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Early classroom blackboards were made from which natural material?Read the answer and worked solution →Coloured chalk sticks are made from the dihydrate form of which compound?Read the answer and worked solution →Which material makes the highest grade blackboards?Read the answer and worked solution →Green porcelain enamel was first used for boards in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Which boards have outsold blackboards since the 2000s?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the benefit of a scrolling coiled plastic blackboard sheet?Read the answer and worked solution →Why do lecture theatres use several blackboards in a grid?Read the answer and worked solution →What does a flashcard typically carry on its two sides?Read the answer and worked solution →Flashcards are an application of which learning finding?Read the answer and worked solution →Which mental process do flashcards mainly exercise?Read the answer and worked solution →In spaced repetition, what happens to review gaps as a card is recalled correctly?Read the answer and worked solution →In the Leitner system, where does a card go after a failed recall?Read the answer and worked solution →Which kind of subject matter suits flashcards best?Read the answer and worked solution →Under spaced repetition, which flashcards are shown more frequently?Read the answer and worked solution →What is a herbarium?Read the answer and worked solution →What is a herbarium-like collection of preserved fungi called?Read the answer and worked solution →A herbarium specialising in specimens of wood is known as what?Read the answer and worked solution →Dried plant specimens in a herbarium are mounted on what?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Bologna physician reintroduced the study of actual plants in the 1500s?Read the answer and worked solution →Which is the oldest surviving herbarium, dated around 1532?Read the answer and worked solution →In making a herbarium, what are the thin sheets around a plant called?Read the answer and worked solution →Why are flowers or fruits sometimes pickled in formaldehyde for a herbarium?Read the answer and worked solution →Why is the colour of the plant noted on a herbarium sheet?Read the answer and worked solution →In herbarium work, what is a type specimen?Read the answer and worked solution →How are specimen sheets organised inside herbarium cases?Read the answer and worked solution →A herbarium helps record vegetation change because specimens can show what?Read the answer and worked solution →What are voucher specimens in a herbarium?Read the answer and worked solution →Herbarium specimens are valuable for plant DNA studies of what kind?Read the answer and worked solution →A large collection of pressed plants from one area helps in writing what?Read the answer and worked solution →How is a pressed plant protected from insect attack?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Early classroom blackboards were made from which natural material?

  1. Polished marble
  2. Baked clay tiles
  3. Seasoned teak wood
  4. Thin slate stone
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Correct answer: D. Thin slate stone

1. Early blackboards needed a smooth, hard, dark surface for chalk. 2. Thin sheets of black or dark grey slate stone were used. 3. Marble, wood and clay tiles were not the original material. _Source: Wikipedia, Blackboard, lead section_

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Coloured chalk sticks are made from the dihydrate form of which compound?

  1. Aluminium oxide
  2. Calcium carbonate
  3. Sodium carbonate
  4. Calcium sulphate
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Correct answer: D. Calcium sulphate

1. White chalk uses calcium carbonate. 2. Coloured sticks use CaSO4·2H2O, derived from gypsum. 3. So calcium carbonate is the white-chalk answer, not this one. _Source: Wikipedia, Blackboard, Chalk sticks_

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Which material makes the highest grade blackboards?

  1. Painted plywood
  2. Matte PVC foamboard
  3. Enamelled steel
  4. Laminated card
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Correct answer: C. Enamelled steel

1. Cheap boards can be painted wood or matte PVC foamboard. 2. The highest grade boards use porcelain-enamelled steel. 3. Plywood and cardboard are not top grade. _Source: Wikipedia, Blackboard, Design_

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