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What Does It Measure?

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Fun Trivia : Quizzes : Thematic 10Q Very Difficult : What Does It Measure?

Introduction:
"I will provide the name of a scale or an obscure unit of measurement, and you have to decide what it is used to measure."


1. In the USA, what is the Fujita scale used to measure?
    Hat size
    Tornado intensity
    Hurricane strength
    Viscosity


2. Created by Andre Louis Danjon, what does the Danjon scale measure?
    Lunar eclipse brightness
    Population density
    Soil moisture
    Farm animal fertility


3. What does the Saffir-Simpson scale measure?
    Hurricane intensity
    Intelligence
    Responsiveness
    Volcanic eruptions


4. To which group would APGAR scoring apply?
    Newborn babies
    Astronauts
    Students
    Surgery patients


5. What medical condition is the Glasgow scale used to evaluate?
    Coma
    Internal bleeding
    Diabetes
    Hair loss


6. In the USA, what would a scale that uses the sizes gummed, onionskin, opaque, glassine, and offset be used to measure?
    Paper size
    Roughness
    Stickiness
    Clarity


7. Which liquid would be measured by the growler?
    Wine
    Crude oil
    Water
    Beer


8. Which of the following wine bottle sizes is the largest?
    Balthazar
    Nebuchadnezzar
    Melchior
    Salmanazar


9. Which of the following prefixes refers to the smallest multiplication factor?
    Exa
    Zetta
    Yocto
    Femto


10. Which of the following in not a descriptive category on the Volcanic Explosivity Index?
    paroxysmal
    cataclysmic
    mega-colossal
    devastating


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