Sci-Five | The Hindu Science Quiz: On Paradoxes
An aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights, is seen in the night sky on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024, in Moscow, Idaho.
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What is Olbers’ paradox?
- It’s about the sky
- It’s about solar eclipses
- It’s about lunar eclipses
- It’s about volcanoes and earthquakes
The paradox relates to the problem of why the sky is dark at night.
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What does the Antarctic paradox deal with?
- Number of penguins in an area
- Concentration of marine carnivores in a region
- Number of phytoplankton in an area
- Concentration of whales in an icy region
The paradox is about the low concentration of phytoplankton in the Antarctic Ocean despite availability of nutrients.
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What is Peto’s paradox?
- About occurrence of cancer in beings with lower number of cells
- About prevalence of death in species with lesser life expectancy
- About the inconsistency in disease occurrence in same species
- About the concentration of clouds and rains
This paradox deals with high prevalence of cancer in species with relatively lesser number of cells.
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What is Fermi paradox?
- About wave-particle duality.
- About alien life in the universe
- About the Fermions that don’t obey the Pauli exclusion principle.
- About the abundance of marine life in areas with less nutrients
Physicist Enrico Fermi asks why there are no apparent aliens in the universe despite the high likeliness for their presence.
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Which of the following is a paradox about a form?
- Penrose triangle
- Hawking radiation
- Solar death
- Schrodinger ‘s box
Penrose triangle is an impossible object to make.
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Published – December 01, 2024 03:47 pm IST
