Which scientific theory postulates that subatomic particles are tiny one- dimensional loops?
String theory
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What is the SI unit of thermodynamic temperature?
Kelvin
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Rayleigh scattering accounts for which everyday phenomenon?
The blue appearance of the daytime sky and the reddening at night
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Broca's area in the human brain is responsible for which function?
Speech and articulation
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If circle A is placed within a larger circle B, what is the term for the space between the circumference of A and the circumference of B?
Annulus
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Before Dolly, the cloned sheep, there were Megan and Morag; in what way was Dolly unique?
She was cloned from an adult cell, whereas Megan and Morag were cloned from embryo cells
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In which three scientific disciplines are Nobel Prizes awarded?
Physics, chemistry and physiology/medicine
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What word is given to the part of a fraction above the line?
Numerator
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It used to be called quicksilver - by what name is this element now known?
Mercury
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What name is given to a positively charged electron?
Positron
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What is de?ned as mass divided by density?
Volume
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What was first demonstrated in a Surrey quarry by scientist Arthur Nobel in 1867?
Dynamite
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Galactose is one of the three main monosaccharides (simple sugars); what are the other two?
Glucose and fructose
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How many faces does a dodecahedron possess? And what 2D shape is each face?
Twelve, pentagonal
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What anomaly connects bromine and mercury?
They are the only elements to take liquid form at ambient temperature
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In which direction would Foucault's pendulum turn if it were erected in Sydney, Australia?
Anti-clockwise
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'Nitrogen-fixing' converts nitrogen into which gas (chemical symbol NH3), useful for soil nutrition and food production?
Ammonia
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Crick and Watson discovered that the DNA molecule was what particular shape?
Double helix
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If the ozone layer were to lie upon the surface of the earth, approximately how thick would it be: 3 mm, 3 cm or 3 m?
Only 3 mm
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Where, speci?cally, did the ?rst moon landing take place?
The Sea of Tranquility
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What is measured in Pascals?
Pressure
defined as Newtons per metre squared
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How many human chromosomes are there?
Forty-six (labelled A-G and then X and Y)
23 pairs of chromosomes
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Under the same temperature and pressure, all gases contain the same number of molecules; whose law? In which century did he postulate this?
Avogadro, nineteen century
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Who developed, the ?rst commercial process for smelting pig iron to manufacture steel?
(Henry) Bessemer
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The stirrup, the smallest bone in humans, is found in which part of the body?
The ear
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An ohm is a unit that measures what?
Electrical resistance
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The name of which type of rock derives from the Latin for fire?
Igneous
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Which acid is also known as aqua fortis?
Nitric Acid
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In 2013, Mark Cahill became the ?rst Briton to undergo which pioneering medical operation?
A hand transplant
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