Scientific Knowledge Quizz III

1/ The nervous influx (action potential) goes out of the neural cell to join an other neural cell through the :

A axone

B synapse

C neurotransmitter

D dendrite

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2/ If p is the probability that the dice falls on {2 or 4} and q the probability of falling on {1 or 3 or 5}.

What is the probability of falling on number 6 ?

A p + q

B p * q

C 1 - (p + q)

D 1 - (p * q)

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3/ Which darwinist defends the gradual evolution theory against the punctuated evolution theory ?

A EDWARD O. WILSON

B MARIE-PIERRE SCHUTZENBERGER

C STEPHEN JAY GOULD

D RICHARD DAWKINS

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4/ Which of these unities is commonly used to measure radioactivity ?

A Lux

B Candela

C Becquerel

D Cury

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5/ Which part of the brain is responsible of language in the right hand population ?

A Occipital Lobe

B Left Hemisphere

C Right Hemisphere

D Hippocampus

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6/ Who invented the group theory ?

A CARL GAUSS

B EVARISTE GALOIS

C WILLIAM HAMILTON

D PIERRE de FERMAT

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7/ When dinosaurs disappeared from the earth ?

A 6 000 000 years ago

B 26 000 000 years ago

C 47 000 000 years ago

D 60 000 000 years ago

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8/ Which one differs from the others ?

A Io

B Europe

C Proxima

D Moon

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9/ Who created the psychological field of behaviorism ?

A BURRHUS SKINNER

B IVAN PAVLOV

C LETA HOLLINGWORTH

D JEROME BRUNNER

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10/ How many autists have got an astonishing talent for memorizing or playing music or calculating... ?

A < 10 %

B 30 %

C 50 %

D 70 %

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11/ What is the game in which the world best player defeats the computer ?

A Go

B Chess

C Checkers

D Backgammon

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12/ Which part of the brain is responsible of spatial processing in the right hand population ?

A Frontal Lobe

B Hypothalamus

C Right Hemisphere

D Left Hemisphere

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13/ Which sequence of number sets is correctly ordered ?

A N , Z, Q, R, C

B Z, N, R, Q, C

C N, Q, Z, C, R

D Z, Q, C, R

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14/ A man is weighing 90 kg on the Earth. What would be his weight on the Moon ?

A 45 Kg

B 60 Kg

C 180 Kg

D 15 Kg

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15/ How many chromosomes has got a chimpanzee ?

A 46 (2*23)

B 48 (2*24)

C 50 (2*25)

D 52 (2*26)

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16/ How Isaac Newton proceeded to decompose the colors of the light ?

A By using a stone

B By using a liquid solution

C By using a prism

D By using several mirrors

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17/ How is called the following phenomenon : "The universe stops his extension and begins contracting" ?

A Big Bang

B Big Out

C Big End

D Big Crunch

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18/ What did Malthus observe ?

A Population grows geometrically, foods grows arithmetically

B Population grows arithmetically, foods grows geometrically

C The more a population is mixed, the more it develops its economy

D The more a population is concentrated, the more the government is stable

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19/ Which organ produces insulin ?

A Oesophagus

B Stomach

C Liver

D Pancreas

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20/ What does the Fermat's theorem say ?

A There always exist p, q and r such that p^n + q^n = r^n is ever possible with n > 1

B There always exist p, q and r such that p^n * q^n = r^n is ever possible with n > 2

C With n>2, you can never find p, q and r such that p^n + q^n = r^n

D With n>2, you can never find p, q and r such that p^n * q^n = r^n