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Re: Science Quiz: Your Questions Please
A powerful source of gravity that distorts background images is called a _____.
A) black hole
B) quasar
C) gravitational lens
D) graviton
Which of the following is not a major category of galaxies?
A) spherical
B) elliptical
C) spiral
D) irregular
How many galaxies are observable from earth with the naked eye?
A) 0
B) 1
C) 2
D) 3
The discovery of Uranus is credited to which of these astronomers?
A) Galileo
B) John Couch Adams
C) Joseph Le Verrier
D) William Herschel
Which family of plants harbor bacteria that fix nitrogen into the soil?
A) sunflower
B) soybean
C) pea
D) cotton
A spectrometer measures what?
A) the spectrum
B) the distance between stars
C) nightvision
D) properties of light
Flint and chert are two naturally occurring minerals historically known for their ability to do what?
A) provide a stable foundation for medieval castles
B) make other minerals more cohesive in a mixture
C) create fire with steel
D) cure some forms of bone disease
Which of the following sequences are not present in Fibonacci's numbers?
A) 0, 1, 3
B) 21, 34, 55
C) 2584, 4181, 6765
D) 75025, 121393, 196418
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"There are no passengers on Spaceship Earth. We are all crew." - Marshall McLuhan
"We must not forget that when radium was discovered no one knew that it would prove useful in hospitals. The work was one of pure science. And this is a proof that scientific work must not be considered from the point of view of the direct usefulness of it." - Marie Curie
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