Science Quiz #289
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Q1. What is the name for radiations of a wavelength shorter than, and immediately next to, the visible spectrum?
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Q2. Which is the largest known of these invertebrates?
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Q3. In Japan they are a symbol of luck, longevity and fidelity, and are white birds with black-tipped wings and throat plus what else?
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Q4. Which of these nations has officially adopted the International System of Units as its primary system of measurement?
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Q5. Until 1997 which was recognised as the most massive bacterium so far discovered, reaching up to .75mm in length and large enough to be visible to the naked eye?
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Q6. What was a major significance in Europe and the western world of the book the "Liber Abaci" (1202)?
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Q7. The longest word included in English language dictionaries, and probably contrived to be so, is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. What does it mean?
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