Science Quiz #234
Science and Nature Quiz for 10 July 2013
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Q1.
Which of these colours has the shortest wavelength?
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2
Q2.
James Dyson revolutionised what product in the 1980s and 1990s?
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Q3.
Which of these is the art of growing miniature trees, or woody plants shaped as trees?
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Q4.
What does the Mohs scale measure?
C
The hardness of minerals
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Q5.
The word "algebra" comes from which language?
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Q6.
A NICAD battery has a nickel anode and a cathode made of what?
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Q7.
In June 2010, 8 highly endangered monkeys (4 cottontop tamarins and 4 pygmy marmosets) were stolen from the Symbio Wildlife Park in which country?
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