Who developed, the ?rst commercial process for smelting pig iron to manufacture steel?
(Henry) Bessemer
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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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Where, speci?cally, did the ?rst moon landing take place?
The Sea of Tranquility
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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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How many faces does a dodecahedron possess? And what 2D shape is each face?
Twelve, pentagonal
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What is de?ned as mass divided by density?
Volume
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What word is given to the part of a fraction above the line?
Numerator
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In which three scientific disciplines are Nobel Prizes awarded?
Physics, chemistry and physiology/medicine
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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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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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What is the SI unit of thermodynamic temperature?
Kelvin
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Which scientific theory postulates that subatomic particles are tiny one- dimensional loops?
String theory
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In the classic atom model, do the electrons orbit the nucleus or does the nucleus encase the agitated electrons?
the electrons orbit the nucleus
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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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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 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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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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What is measured in Pascals?
Pressure
defined as Newtons per metre squared
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The British overseas territory Gough Island, part of the Tristan da Cunha group, is a World Heritage wildlife site - in which ocean is it located?
South Atlantic
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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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The name of which type of rock derives from the Latin for fire?
Igneous
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What was the primary objective of the alchemists of the middle ages, whose early experiments with metals and minerals were the forerunner of chemistry?
To find or create the Philosophers Stone
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What was the occupation of the Greek scientist Galen, whose work was at the forefront of thinking in his field for over 1000 years?
A physician (doctor)
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The modern branch of mathematics called algebra came to the West from which area?
The Arabic world, where it was known as al-jabr
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