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Sci-Five | The Hindu Science Quiz: on the effects of science
Planet Venus (pictured as black dot) in its transit in front of the sun, as seen in Vijayawada on June 06, 2012. File
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In Psychology, what does the Barnum Effect have to do with? Which of the following comes the closest?
- Farming
- Medicine
- Astrology
- Rain
Astrology – It is related to individuals giving high accuracy ratings to common descriptions of personality, like those given in the zodiac, as being specific to them, even though the descriptions are common enough that they suit just about anyone.
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What does the Baskerville effect in cardiology have to do with?
- Angiograms
- Heart attacks
- Heart beat
- Fear of dogs
Heart Attacks : It is the self-fulfilling prophesy that there is an increased rate of mortality due to heart attacks on days considered unlucky, due to the stress this causes on superstitious people.
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What does the butterfly effect in physics have to do with? Choose the most appropriate answer.
- Chaos theory
- Black holes formation
- Neutrino oscillations
- Higgs boson
Chaos Theory – it is the high degree of sensitivity to initial conditions, so that a small change in a state of the system can cause a very large change in a later state of the system.
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Which among the following is related to the bystander effect in radiology?
- Proximity
- Awareness
- Nutrition
- Cell death
Proximity – It is the phenomenon that cells that are not irradiated show signs of being radiated as a result of signals received from nearby irradiated cells.
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In astronomy, what is the black drop effect related to?
- Solar eclipse
- Lunar eclipse
- Transit of venus
- Sunspots
Transit of Venus. It is the effect of seeing venus against the sun like a black drop and sometimes seen during the transit of mercury.
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