370. Q U I Z NO. 16

Q U I Z   NO. 16

1.      Broadband is often called "high-speed" access to the Internet, because it usually has a high rate of data transmission.

2.      Satellites in geostationary orbits are able to relay broadband data from the satellite company to each customer.

3.      A 128-bit multicomparator was described by researchers in 1976.

4.      A CPU with 128-bit multimedia extensions was designed by researchers in 1999.

5.      Anglo-Saxon cultures make more use of illustrators than many Asian cultures.

6.       Kinesics is the non-verbal behaviour related to movement, either of any part of the body, or the body as a whole.

7.      In short all communicative body movements are generally classified as kinesic.

8.      There are basically five different types of kinesics; emblems, regulators, illustrators, affective display and adaptors.

9.      Series Frequency Converters can also be used to convert the available "signal AC" (25 Hz, 100 Hz, 250 Hz, etc.) to the 120 VAC, 60 Hz needed to provide lighting or power hand tools.

10.  "straight" and "reverse" polarity are used.

11.  Pottery used for cooking fish over 12,000 years ago.

12.  Smoking can have negative impact on the kidneys.

13.  The combination of computer and interface controller is called a station.

14.  a quintamillesimal (Q) or LM scale diluting the drug 1 part in 50,000 parts of diluent.

15.  It is illogical that a process of dilution would arrive at a higher potency.

16.  In homeopathy, a solution that is more dilute is described as having a higher potency, and more dilute substances are considered by homeopaths to be stronger and deeper-acting remedies.

17.  A 6C dilution repeats this process six times, ending up with the original material diluted by a factor of 100⁻⁶=10⁻¹².

18.  Higher dilutions follow the same pattern.

19.  Some homeopaths developed a decimal scale (D or X), diluting the substance to ten times its original volume each stage.

20.  Oscillococcinum would thus require 10³²⁰

21.  400X	200C	10−400	Dilution of popular homeopathic flu remedy Oscillococcinum
1. What is the name of the largest ocean on earth?   Pacific
2. What are the two main metals in the earth’s core?   Iron and nickel
3. Which is hotter, the center of the earth or surface of the sun?
4. What do you call molten rock before it has erupted?
5. What do you call it after it has erupted?
6. The Great Barrier Reef is found off the coast of which country?
7. What do you call a person who studies rocks?
8. Name the three time periods of the dinosaurs.
9. True or false? The Grand Canyon is around 10000 feet (3000 meters) deep.
10. What is the name of the deepest location in the world’s oceans?
11. Over a long period of time while under extreme heat and pressure, graphite turns into which precious mineral?
12. Outside of Antarctica, what is the largest desert in the world?
13. The gemstone ruby is typically what color?
14. What is the name of the highest mountain on earth?
15. Do stalactites rise from the floor or hang from the ceiling of limestone caves?
16. 'Cascade', 'horsetail', 'plunge' and 'tiered' are types of what?
17. Someone who studies earthquakes is known as a what?
18. What is the name of the layer of earth’s atmosphere that absorbs the majority of the potentially damaging ultraviolet light from the sun?
19. The mass of the earth is made up mostly of which two elements?
20. What is the second most common gas found in the air we breathe? ANSWERS
1. The Pacific Ocean				2. Iron and nickel	3. The center of the earth	4. Magma
5. Lava				6. Australia	7. A geologist	8. Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous
9. False - 5000 feet (1500 meters)				10. Mariana Trench	11. Diamond	12. The Sahara Desert in Africa
13. Red				14. Mount Everest	15. Hang from the ceiling	16. Waterfall
17. Seismologist				18. The ozone layer	19. Iron (32%) and oxygen (30%)	20. Oxygen (21%)