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Science trivia for parsing.
Science: What is Deoxyribonucleic acid commonly referred to as?*DNA
Science: What is Ribonucleic acid commonly referred to as?*RNA
Science: What process involves treating rubber with sulfur to harden it?*Vulcanizing
Science: What scale of zero to 14 is used to measure acidity or alkalinity?*The pH scale
Science: What O-word describes oxygen with molecules that have three atoms instead of two?*Ozone
Science: What unit of electrical power is equal to one joule per second?*The Watt
Science: What planet is closest in size to our moon?*Mercury
Science: What's the common name for a cubic decimeter?*liter
Science: What measure of energy comes from the Latin word meaning "heat"?*The calorie
Science: What's removed from water in the process of desalination?*Salt
Science: What species Amazonian electric variety packs a 650 volt wallop?*The eel
Science: What C word defines a substance that speeds a chemical reaction without being consumed?*Catalyst
Science: What's the base unit of mass in the metric system?*The kilogram
Science: What cooking fuel is produced by heating wood without oxygen?*Charcoal
Science: What's the only metal that's not a solid at room temperature?*Mercury
Science: Which will yield the most BTUs of energy--a gallon of oil, a pound of coal or a gallon of gasoline?*A gallon of oil
Science: What unit of measure do you multiply by .39 to convert it to inches?*Centimeters
Science: What method of underwater detection is short for "sound navigation and ranging"?*Sonar
Science: What hazardous substance is euphemistically referred to as "mineral fiber"?*Asbestos
Science: What color does litmus turn when dipped into acid?*Pink
Science: What process involves heating an ore to obtain a metal?*Smelting
Science: What's the U. S. equivalent of 0.45 kilograms?*One pound
Science: What's defined as the distance between a lens and its focal point?*Focal Length
Science: What energy unit is defined as the heat required to raise one kilogram of water by one degree Celsius?*One Calorie
Science: What founding father was knocked unconscious while attempting to electrocute a turkey?*Benjamin Franklin
Science: What continent is subjected to the world's largest ozone hole?*Antarctica
Science: What sea creature can have an eye measuring 16 inches across, the largest in the animal kingdom?*A squid
Science: What explosive cosmic event was seen with the naked eye in 1987, for the first time in 383 years?*A supernova
Science: What three terms are represented in Newton's second law of motion F = ma?*Force, mass, acceleration
Science: How many of the nine planets have moons?*Seven
Science: What were exterminated from Harvard's bio labs when they were found to be carrying radioactive chemicals into the walls?*Ants
Science: What type of trees yield the resin used to produce turpentine?*Pine trees
Science: What's the most malleable metal?*Gold
Science: When drawing circles what instrument would you use?*Compass
Science: What does a meteorologist study?*Weather
Science: The chinese invented this black powder to make fireworks?*Gunpowder
Science: This word describes the force that pulls objects to the middle of the earth?*Gravity
Science: What has a face, hands and wheels?*Clock
Science: Nephrology is the study of which organs?*Kidneys
Science: Where in the human body would you find the scaphoid bone?*Wrist
Science: From the bark of which tree was aspirin originally obtained?*Willow
Science: What is Acetic Acid more commonly known as?*Vinegar
Science: Cumulus and Cirrus are types of what?*Clouds
Science: Which grow upwards Stalactites or Stalagmites?*Stalagmites
Science: What can be Forked, Sheet or ball?*Lightning
Science: When Litmus paper is in contact with Alkaline what colour does it become?*Blue
Science: The best conductor of electricity is which metal?*Silver
Science: The curved line between any two points on a circle is referred to as what?*An arc
Science: Cumulus and Cirrus are types of what?*Cloud
Science: Calcium Carbonate is more commonly known as what?*Chalk
Science: Sugar found in fruit is known by what name?*Fructose
Science: This metal is liquid at room temperature?*Mercury
Science: The most sensitive of the senses is what?*Smell
Science: These creatures were used to bleed patients in the nineteeth century?*Leeches
Science: Acid turns Litmus paper which colour?*Red
Science: This is the most common element in the universe?*Hydrogen
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