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What type of coal is brown and fibrous?
A: Lignite.

What is the sticky wax obtained from sheep?
A: Lanolin.

What is the trade name for the non-stick material used for coating cooking pans?
A: Teflon.

What name is given to the brittle kind of iron used for making engine blocks and manhole covers?
A: Cast Iron.

Which scientific unit gives a measure of loudness?
A: Decibel.

The behavior of sound in rooms and concert halls is a separate science. what is its name?
A: Acoustics.

What kind of animal is an iguana?
A: Reptile.

Camera film bears an ISO number. What does ISO stand for?
A: International Standards Organization.

What is the name given to the molten rock beneath the surface of the Earth?
A: Magma.

Which disease is spread in minute water drops?
A: Legionnaire's disease.

What raw material is used for making glass?
A: Sand.

What is the strong inelastic material found in a human tendon?
A: Collagen.

What material forms the hard outermost layer of a human tooth?
A: Enamel.

Snowflakes are symmetrical. How many sides do they have?
A: Six.

What name is given to an atomic particle carrying a negative charge?
A: Electron.

DNA is found in which part of the cell?
A: Nucleus.

By which name is the drug acetylsalicylic acid better known?
A: Aspirin.

How many legs has an insect?
A: Six.

What kind of an organism is a truffle?
A: Fungus.

Where in the body does a cataract form?
A: The eye.

What is the most abundant element in the universe?
A: Hydrogen.

Which flower has the same name as a diaphragm in the eye?
A: Iris.

What is the name of the strong material found in plant cell walls?
A: Cellulose.

Which animals are arthropods and have eight legs?
A: Arachnids.

Which is the modern scientific unit of work and energy?
A: Joule.

Chlorine, fluorine and bromine belong to which family of elements?
A: Halogens.

What name is given to  the change of state from liquid to gas?
A: Evaporation.

Who pioneered the airship?
A: Count Von Zeppelin.

What in genetics, is the term denoting the transmission of traits and characteristics from parents of offspring?
A: Heredity / inheritance.

Which scientist discovered the neutron?
A: James Chadwick.

Which was the first antibiotic to be discovered?
A: Penicillin.

What is oncology?
A: Branch of medicine concerning cancer.

What is the boiling point of water?
A: 100 degrees Celsius.

Ascorbic acid is which vitamin?
A: Vitamin C.

What, specifically, are the metals amalgam, solder, pewter and steel?
A: Alloys.

What is the generic term for the mechanical, electrical and electronic components of a computer?
A: Hardware.

Whose research on X-ray diffraction of ?DNA crystals helped Crick and Watson during the race to discover the structure of DNA?
A: Rosalind Franklin.

Heisenberg is most associated with which branch of physics?
A: Quantum Mechanics.

What did Heike Kamerlingh-Onnes discover?
A: Superconductivity.

What science is the study of missiles in motion?
A: Ballistics.

Which branch of science has four fundamental principles: addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
A: Arithmetic.

What kind of elements are found in a pure state in nature?
A: Native elements.

What are classified by their measurement in degrees as "right", "reflex", "obtuse", or "acute"?
A: Angles.

What is the name given to the longest side of a right-angled triangle?
A: Hypotenuse.

 

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