General Science Trivia Questions
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What compound is weakly bound in the crystals of a hydrate?
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water
What element makes up almost the entirety of anthracite, the highest grade of coal?
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carbon
What is the apparent boundary between the sky and the Earth, ideally at 90 degrees from the zenith?
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horizon
What color is the pigment chlorocruorin found in some worms?
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green
What substance did scientists once try to measure in the ocean to estimate the Earth's age?
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salt
What is the sense referred to as gustation?
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taste
What is the term for the mass of microscopic plants and animals that typically begins the ocean food chain?
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plankton
Which element is produced as lampblack when liquid fuel is burned with insufficient air?
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carbon
In which spectrum of light did the IRAS telescope, known for discovering 5 comets, make its observations?
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infrared
What is the term for the dried outer covering of a seed or fruit, specifically in reference to corn?
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husk
What instrument is used to measure the density of liquids, including the acid in a storage battery?
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hydrometer
What fruit sugar, also known as levulose, is sweeter than sucrose or glucose?
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fructose
What protein, also found in human fingernails, is a component of a horse's hooves?
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keratin
Which element has the symbol K, derived from the Latinized version of the Arabic word for alkali, kalium?
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potassium
What highly flammable material, once used for photographic film, was the first commercial synthetic plastic?
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celluloid
Which earth science did Sir Charles Lyell significantly impact with his theory of uniformitarianism?
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geology
What is the term for the phenomenon where bacteria cause rotting meat to glow?
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bioluminescence
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