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Which among the following forms of precipitation is different from the rest?

A) dew B) fog
C) mist D) hail
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) hail

Explanation:

While dew , fog and mist are formed due to condensation of vapour into water drops, hail falls from the clouds in the form of hard pellets of ice.

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What type of bone is a phalanx?

A) Short bones B) Joints
C) Long bones D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Long bones

Explanation:

The phalanges or a phalanx are/is digital bones in the hands and feet of most vertebrates. In primates, the thumbs and big toes have two phalanges while the other digits have three phalanges. The phalanges are classed as long bones.

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Q:

The brightest color emitted by the sun is

A) yellow-green B) red-green
C) green-blue D) red-blue
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) yellow-green

Explanation:

The Sun is essentially all colors mixed together, which appear to our eyes as white. The brightest color emitted by the sun is yellow-green.

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The sea with one of the highest salinities in the world is _________

A) the Dead Sea B) the Red Sea
C) the Arabian Sea D) the Baltic Sea
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) the Dead Sea

Explanation:

Salinity is often high in enclosed seas, this is due to high temperature, rapid evaparation and little inflow of fresh water.

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Q:

Who was the Roman Emperor when Jesus was born?

A) Tiberius B) Augustus
C) Gaius Octavius D) Julius Caesar
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Augustus

Explanation:

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Augustus was a Roman statesman and military leader who served as the first Emperor of the Roman Empire, controlling Imperial Rome from 27 BC until his death in AD 14. Jesus was born in 4 BC.

 

Hence, Augustus was the Roman Emperor when Jesus was born.

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Q:

Which of the following is an example of polygenic inheritance?

A) Skin pigmentation in humans B) Huntingtonʹs disease in humans
C) White and purple flower color in peas D) The ABO blood groups in humans
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Skin pigmentation in humans

Explanation:

Polygenic inheritance involves the determination of a particular phenotypic characteristic by many genes, called polygenes(group of genes influencing a quantitative characteristic), each having a small effect individually.

Height and skin colour in humans are examples of Polygenic characters.

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Q:

Forces of attraction limit the motion of particles most in solids.

A) TRUE B) FALSE
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) TRUE

Explanation:

We know that, solids have definite shapes and definite volumes, whereas liquids have definite volumes but indefinite shapes and coming to gases it has indefinite volumes and indefinite shapes.


 


Hence, only in solids, the forces of attraction limit the motion of particles.

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Q:

Particles of matter are continuously moving.

A) TRUE B) FALSE
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) TRUE

Explanation:

Yes, in any matter the particles are always moving. But the speed of the particles moving sepends on the temperature. As temperature increases, the speed of the particles also increases.

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