Loaded Questions 1/4/22 - Science
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1. Betelgeuse is a red giant. What is the Sun?
2. Also a verb, what name is given to the thin layer of corrosion that forms over metals like copper, brass, silver, magnesium, and other metals as they undergo a chemical reaction?
3. Also known as ADH or anti-diuretic hormone, what hormone is secreted by the posterior pituitary gland, and functions to increase reabsorption in the kidneys?
4. In trees, the heartwood is the wood nearer the center of a branch, while what wood is found right underneath the bark, and is a different color than the heartwood?
5. Featuring a very flexible proboscis, what pig-like mammal with a nose trunk lives in South America, Central America, and Southeast Asia? The four recognized species are Brazilian, Malayan, Baird's, and mountain.
6. From the Greek for "lump", what is the scientific name for a blood clot?
7. On what scale of electronegativity does francium have the lowest value at 0.7, and fluorine has the highest value of at 4.0?
8. What former Bell Labs researcher received the 1956 Nobel Prize is Physics along with John Bardeen and Walter Brattain for his creating of the transistor?
9. A bird appears in the logo of what programming language, developed by Apple for iOS?
10. What ten-letter adjective is used to describe elements with atomic numbers greater than 103?
11. What is the act of sealing off a blood vessel or fallopian tube during surgery? Getting your tubes tied is properly known as "tubal" this.
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1. Yellow dwarf
2. Tarnish
3. Vasopressin
4. Sapwood
5. Tapir
6. Thrombus
7. Pauling scale
8. William Shockley
9. Swift
10. Superheavy
11. Ligation