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over a year ago
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"The sun
Echidna
Can’t think of any good ones "
Correct on Echidna. I was actually thinking of a different mammal. Turns out there are 2 mammals that lay eggs.
Incorrect on the sun. |
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"What is the hottest planet in the Solar System?
What is the only mammal that lays eggs?
Answer and set a new question. "
The mammal is Duck Billed Platypus but I don't know which is the hottest planet... |
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"The sun
Echidna
Can’t think of any good ones
Correct on Echidna. I was actually thinking of a different mammal. Turns out there are 2 mammals that lay eggs.
Incorrect on the sun. "
I believe the other is a platypus
I know echidna because that’s what knuckles from sonic the hedgehog is and I loved that show |
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"What is the hottest planet in the Solar System?
What is the only mammal that lays eggs?
Answer and set a new question. "
Venus
Platypus (although that's a trireme or something, no?) |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"What is the hottest planet in the Solar System?
What is the only mammal that lays eggs?
Answer and set a new question.
Venus
Platypus (although that's a trireme or something, no?)"
Correct
Correct - straddles Mammalian as it feeds its young with milk. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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Correct all those that said Venus. Venus has a thick atmosphere of Carbon Dioxide causing an accelerated green house effect. Mercury, although closer to the Sun, has no atmosphere. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"The sun
Echidna
Can’t think of any good ones
Correct on Echidna. I was actually thinking of a different mammal. Turns out there are 2 mammals that lay eggs.
Incorrect on the sun. "
Duck Billed Platypus
And Venus? |
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"What is a ‘pregnant’ goldfish called?
There's no such thing, they lay eggs, don't have live young  "
I know it’s a trick question. They do however get fat for about three weeks, before laying the eggs and look pregnant |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"The sun
Echidna
Can’t think of any good ones
Correct on Echidna. I was actually thinking of a different mammal. Turns out there are 2 mammals that lay eggs.
Incorrect on the sun.
Duck Billed Platypus
And Venus?"
Correct |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"What is the hottest planet in the Solar System?
What is the only mammal that lays eggs?
Answer and set a new question. venus and duck billed platipus"
Correct |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Venus because it has got an atmosphere with lot of greenhouse gases. Hence it's the hottest even though it's farther away from sun than Mercury."
Correct. Extra point for the explanation. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"What is the function of the Islets of Langerhans?
Something to do with the nervous system? "
My other thought was part of the brain, so maybe. Come on the KCs we want the answer. |
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"What is the function of the Islets of Langerhans?
Diabetics should get this ... or not more to the point ... it's an area in the pancreas that produces insulin "
Very good. And for a couple more marks, I'll accept extensions this answer... |
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"What is the function of the Islets of Langerhans?
Diabetics should get this ... or not more to the point ... it's an area in the pancreas that produces insulin "
Oh
And ... why do people find engineering terms like flange and gusset amusing?  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"What is the function of the Islets of Langerhans?
Diabetics should get this ... or not more to the point ... it's an area in the pancreas that produces insulin
Very good. And for a couple more marks, I'll accept extensions this answer... "
Do they detect the serum glycaemic level and stimulate or Downregulate insulin production accordingly? |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"What is the function of the Islets of Langerhans?
Diabetics should get this ... or not more to the point ... it's an area in the pancreas that produces insulin
Oh
And ... why do people find engineering terms like flange and gusset amusing? "
Yes. And ‘Slag’ in terms of iron production |
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"What is the function of the Islets of Langerhans?
Diabetics should get this ... or not more to the point ... it's an area in the pancreas that produces insulin
Very good. And for a couple more marks, I'll accept extensions this answer...
Do they detect the serum glycaemic level and stimulate or Downregulate insulin production accordingly? "
Kinda.....
The Islets are groups of different types of pancreatic cell, which secrete various hormones. Among them are alpha cells (secrete glucagon), beta cells (secrete insulin), plus other cells that secrete things like ghrelin and stomatostatin. Insulin reduces blood sugar levels by converting glucose to glycogen. Glucagon releases the glucose stored in glycogen.  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"With which colour flames do the following metals burn?
