General Knowledge Questions

Part of the heat is conducted away by the metal table. Convection currents in air near the surface of the coffee are set up which accounts for some heat loss. Heat is also lost by radiation from the hot coffee to the surroundings. Most of the heat is lost by the last method.

Beats means the periodic increase and decrease in loudness heard when two notes of nearly the same frequency are sounded simultaneously.

Ichthyology is the branch of biology devoted to the study of fish.

It is also known as Fish science which includes bony fishes (Osteichthyes), cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes), and jawless fish (Agnatha).

A modem is nothing but short for Modulator and Demodulator. It is used mostly for connecting to the internet.

A modem is a device or program that enables a computer to transmit data over, for example, telephone or cable lines. Computer information is stored digitally, whereas information transmitted over telephone lines is transmitted in the form of analog waves.

The world's tallest twisted tower, the Infinity Tower was launched in Dubai Marina on 10 June 2013.

A simile is a figure of speech in which two different things are compared using like or as words.

Here in the given sentence, Foam brightens like the dogwood foam's brightness is compared to dogwood. Hence, it is a simile.