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Which element is the primary component of steel wool?

  • Iron
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Which element is commonly used in catalytic converters due to its properties as a reducing agent?

  • Pt
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Which element is a poisonous gas that combines with sodium to form table salt?

  • Chlorine
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Which element has the chemical symbol Ca?

  • Calcium
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Which element has Na as its chemical symbol?

  • Sodium
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Which element gained notoriety from poisoning the waters around Japan?

  • Mercury
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Which electronic component can be classified as NPN or PNP?

  • Transistor
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Which doctor or team of doctors is credited with pioneering the scientific study of human sexuality?

  • Masters And Johnson
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Which dinosaur did O.C. Marsh discover in 1871?

  • Pterodactyl
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Which constellation represents a hunter with weapons?

  • Orion
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Which constellation are the stars Castor and Pollux in?

  • Gemini
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Which company manufactures Pentium chipsets?

  • Intel
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Which century was Isaac Newton born in?

  • 1600's
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Which cell part is responsible for controlling most of the activity inside a cell?

  • Nucleus
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Which burrowing animal can find his way around his burrow despite being almost blind?

  • Mole
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Which breed did the English call a coach dog?

  • Dalmatian
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Which branch of science did young Carl Sagan tell his grandfather he wanted to practice?

  • Astronomy
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Which atomic particle is outside the nucleus?

  • Electron
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Which astronomical body is 3.67 billion miles from the sun?

  • Pluto
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Which Apollo Mission was launched on November 14, 1969?

  • Apollo 12
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Which Apollo mission was launched on January 31, 1971?

  • Apollo 14
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Which Apollo mission was launched on April 11, 1970?

  • Apollo 13
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Which animal's milk will never curdle?

  • Camel
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Which animal is the only one with four true knees?

  • An Elephant
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Which animal is also known as the wild dog from Australia?

  • Dingo
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Which animal has a gestation period of only 13 days?

  • Opossum
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Which age is known as the "Age of Fish"?

  • Paleozoic Era
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Which aeronautical term is an airplane with a pair of similar-sized wings in vertical alignment?

  • Biplane
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Which adaptation allows an organism to blend in with its surroundings?

  • Camouflage
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Which abbreviation refers to a term that literally means "below red"?

  • IR
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Where would you find the Nazca Lines?

  • Peru
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Where on the moon did people first land a spacecraft?

  • The Sea Of Tranquility
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Where is the uvula located?

  • In The Throat
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Where is the Sun plotted on the Hertzprung-Russell diagram?

  • Main Sequence
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Where is the observatory where Percival Lowell first theorized the existence of Pluto?

  • Flagstaff, Arizona
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Where is the heart of a shrimp?

  • Head
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Where is the deepest land gorge on Earth?

  • Grand Canyon
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Where in the human body are the anvil and stirrups located?

  • Ear
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Where in the body is blood produced?

  • Bones
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Where does the zygote of a gymnosperm develop?

  • In The Ovule
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Where do food chains begin?

  • With Producers
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Where are the female sex cells of a flower located?

  • Ovary
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Where are carpal bones found?

  • Wrist
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When the moon appears to block the sun, as seen from Earth, what is the event called?

  • Solar Eclipse
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When a meander is cut off, what is formed?

  • Oxbow Lake
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What's the term used to indicate the speed of a lens?

  • F-Stop
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What's the chemical symbol for water?

  • H2O
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What year was the celestial object Pluto discovered?

  • 1930
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What would you use to measure the mass difference between two like objects?

  • Density
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What would you call a small, hopping animal with big ears and bushy tail?

  • Rabbit
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