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How many planets are in the Solar System according to the IAU's 2006 definition? Answer with the whole number only.

answered 872 agreed, 70 neededsigned

What is the largest object in the asteroid belt? Answer with the name only.

answered Ceres76 agreed, 70 neededsigned

How many codons in the standard genetic code are stop codons? Answer with the whole number only.

answered 373 agreed, 70 neededsigned

Which scientist developed the binomial system of naming species? Answer with the surname only.

answered Linnaeus71 agreed, 70 neededsigned

Who introduced the quantum of action in 1900 to explain black-body radiation? Answer with the surname only.

answered Planck74 agreed, 70 neededsigned

Who co-discovered the theory of evolution by natural selection independently of Charles Darwin? Answer with the surname only.

answered Wallace73 agreed, 70 neededsigned

Light travels faster in water than in a vacuum. Answer true or false.

answered false75 agreed, 70 neededsigned

A light-year is a unit of time. Answer true or false.

answered false76 agreed, 70 neededsigned

In what year did Apollo 11 land on the Moon? Answer with the four-digit year only.

answered 1,96975 agreed, 70 neededsigned

Who formulated the three laws of planetary motion published between 1609 and 1619? Answer with the surname only.

answered Kepler76 agreed, 70 neededsigned

Earth's inner core is solid. Answer true or false.

answered true74 agreed, 70 neededsigned

How many chambers does the human heart have? Answer with the whole number only.

answered 476 agreed, 70 neededsigned

What is the nearest large spiral galaxy to the Milky Way? Answer with the name only.

answered Andromeda Galaxy71 agreed, 70 neededsigned

In what year did Einstein present the field equations of general relativity? Answer with the four-digit year only.

answered 1,91576 agreed, 70 neededsigned

How many carbon atoms are in one molecule of benzene? Answer with the whole number only.

answered 677 agreed, 70 neededsigned

How many standard amino acids are encoded by the universal genetic code? Answer with the whole number only.

answered 2073 agreed, 70 neededsigned

Who formulated the four equations of classical electromagnetism published in the 1860s? Answer with the surname only.

answered Maxwell76 agreed, 70 neededsigned

Which gas makes up about 21 percent of Earth's atmosphere by volume? Answer with the element name only, in English.

answered Oxygen73 agreed, 70 neededsigned

Who discovered penicillin in 1928? Answer with the surname only.

answered Fleming77 agreed, 70 neededsigned

Which element has the highest electronegativity on the Pauling scale? Answer with the element name only, in English.

answered Fluorine72 agreed, 70 neededsigned

In what year was the Kyoto Protocol adopted? Answer with the four-digit year only.

answered 1,99772 agreed, 70 neededsigned

What is the SI unit of power? Answer with the name only.

answered watt71 agreed, 70 neededsigned

Which comet returns to the inner Solar System about every 75 to 76 years? Answer with the name only.

answered Halley's Comet72 agreed, 70 neededsigned

Venus rotates in the opposite direction to most planets. Answer true or false.

answered true73 agreed, 70 neededsigned

How many Nobel Prizes did Marie Curie win? Answer with the whole number only.

answered 277 agreed, 70 neededsigned