, 5 January 2022
Time for some super science trivia! This quiz has a selection from all the trivia questions we wrote in 2021. And if you’re hankering for more, you can get a new set of questions by reloading this web page!
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Nitroglycerin is used to treat angina, a painful condition that happens when the heart doesn’t get enough blood flow.
Some tardigrades can survive at temperatures of 150° C, but lava is much hotter, around 700° C–1,200° C.
Crude oil forms from algae, bacteria and sea creatures that sink to the seafloor and are fossilised.
It takes 687 Earth days for Mars to orbit the Sun.
Coal is mostly made of carbon, which is why it releases lots of carbon dioxide when it’s burned.
Since InSight landed on Mars in 2018, it has measured more than 500 marsquakes!
Alexei Leonov was the first person to leave their spacecraft while in space, completing the first spacewalk in 1965.
Cactus spines are actually highly modified leaves!
Octopus blood uses copper to transport oxygen.
Felis catus is the scientific name for the cat.
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