Science

Isaac Asimov's Super Quiz

Published Friday, May 15, 2009

Subject: SCIENCE
(e.g., What has sepals, petals and stamens? Answer: A flower.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. A beaver's home is called a ___.
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2. What creature produces pearls?
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3. In China, this device is called a suan pan, meaning "counting tray."
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GRADUATE LEVEL

4. Term for the second of two full moons occurring in the same month.
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5. The name for a roughly circular coral reef enclosing a shallow lagoon.
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6. What is the cube root of 125?
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PH.D. LEVEL

7. A gaseous cloud of matter that forces another substance out of a spray can.
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8. A form of algebra developed by English mathematician George Boole.
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9. The name for the celestial body of interstellar gas and dust where stars are sometimes born.
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ANSWERS:
1. Lodge.
2. Oyster (clam).
3. Abacus.
4. Blue moon.
5. Atoll.
6. Five.
7. Aerosol.
8. Boolean algebra.
9. Nebula.