General Science 2 - Answers

Published: Thursday 8th July 2010
  1. What is Ascorbic Acid better known as? Vitamin C.
  2. Approximately how long does it take light to travel from the sun to the earth? Eight and a half minutes.
  3. What nationality was the physicist Nils Bohr? He was Danish.
  4. What metals combine to make pewter? Tin and Copper.
  5. Approximately what percentage of human blood is water? Around 83%.
  6. If you suffered from ANOSMIA, what sense would you be lacking? Smell.
  7. What kind of insect is a "small postman"? Butterfly.
  8. In computing what the acronym HTML stand for? Hyper Text Mark-up Language.
  9. What type of substance turns litmus from blue to red? An Acid.
  10. Which mammal has the highest blood pressure? Giraffes.
  11. Which gas makes fizzy drinks fizzy? Carbon Dioxide.
  12. Which addictive drug is named after the Greek God of dreams? Morphine.
  13. What does a PHOBOPHOBE fear? Fear itself.
  14. Which common substance has the chemical formula NaCl? Salt.
  15. What drug can be found in tonic water? Quinine.
  16. Which acid causes the sting from a stinging nettle? Formic Acid.
  17. Which fruit, not related to grapes, gets its name because it hangs in bunches? Grapefruit.
  18. Who had the misfortune to die in the first fatal air crash? Orville Wright.
  19. How many pairs of wings does a bee have? It has Two pairs of wings.
  20. In which decade did windscreen wipers first appear in the UK? 1910s [first UK patent April 1911].

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