Science Bowl

GENERAL SCIENCE

General Science - 14

GENR-92; Short Answer:  Identify the Earth's largest INVERTEBRATE animal. 

ANSWER:   GIANT SQUID

GENR-92; Short Answer:  What creature do the Galapagos Islands take their name from?

ANSWER:   TORTOISE

GENR-92; Short Answer:  What is the only venomous British snake? 

ANSWER:   ADDER

GENR-92; Short Answer:  What is shed when you desquamate?

ANSWER:   SKIN   or   EPIDERMAL CELLS

GENR-92; Short Answer:  What are the only places that dogs have sweat glands? 

ANSWER:   NOSE AND PAWS

GENR-92; Short Answer:  What body function are rats unable to do which makes them extra
vulnerable to poison?

ANSWER:   VOMIT

GENR-92; Multiple Choice:  A cyclone is an engineering device that is used to 

w)  transport materials
x)  segregate particles
y)  control switching devices
z)  model fractals

ANSWER:  X -- SEGREGATE PARTICLES

GENR-92; Multiple Choice:  In the United States, low sulfur coal can be found primarily in the:

w)  northeast
x)  southeast
y)  midwest
z)  west

ANSWER:  Z -- WEST