Science Year launch

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Time for some New Years resolutions….let's see…. Planet Science resolves to give up spilling mistakes and take up er…tap dancing – no really!
See if you can resolve to enter every single one of our 12 quizzes this year and win something cool like the prize this time which is designed to make you stick to those body care resolutions, girls AND boys! If you win you'll get £30s worth of Body Shop Vouchers to spend on yourself or your nearest and dearest.


01

Want to have radiant skin in the New Year?  Make a resolution to eat more vitamin C.  Which of these foods contain the most vitamin C?

Chocolate

Oranges

Cheese
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02

Can you make a resolution to catch a cold less this year?  Beta-carotene is thought to boost the immune system but what is special about many of the fruit and vegetables which contain it?

They are orange

They are blue

They are all poisonous

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03

If you have already broken your resolution to eat less chocolate, don’t worry.  Dark chocolate has been shown to be good for what?

Your tennis serve

Your hearing

Your heart
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04

What simple resolution could you make at home that would save energy and money?

Turning the TV set off at night – not leaving it on standby.

Leaving all your lights on day and night.

Turning the heating up and opening the windows for fresh air.

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05

To inspire you in your New Year’s resolution to recycle more, how many recycled aluminium drinks cans can be made with the energy it takes to make one new one?

2

20

200
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06

Many people resolve to keep their house clean and tidy in the New Year.  Which of these are NOT bacteria that could be found in a grimy kitchen?

Salmonella

Listeria

Yeast
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07

If you have resolved to exercise more in the New Year, which of these activities uses up the most calories?

Sleeping

Watching TV

Swimming
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08

.  …and if you plan to cycle and run more, you will be exercising which muscles in your legs?

Diaphragm

Ulna

Soleus
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09

Want to use your mobile phone less?  What form of electromagnetic radiation does your phone use?

Microwave / radio wave

Ultraviolet

X-rays
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10

Have you made a resolution to take up a new hobby?  How about astronomy?  Astronomy is all about looking at what?

Birds

Trains

Stars
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