Statistics for Seven Categories - Sciences I

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Question	Answer	% Correct
What process of soil wear is caused by the action of water or wind?	Erosion	90%
Milk, sardines and broccoli are excellent food sources of which mineral, the most abundant in the human body and stored mainly in bones?	Calcium	86%
The two Moons of which planet in the Solar System were discovered and named in 1877 by the American astronomer Asaph Hall?	Mars	76%
Which flower of the Papaveraceae family is grown for ornament, opium or food?	Poppy	76%
Which substance is spread on the roads to prevent ice formation and increase road safety? This is a practical application of a phenomena known as 'freezing point depression' or 'cryoscopy', where the addition of a solute to a solvent causes its freezing point to decrease.	Salt	71%
In which atmospheric layer is the ozone layer located?	Stratosphere	71%
What kind of waves is used by Wi-Fi technology?	Radio Waves	67%
Arabica and Robusta are the two main species of which plant?	Coffee	57%
Which device, created and perfected between 1913 and 1928 by two German physicists, is used to measure ionising radiation?	Geiger counter	52%
With only 18-24g and a 22cm span, the Patagonas gigas is the largest species of which family of birds?	Hummingbird	52%
The three laws that describe the planetary motion are named after which astronomer?	Johannes Kepler	52%
What is the name of the warm season of significant changes in the distribution of the surface temperature of the Pacific Ocean water that causes great climate changes?	El Ninõ	48%
Which dog breed was originally created to help save travellers in the Swiss and Italian Alps? It is said that the small barrel they carry contains brandy to warm the victims.	St Bernard	43%
What chemical element with an atomic number of 33 is detected in a Marsh test?	Arsenic	38%
Which circulatory fluid in vertebrate animals is composed essentially of white blood cells, platelets, plasma, nutrients, sodium chloride and gases (namely oxygen and carbon dioxide)?	Lymph	38%
What do you call the change of physical state from gas to plasma?	Ionization	33%
How are mineral corundum gemstones designated that are of any colour other than red?	Sapphire	24%
What scientist created the tectonic plate theory?	Alfred Wegener	10%
Which physical quantity is measured in cgs units as Poise?	Viscosity	10%
Which mathematician determined the formula that allows us to calculate the solutions of complete 2nd degree equations?	Bhaskara	5%