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1.
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What combustible compound, the principal component of natural gas, has the chemical formula CH4?
2.
1 point
What word, which comes from a Greek term meaning "good kernel," describes an organism whose cells contain chromosomes inside a nucleus bounded by a membrane, as distinguished from bacterial forms of life?
3.
1 point
The Austrian monk Gregor Mendel's observations of what organism formed the basis for the science of genetics?
4.
1 point
What is the main function of red blood cells?
5.
1 point
What is the electrical resistance offered by a current-carrying element that produces a drop of one volt when a current of one ampere is flowing through it?
6.
1 point
DNA contains adenine, cytosine, guanine, and what other nucleotide base, which is not found in RNA?
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Age
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1 point
Named for a 19th century English physicist, what unit of measurement is defined as the energy exerted by the force of one newton acting to move an object through a distance of one meter?
9.
1 point
The letter Ag stands for what element on the periodic table?
10.
1 point
All radioactivity is man-made
11.
1 point
Which one of the following types of solar radiation does sunscreen protect the skin from?
12.
1 point
Electrons are smaller than atoms
13.
1 point
Which natural resource is extracted in a process known as “fracking”?
14.
1 point
In 1989, the US postal service drew criticism from paleontologists for releasing a stamp with what obsolete genus name, which translates from Greek as "Thunder Lizard"?
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1 point
What term, which means the maximum absolute value of a periodically varying quantity, does the "A" in AM radio broadcasting stand for?
16.
1 point
Approximately how old is the Earth?
17.
1 point
The earth's surface is about ___% water.
18.
1 point
Composing about 78 percent of the air at sea level, what is the most common gas in the Earth's atmosphere?
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1 point
Lasers work by focusing sound waves
20.
1 point
Noting how light from objects that are moving away from the observer tend to shift to the red end of the spectrum, what scientist first established that the universe is expanding?
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0 points
Country of residence
22.
1 point
What is the heaviest noble gas?
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