Potassium
Magnesium
Lithium
Potassium - pink/purple
Magnesium - white
Lithium - red "
You got it. Carmine red to be precise on the Lithium |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Explain how the Richter scale works. We're sure the earth will move for you  "
That’s a tRicky question. I’ll have my Richtea biscuit and phone my friend Richard. Something to with Scales of movement from 2 observation points separated by a fixed distance? |
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"The sun
Echidna
Can’t think of any good ones
Actually let’s go with mercury, since I don’t think the sun counts as a planet "
Venus comes in hotter than Mercury, because of its run-away greenhouse effect atmosphere making it bloody hot all over.
Mercury is hot on the side where it's daytime, but the nighttime side is colder than a witches tit (any Wiccans on fab, no offense is meant, please insert coldness simile of own choice here). The Mercury day length is nearly six earth months so it gets plenty of time for the sunny side to get hot, but also plenty of time for the dark side to get very cold again. At one time it was thought that Mercury always had the same side facing the sun (like our moon has the same side always facing the earth) but it does in fact have a slow rotation. One very bizarre thing about the Mercury day length though is that it is longer than the Mercury year (the time it takes for Mercury to go around the sun) - in fact the Mercury day is equal in length to two Mercury years...
Venus though shows how the earth might well end up if we don't stop fucking up the climate. Once past a particular temperature point, enough of the oceans evaporate for the water vapour to increase the greenhouse effect, causing the temperature to rise more and even more of the oceans to evaporate, causing it to get even warmer. Once this happens there is no way back, short of massive cooling of the sun. Of course we're all dead if that happens, so nobody would be around to worry about it... |
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By *avie65Man
over a year ago
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"Explain how the Richter scale works. We're sure the earth will move for you
It goes up and down while the stylus is shaking about.
Is that the Richter scale or something else?! "
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"The sun
Echidna
Can’t think of any good ones
Actually let’s go with mercury, since I don’t think the sun counts as a planet
Venus comes in hotter than Mercury, because of its run-away greenhouse effect atmosphere making it bloody hot all over.
Mercury is hot on the side where it's daytime, but the nighttime side is colder than a witches tit (any Wiccans on fab, no offense is meant, please insert coldness simile of own choice here). The Mercury day length is nearly six earth months so it gets plenty of time for the sunny side to get hot, but also plenty of time for the dark side to get very cold again. At one time it was thought that Mercury always had the same side facing the sun (like our moon has the same side always facing the earth) but it does in fact have a slow rotation. One very bizarre thing about the Mercury day length though is that it is longer than the Mercury year (the time it takes for Mercury to go around the sun) - in fact the Mercury day is equal in length to two Mercury years...
Venus though shows how the earth might well end up if we don't stop fucking up the climate. Once past a particular temperature point, enough of the oceans evaporate for the water vapour to increase the greenhouse effect, causing the temperature to rise more and even more of the oceans to evaporate, causing it to get even warmer. Once this happens there is no way back, short of massive cooling of the sun. Of course we're all dead if that happens, so nobody would be around to worry about it..."
Well said, Polly! |
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"Explain how the Richter scale works. We're sure the earth will move for you "
It's a measure of the amount of energy released during an earthquake... it's a logarithmic scale ... in that a single increase point .. ie from 3 to 4 means the amount of energy released is 100 times more ... or something like that |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"The sun
Echidna
Can’t think of any good ones
Actually let’s go with mercury, since I don’t think the sun counts as a planet
Venus comes in hotter than Mercury, because of its run-away greenhouse effect atmosphere making it bloody hot all over.
Mercury is hot on the side where it's daytime, but the nighttime side is colder than a witches tit (any Wiccans on fab, no offense is meant, please insert coldness simile of own choice here). The Mercury day length is nearly six earth months so it gets plenty of time for the sunny side to get hot, but also plenty of time for the dark side to get very cold again. At one time it was thought that Mercury always had the same side facing the sun (like our moon has the same side always facing the earth) but it does in fact have a slow rotation. One very bizarre thing about the Mercury day length though is that it is longer than the Mercury year (the time it takes for Mercury to go around the sun) - in fact the Mercury day is equal in length to two Mercury years...
