Science Quiz

Published December 29, 2012

1.    The credit for discovering the polio vaccine goes to which scientist?

2.    What is the study of earthquakes known as?

3.    Meteorology is the study of …?

4.    Who invented the telephone?

5.    What is the Earth’s primary source of energy?

6.    In photography, what sort of lens enables a speedy transition from long shots to close-ups?

7.    Is the wavelength of infrared light too long or short to be seen by humans?

8.    Numismatics is the study of …?

9.    Which surgeon pioneered antiseptic surgery in 1865?

10.    Which is the most abundant element in the universe?— Rehan Jalal

Answers:

1.    Jonas Salk

2.    Seismology

3.    The atmosphere

4.    Alexander Graham Bell

5.    The Sun

6.    A zoom lens

7.    Long

8.    It is the study or collection of currency, both coins and paper money

9.    Joseph Lister

10.    Hydrogen

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