1. How many bones are there in an adult human skeleton?
206
2. Brass is an alloy made up of which two elements?
Copper and zinc
3. What does a seismologist study?
Earthquakes/seismic waves
4. What is the more common name for the scapula?
Shoulder blade
5. What shape is each face on a regular dodecahedron?
Pentagonal
6. What is the more commonly used name for iron pyrite?
Fool’s gold
7. A Bactrian camel is one with two humps – what term is used for a one-humped camel?
Dromedary/Arabian camel
8. Of what is ‘pedology’ the study?
Soils (in their natural environment)
9. Rhinoceros horns consist of which substance?
Keratin
10. How much does a cubic metre of water weigh?
One tonne