Since the system of Cladistics is now in use, all descendents in a group are now
part of that group. And, since birds are descendents of dinosaurs. They are now considered
dinosaurs.

How many dwarf planets are in the solar system?


A.10
B.2
C.1
D.3(Missed)
E.5

What is the approximate date for the Earth's formation?


A.4 billion BC
B.4.5 billion BC(Missed)
C.4,000 BC
D.1 trillion BC
E.It was there forever

Now, what is the scientific name for a perentie?


A.Varnus giganteus(Missed)
B.Lupus canis
C.Faunus Lacerta
D.Varnus priscus

How long was the Mesozoic Era?


A.250 million years
B.185 million years(Missed)
C.400 million years
D.65 million years

Which period lasted longer then the entire Cenozoic Era?


A.Triassic
B.Permian
C.Paleogene
D.Neogene
E.Cretaceous

The periods of the Paleozoic Era are in ascending order thisCorrect answers:

Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Carboniferous, Permian

Cambrian Ordovician Silurian Devonian Carboniferous Permian

Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Carboniferous, and


Permian

which of the following is NOT true?


A.Bird-like creatures with freakously long claws.
B.Insects with 10 limbs.
C.Multi-celluar organisms that don't use Oxygen.
D.Prehistoric lions that live in the artic.

What kind of small objects composes much of the universe


A.Atoms
B.Dark matter(Missed)
C.Anti-matter
D.MY DREAMS
E.MONSTER energy

Give a example of a decapod


A.THEY DON"T EXIST
B.Crab(Missed)
C.Beetle
D.Lizard with ten legs
E.UNICORNS!

What's the shape of the Earth


A.Round
B.Flat
C.Has no shape
D.Dog-shaped
E.Spheroid

Which is a hypothectical string theory weightless particle


A.Gravaton
B.WORMZ
C.EARTH WORM JIM
D.Anti-matter
E.Baryonic matter
Which of the following is not credited to the Chinese? -Wrong
The invention of rockets
The discovery of magnetic attraction
The discovery of electric attraction
The calculation of pi to the fifth decimal
What was the diametre of the biggest Kamtchatka crab found? - Wrong
56 cm (22 inches)
105 cm (42 inches)

180 cm (72 inches)


356 cm (140 inches)
Of the following, who did NOT take part in the development of the first steam
engines? - Wrong
James Watt
Thomas Newcomen
Thomas Savery
James Hargreaves
Which of these is an example of an extremophile? - Correct
Elephas maximus
Sequoiadendron giganteum
Architeuthis martensi
Bacillus infernus
What scientific phenomenon is often (mistakenly) thought as having been first
reported by Columbus? -Wrong
The inversion of the sense of gyration of water emptying from a hole as one
crosses the equator
The difference between the geographic & magnetic North Poles
The existence of Aurora Borealis above the ocean
The increase in the sea's level near the equator, due to the increased
centrifugal force
How was the NASA probe Climate Orbiter lost in 1999? -Wrong
Bad insulation exposed the electronic circuit to extreme heat, fatally
damaging it
A typing mistake when entering coordinates caused it to miss the red planet

A mixup between Imperial and Metric units in navigation data caused it to


approach too near to Mars
The probe stopped responding for an unknown reason while it was already
in orbit
What is the other giant spiral galaxy of the Local Group, along with the Milky
Way? - Wrong
Athena
Eurypides
Andromeda
Clytemnestra
What are the craters on Venus named after? - Wrong
Roman mythological figures
Astronomers
The home towns of astronomers
Famous women
Which of the following are all leptons? - Wrong
electron, positron, photon
proton, deuteron, neutron
tau, muon, electron
electron, proton, neutron
Which is not one of the six classical simple machines? -Wrong
lever
hinge
wedge

screw
The mammal pictured below has a number of nearly-unique characteristics
for a mammal. Which of the following is NOT one of them? - Correct

It has venomous spurs

It lay eggs

It can detect the body electricity of its


preys

It is deaf from birth

Which extra solar planet is currently known as orbiting a brown dwarf? Correct
HD 224693B
Gliese 777 AC
2M1207B
55 Cancri AE
What is the name of the largest known cellestial body belonging to the Solar
system that lies beyond the orbit of Pluto? - Correct
Deucalion
Quaoar
Varuna
Chaos
Who sponsored the most widely adopted school computer in the UK in the
early 1980's? - Correct
Acorn
Apple

International Business Machines


British Broadcasting Corporation
What is one difference between RNA and DNA? - Correct
DNA has two strands while RNA contains three strands.
RNA uses uracil as a base instead of thymine.
In RNA, the pattern of nucleotides is in reverse order.
RNA is only found in cell walls or membranes.
Which element was named after the country 'Cyprus'?- Wrong
Copper
Chlorine
Cerium
Cobalt
Which of these standards is not used for connecting daughter boards to
computers' mother board? - Wrong
VESA
ISA
PCI
DMA
Which was the first manned earth orbiter?
Ans- Vostok 1
A leveret is the young of which animal?
Ans- Hare
Named after a Surrey town where a spring containing this was discovered, how is hydrated
magnesium sulphate better known?
Ans- Epsom Salts

Reed, Marsh, Sedge and Grasshopper are varieties of which bird?


Ans- Warbler
What creature is an ophidiophobe afraid of?
Ans- Snakes
What is the igneous rock seen in hexagonal columns at the Giants Causeway and Fingals
Cave?
Ans- Basalt
What is created when the loop of a meander of a river is cut off and the river diverted on a
different course?
Ans- Oxbow Lake
What was the only probe that has so far been sent to Uranus and Neptune?
Ans- Voyager
Which insect is the host for the parasitic organism that causes sleeping sickness?
Ans- Tsetse fly
Riboflavin is an alternative name for which vitamin of the B Group?
Ans- Vitamin B2
In which year was the microscope invented?
1931

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