Science & Nature pub quiz questions

1. What is the name for molten rock once it has erupted onto the surface?

   Lava

2. What is the common name for the Scapula?

   The Shoulder Blade

3. What is the process called when a liquid changes into a gas?

   Evaporation

4. What sedimentary rock is made mostly of calcium carbonate and forms the White Cliffs of Dover?

   Chalk

5. What amphibian, native to Mexico, retains its larval features for life and can regenerate limbs?

   The axolotl

6. What unit of distance equals the distance light travels in one year?

   A light year

7. Which English chemist and physicist is credited with discovering electromagnetic induction?

   Michael Faraday

8. What is the common name for the medical condition known as epistaxis?

   A nosebleed

9. What is the term for animals that hunt and eat other animals?

   Predators (carnivores)

10. What is the name of the process when a liquid turns into a gas at its surface below boiling point?

    Evaporation

11. What is the process of a solid turning directly into a gas called?

    Sublimation

12. What is the powdery substance, often blue or green, that grows on stale bread and is a type of fungus?

    Mould

13. What is the name for the umbrella-shaped fruiting body of many fungi?

    A mushroom (or toadstool)

14. What island group did Darwin study where finches helped inspire his theory?

    The Galapagos Islands

15. Which Soviet cosmonaut became the first human in space in 1961?

    Yuri Gagarin

16. What is the name for the rate at which electrical energy is used, measured in watts?

    Power

17. The Americans call it a moose, by what name is this animal known in Europe?

    Elk

18. Which three metals are the most common ferromagnetic elements?

    Iron, nickel and cobalt

19. What is a group of stars forming a recognisable pattern called?

    A constellation

20. What does the abbreviation CPR stand for?

    Cardiopulmonary resuscitation

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