A science trivia quiz
Science Trivia #5
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E01:   What is the tough membrane that covers and protects the human brain?   [Answer]
E02:   What metal burns readily underwater?   [Answer]
E03:   What is the Earth's solid outermost layer?   [Answer]
E04:   What number is a 1 followed by 33 zeros (60 zeros in the European system)?   [Answer]
E05:   What are male bees called?   [Answer]
E06:   What type of parachute is used to stop a racecar?   [Answer]
E07:   What structures' movements cause earthquakes?   [Answer]
E08:   What animal has the best color vision?   [Answer]
E09:   What is the smallest flowering plant?   [Answer]
E10:   What is the most abundant element in the Earth's core?   [Answer]
E11:   What material is harvested to make natural rubber?   [Answer]
E12:   What machine measures pulse, respiration and galvanic skin response?   [Answer]
E13:   What is the lightest (least dense) metal?   [Answer]
E14:   What is the lightest (least dense) wood?   [Answer]
E15:   What is the heaviest (densest) wood?   [Answer]
E16:   How many skin cells die each minute on an adult person?   [Answer]
E17:   Where is the magnetic north pole?   [Answer]
E18:   What process turns animal hides into leather?   [Answer]
E19:   How many facets (lenses) does a fly's eye have?   [Answer]
E20:   How many stars are visible to the naked eye?   [Answer]



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