Venus though shows how the earth might well end up if we don't stop fucking up the climate. Once past a particular temperature point, enough of the oceans evaporate for the water vapour to increase the greenhouse effect, causing the temperature to rise more and even more of the oceans to evaporate, causing it to get even warmer. Once this happens there is no way back, short of massive cooling of the sun. Of course we're all dead if that happens, so nobody would be around to worry about it..."
 Colder than a witches tit! Brilliant. Science and Sexual references ...my favourite things. |
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"Explain how the Richter scale works. We're sure the earth will move for you "
It's a logarithmic scale, where a value increase of 1 corresponds to a factor of ten more shaking. (I think it's a ten base logarithm, rather than e based or 2 based). Hence a Richter 3 quake can only be noticed by measurement instruments, a Richter 4 gives a little jiggle than you can feel, at 5 all the ornaments will fall off your mantelpiece and car alarms will all be honking, at 6 buildings fall down... |
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"Explain how the Richter scale works. We're sure the earth will move for you
It's a measure of the amount of energy released during an earthquake... it's a logarithmic scale ... in that a single increase point .. ie from 3 to 4 means the amount of energy released is 100 times more ... or something like that"
Nearly. It's a logarithmic scale yes. It's the logarithm of the amplitude of seismographs. One full unit up (e.g. 3 to 4) represents a tenfold increase in amplitude, which is about 31 times more energy released for a magnitude 3 vs magnitude 4, for example. |
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"Explain how the Richter scale works. We're sure the earth will move for you
It's a measure of the amount of energy released during an earthquake... it's a logarithmic scale ... in that a single increase point .. ie from 3 to 4 means the amount of energy released is 100 times more ... or something like that
Nearly. It's a logarithmic scale yes. It's the logarithm of the amplitude of seismographs. One full unit up (e.g. 3 to 4) represents a tenfold increase in amplitude, which is about 31 times more energy released for a magnitude 3 vs magnitude 4, for example. "
A little bird suggests to me that it's only really accurate for San Francisco ... fun living with a scientist |
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"Explain how the Richter scale works. We're sure the earth will move for you
It's a measure of the amount of energy released during an earthquake... it's a logarithmic scale ... in that a single increase point .. ie from 3 to 4 means the amount of energy released is 100 times more ... or something like that
Nearly. It's a logarithmic scale yes. It's the logarithm of the amplitude of seismographs. One full unit up (e.g. 3 to 4) represents a tenfold increase in amplitude, which is about 31 times more energy released for a magnitude 3 vs magnitude 4, for example.
A little bird suggests to me that it's only really accurate for San Francisco ... fun living with a scientist "
The British Geological Survey disagree!
Mr KC
(Geology graduate) |
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"Explain how the Richter scale works. We're sure the earth will move for you
It's a measure of the amount of energy released during an earthquake... it's a logarithmic scale ... in that a single increase point .. ie from 3 to 4 means the amount of energy released is 100 times more ... or something like that
Nearly. It's a logarithmic scale yes. It's the logarithm of the amplitude of seismographs. One full unit up (e.g. 3 to 4) represents a tenfold increase in amplitude, which is about 31 times more energy released for a magnitude 3 vs magnitude 4, for example.
A little bird suggests to me that it's only really accurate for San Francisco ... fun living with a scientist
The British Geological Survey disagree!
Mr KC
(Geology graduate) "
Don't shoot the messenger .. I'm merely an engineer |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Explain how the Richter scale works. We're sure the earth will move for you
It's a measure of the amount of energy released during an earthquake... it's a logarithmic scale ... in that a single increase point .. ie from 3 to 4 means the amount of energy released is 100 times more ... or something like that
Nearly. It's a logarithmic scale yes. It's the logarithm of the amplitude of seismographs. One full unit up (e.g. 3 to 4) represents a tenfold increase in amplitude, which is about 31 times more energy released for a magnitude 3 vs magnitude 4, for example.
