Industrial -Industry - Commercial - Practical Science Trivia Questions And Answers
Car batteries use what kind of acid?
A: Sulphuric acid
Zinc is obtained from what type of ore?
A: Calamine
Lead is obtained from processed what?
A: Galena
Kimberlite contains what ?
A: Diamonds
Uranium is extracted from what?
A: Pitchblende
Freon is the gas used in what kitchen appliance?
A: Refrigerator
The clusec is the unit used to measure the power of what?
A: Vacuum pumps
Pewter is made by alloying what two metals?
A: Tin and Lead
Stainless Steel is made by alloying Iron, chromium, and
what other metal?
A: Nickel
Hydrated Magnesium Silicate is more commonly called what?
A: Meerschaum or Sepiolite
Which type of metal is used in galvanizing?
A: Zinc
The main ore supplying the metal nickel is what?
A: Pentlandite
Who is The unit of sound, the Decibel, is named after who?
A: Alexander Graham Bell
What is the unit of measurement of electrical resistance?
A: The ohm
Brass is an alloy of Zinc and what?
A: Copper
The ore Sphalerite supplies what metal?
A: Zinc
Mercury is extracted from what ore?
A: Cinnabar
What is the common name for an integrated circuit?
A: A Chip
What can be dipole, loop or helical?
A: Aerials or antennas
Silver is the best conductor of what?
A: electricity
Jacinth or Hyacinth are alternative terms for which
mineral?
A: Zircon
A "woof" is a what that is below 20 cycles a second?
A: Sound
What is the SI unit of capacitance?
A: The Farad
What is the main ore supplying the metal aluminium?
A: Bauxite
In the Mohs scale of hardness, what comes in at number
eight?
A: Topaz
Since first patent was issued in 1838, the mousetrap has
been the subject of how many more patents?
A: 4,000
The ore Scheelite provides us with what elemental metal?
A: Tungsten
What is the SI unit of illumination?
A: The Lux
All of the worlds pictures of U.S. nuclear bomb explosions
were taken by who?
A: Harold Edgerton
What does a konimeter measure?
A: Dust
Tin is extracted from which ore?
A: Cassiterite
The Photocopier was known as what?
A: Ox Box Xerox
Smoke density is measured on the what?
A: Ringelmann scale
The formula for laughing gas is what?
A: N2O i
Who made the world's first practical microscope?
A: Hans Lippershey
Sperrylite is the ore but what precious metal is extracted
from it?
A: Platinum
Other than the Richter scale, what is an alternative for
measuring earthquakes?
A: Mercalli
What gas are the tires of a commercial airline filled
with??
A: Nitrogen because air freezes
What is the SI base unit of electrical current?
A: Amperes
How much water is in every cubic mile of fog ?
A: One gallon