Science Quiz #116
Science and Nature Quiz for 6 April 2011
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Q1.
What device emits light (electromagnetic radiation), which is usually spatially coherent, through a process called stimulated emission?
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Q2.
Which of these is a cancer of the blood or bone marrow characterized by an abnormal proliferation of (usually white) blood cells?
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Q3.
What passes between the sun and Earth to make a solar eclipse?
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Q4.
What colour is cochineal?
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Q6.
The Arapawa Island, California Red, Corriedale, East Friesian, Hampshire, Oxford, Romney, South Dorset, Swifter and Yemeni are all types of what?
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Q7.
What genus of about 70-75 species of flowering plants native to southern and eastern Asia and North and South America are mostly shrubs 1 to 3 metres tall, though some are small trees, and others are lianas reaching up to 30m by climbing trees?
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