Science Week 2012 Friday

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1 point

The sound of the 'ocean' in a seashell is caused by?

The sound of your blood coursing through your body

The sound of the ocean

Nothing - you can't hear anything in a shell

Local noises around you that are altered by the shell

1 point

Some unusual methods of protecting Australia's little penguins have been used. Which of these statements is false?

Snipers were deployed to protect a NSW colony of little penguins

A sheepdog was used to protect one penguin colony in Victoria

Dolphins were trained as "penguin shepherds" to protect penguins on the Gold Coast

A springer spaniel was trained to detect penguin burrows and differentiate them from fox burrows

1 point

Which description best matches a spider?

Invertebrate with 4 sets of legs

Vertebrate with paired legs

Cold blooded vertebrate

Invertebrate with jointed legs

1 point

Ancient Egyptians used crushed coloured beetles as eye shadow

True

False

1 point

Dr Barry Marshall and Dr Robin Warren won a Nobel Prize in Medicine for their identification of Helicobacter pylori. What illness is caused by this bacterium? (Both Australians)

Colds and flu

Dementia and Alzheimer's disease

Chronic gastritis and peptic ulcers

Glaucoma

1 point

Which Planet is second in order from the sun?

Venus

Earth

Mars

Neptune

1 point

Sound waves travel faster in:

Steel

Space

Air

Water

1 point

Which widely used technology was originally invented by John O'Sullivan to study black holes? (An Australian Inventor)

Bluetooth

Fibreoptics

Wi-Fi

Radar

1 point

Astronomers discovered a number of Earth-like planets in 2011 that were thought to be fit for life. What is the popular nickname for these planets?

Rapunzel planet

Red riding hood planet

Hansel planet

Goldilocks planet

10.

1 point

When was the last time humans set foot on the moon?

12 August 1998

8 August 1999

9 April 2009

14 December 1972

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