Science & Nature Trivia Questions
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What do sulfuric compounds in onions cause humans to produce when slicing them?
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tears
In what state of matter can substances be either crystalline, like metals, or amorphous, like glass?
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solid
Which part of a gnat can beat up to 1,000 times a second?
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wing
Which element has two crystalline forms known as diamond and graphite?
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carbon
What element was first used in 1954 to create modern synthetic diamonds by being subjected to extreme pressure?
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carbon
What astronomical objects can develop tails as long as 100 million miles when they approach the sun?
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comet
What is a crystalline allotropic form of carbon?
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diamond
Which insect, specifically from the genus Aedes, is known to transmit yellow fever?
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mosquito
What light gas, primarily found in natural gas fields in the U.S., makes up most of the world's supply?
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helium
What is the 2nd lightest gas that is used in balloons and in a breathing mixture for deep-sea divers?
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helium
What name did Dutch botanist Wilhelm Johannsen first propose in 1909 for the unit of heredity in living things?
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gene
What solid substance, similar to graphite, is molybdenite used as for moving parts?
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lubricant
What light display is known as either 'Australis' or 'Borealis'?
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aurora
What term, originating from the Greek for 'vapor', refers to the plant protector that includes the tropo-, strato-, meso-, and thermo- layers?
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atmosphere
Which kitchen insect has an Asian variety that is attracted to light, unlike the German species?
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cockroach
Whose law states that if you double the pressure of a gas, you halve its volume?
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robert boyle
What term refers to the distance from crest to crest in both the physics of sound and ocean waves?
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wavelength
What element makes up about 78% of the atmosphere but cannot be used by most living things in its gaseous form?
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nitrogen
What man-made metal was first positively identified in 1958 and named for a Swedish inventor, although it has no known use?
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nobelium
What is the branch of anthropology that focuses on the study of humans, monkeys, and apes?
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primatology
Which branch of science focuses on the architectural considerations for optimal conditions for hearing speech and music?
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acoustics
What is the 6-letter word for the greenish film that forms on copper or old bronze due to oxidation?
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patina
What did Robert Bunsen examine to identify an element, which is the pattern of wavelengths its light makes?
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spectrum
Which element, symbolized by Co, is primarily used in making alloys?
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cobalt
What element is the second most common in both the Moon's and Earth's crust?
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silicon
What is the name of the central part of a nuclear reactor where the fuel is located?
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core
What does a hydrograph record?
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humidity
What is abbreviated as atm. and is something a restaurant on the moon would be lacking?
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atmosphere
What light metal, discovered in 1791, has an oxide that is used extensively as a white pigment?
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titanium
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