A little bird suggests to me that it's only really accurate for San Francisco ... fun living with a scientist
The British Geological Survey disagree!
Mr KC
(Geology graduate) "
Ooooh Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! |
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"Explain how the Richter scale works. We're sure the earth will move for you
It's a measure of the amount of energy released during an earthquake... it's a logarithmic scale ... in that a single increase point .. ie from 3 to 4 means the amount of energy released is 100 times more ... or something like that
Nearly. It's a logarithmic scale yes. It's the logarithm of the amplitude of seismographs. One full unit up (e.g. 3 to 4) represents a tenfold increase in amplitude, which is about 31 times more energy released for a magnitude 3 vs magnitude 4, for example.
A little bird suggests to me that it's only really accurate for San Francisco ... fun living with a scientist
The British Geological Survey disagree!
Mr KC
(Geology graduate)
Don't shoot the messenger .. I'm merely an engineer "
CEng |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"The sun
Echidna
Can’t think of any good ones
Correct on Echidna. I was actually thinking of a different mammal. Turns out there are 2 mammals that lay eggs.
Incorrect on the sun.
I believe the other is a platypus
I know echidna because that’s what knuckles from sonic the hedgehog is and I loved that show "
I loved playing as Knuckles in the mega drive games. The fact he stuck to and walked up walls was an absolute game changer. |
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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago
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"What is the function of the Islets of Langerhans?
Diabetics should get this ... or not more to the point ... it's an area in the pancreas that produces insulin
Oh
And ... why do people find engineering terms like flange and gusset amusing? "
and nipple, lube and rubbing. |
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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago
Peterborough |
"Explain how the Richter scale works. We're sure the earth will move for you
It's a measure of the amount of energy released during an earthquake... it's a logarithmic scale ... in that a single increase point .. ie from 3 to 4 means the amount of energy released is 100 times more ... or something like that"
Yes the best way to eplain the log system is with money
A single 1p, 10p, £1 coins are laid from left to right. then a £10 note, £100 pound note, are then laid to the right again, now lay down a £1,000 cheque and a 10,000 cheque.
So if you start at the left (a penny), then move to position two (10p), you will have moved one space but have moved to something that's 10 times more valuable/powerful.
Johnny Ball would approve. |
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By *orny PTMan
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"Explain how the Richter scale works. We're sure the earth will move for you
It's a measure of the amount of energy released during an earthquake... it's a logarithmic scale ... in that a single increase point .. ie from 3 to 4 means the amount of energy released is 100 times more ... or something like that
Nearly. It's a logarithmic scale yes. It's the logarithm of the amplitude of seismographs. One full unit up (e.g. 3 to 4) represents a tenfold increase in amplitude, which is about 31 times more energy released for a magnitude 3 vs magnitude 4, for example.
A little bird suggests to me that it's only really accurate for San Francisco ... fun living with a scientist
The British Geological Survey disagree!
Mr KC
(Geology graduate)
Don't shoot the messenger .. I'm merely an engineer
CEng "
this is seriously on shaky ground! |
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"What is the hottest planet in the Solar System?
What is the only mammal that lays eggs?
Answer and set a new question.
Venus
Platypus (although that's a trireme or something, no?)"
You’re thinking of a monotreme (“one hole” in ancient Greek).
A trireme is an early type of ship. (Latin this time, referring to the three banks of rowers). Much like the echidna was made famous by the video game Sonic, triremes will be familiar to lovers of Sid Meyer’s Civilisation games. |
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"What is a ‘pregnant’ goldfish called?
There's no such thing, they lay eggs, don't have live young
I know it’s a trick question. They do however get fat for about three weeks, before laying the eggs and look pregnant "
Whilst they are in that state of egg production ready for laying and fertilization they female goldfish is called a twat. |
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"Which famous Physicist once said “If I had used my Rational Brain, I would never have made my discovery”?
And which discovery was he referring to? "
Alfred nobel and dynamite? |
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