Science in the News Quiz.Directions: Read the late-breaking science news stories in our Science News section on pages 4-6. Then test your knowledge by answering the questions below. Circle the correct letter. 1. Animal protesters are raising a stink about General Mills' Yoplait yogurt because a. its containers trap skunks. b. skunks are eating leftover yogurt, and they can't digest dairy products dairy products dairy npl → produits laitier dairy products dairy npl → Milchprodukte pl, Molkereiprodukte pl . c. skunks are raiding open garbage cans. d. none of the above. 2. To avoid the skunk skunk, name for several related New World mammals of the weasel family, characterized by their conspicuous black and white markings and use of a strong, highly offensive odor for defense. problem, General Mills  This article or section may contain a proseline.Please help [ convert this timeline] into prose or, if necessary, a . suggests that yogurt containers should be washed before throwing them out. a. true b. false 3. Oceanographer Curtis Ebbesmeyer studies ocean currents by a. sailing on a canoe around the world. b. tracking floating toys that fall into the ocean. c. reading satellite data. d. surfing the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. 4. Using a computer simulator, Ebbesmeyer thinks that the Kuroshio current, a major Pacific Ocean current, will travel from a. south of Japan to northwest U.S.A. b. northwest U.S.A. to south of Japan. c. the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean. d. Washington to Oregon. 5. A new Night Vision system lets drivers see a. as far as five football fields. b. as well as with regular headlights. c. five times farther in farther in Of or relating to an option contract with an earlier expiration date than a contract that is currently owned or being considered. the dark than with regular headlights. d. both a and c. 6. Night Vision uses infrared technology, which can detect a. visible light. b. red light. c. heat. d. the electromagnetic spectrum electromagnetic spectrum Total range of frequencies or wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation. The spectrum ranges from waves of long wavelength (low frequency) to those of short wavelength (high frequency); it comprises, in order of increasing frequency (or decreasing . 7. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA, often pronounced "nit-suh") is an agency of the Executive Branch of the U.S. Government, part of the Department of Transportation. , more than 18,000 drivers and passengers died in 1996 in a. nighttime car crashes. b. hit-and-run accidents. c. drunk-driving accidents. d. the daytime. 8. In 1995, a small group of iguanas migrated from Guadeloupe to Anguilla by clinging to uprooted trees. a. true b. false 9. Herpetologists This is a list of herpetologists who have articles, in alphabetical order by surname. A-D
a. dehydrated de·hy·drate v. de·hy·drat·ed, de·hy·drat·ing, de·hy·drates v.tr. 1. To remove water from; make anhydrous. 2. To preserve by removing water from (vegetables, for example). and weak. b. dying out. c. thriving in their new home. d. planning to move back home. 10. Biologists believe that animals in the past moved from one place to another by a. riding on ocean currents. b. crossing ancient land bridges between islands and continents. c. hitching a ride with other animals. d. both a and b. |
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