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Quiz Questions
- What scale developed in 1935, is a scale of numbers used to tell the magnitude of earthquakes?
- The pH scale measures how acidic an object is. What do the letters 'P' and 'H' stand for?
- The first official use of what scale was on the 1831 voyage of the HMS Beagle?
- On which temperature scale does zero reflect the complete absence of thermal energy?
- What does the DOL scale measure?
- What scale is also called the Heterosexual–Homosexual Rating Scale?
- The Scoville Scale expresses the level of heat in what?
- At which temperature are the Celsius and Fahrenheit scales equal?
- The Apgar score is a test given to what?
- The Mercalli intensity scale is a scale to measure the intensity of what?
- On which scale does gypsum have the value 2 and corundum 9?
- The Ringelmann scale is a scale for measuring the apparent density of what?
- A clinical scale used to reliably measure a person's level of consciousness after a brain injury contains the name of which British city?
- What does the Saffir–Simpson scale classify?
- Gay-Lussac developed a scale to measure the strength of what?
- First introduced in the 1950s, the Hamilton–Norwood scale is used to classify the stages of male what?
- Which musical scale has five notes per octave?
- What scale starting with the letter 'V' is found on calipers used to measure internal and external diameters?
- Named after a Scottish inventor, which scale is used to describe the intensity of sound waves?
- What number is defined as the ratio of the speed of an object to the speed of sound in the same medium?
Answers
- The Richter scale
- Potential of Hydrogen
- The Beaufort wind force scale
- The Kelvin scale
- Pain
- The Kinsey scale
- Peppers
- Minus 40 degrees
- Newborn baby's (health test)
- Earthquakes
- The Mohs scale
- Smoke
- Glasgow (The Glasgow Coma Scale)
- Hurricanes
- Alcohol
- Baldness
- A pentatonic scale
- Vernier scale
- Decibel scale
- Mach number