Science Quiz 2

General Science Quiz 2

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1. Dolly was a sheep, the first mammal cloned. Who cloned Dolly?

Robert G. Edwards
William C. Campbell
Andrew Huxley
Ian Wilmut

2. Which organ produces bile in the human body?

Liver
Kidney
Pancreas
Stomach

3. How much time does Sunlight take to reach the Earth?

8 minutes 19 seconds
10 minutes 8 seconds
12 minutes
6 minutes 6 seconds

4. When did Halley's comet appear last?

1896
1968
1997
1986

5. "A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes" is a 1988 popular-science book written by

Arthur C Clark
Michael Crichton
Stephen Hawking
Isac Asimov

6. Liqht year' is the unit to measure

Space time
Astronomical speed
Luminosity of stars
Astronomical distance

7. A parsec (symbol: pc) is a unit of length used to measure large distances to objects outside our Solar System. Do you know how many lighst years a parsec is equal to?

10.56
1.36
1
3.26

8. A high gravity region in space, from where even light cannot escape is known as

Quasar
Pulsar
Black hole
Red giant

9. Name the first human to walk on space

Neil Amstrong
Yuri Gagarin
Alexey Leonov
Alan Shepard

10. Which element is present in all acids?

Hydrogen
Oxygen
Carbon
Nitrogen

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