Martin County 101☀️
This Martin County city is known as the “Sailfish capital of the world.”
Stuart
This Paris landmark completed in 1889, was originally criticized by some artists but is now the city’s most iconic symbol.
Eiffel Tower
This organelle controls what enters and leaves the cell and contains the cells genetic material.
Nucleus
This president known as the “Father of the Constitution” was the 4th president of the United States.
James Madison
This marine animal has three hearts, blue blood, and can squeeze through openings the size of its beak.
Octopus
This large protected area in Martin County is home to hiking trails, wildlife, and a historic railroad corridor.
Jonathan Dickinson State Park
It is the only one of the original Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still standing.
Great Pyramid of Giza
This phase of mitosis is when chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell before being pulled apar.
Metaphase
This president was in office during the war of 1812 and later signed the Missouri Compromise into law.
James Monroe
This common household item was originally invented in the 1940s by accident when a scientist stood too close to a radar magnetron.
Microwave oven
Martin county sits along this major coastal ecosystem, an estuary that stretches over 150 miles.
Indian River Lagoon
Aligned with the solstice, this Neolithic monument in Wiltshire, England, remains a mystery regarding its true purpose
Stonehenge
In biology, this process describes the movement of water across a semipermeable membrane into an area of higher solute concentration.
Osmosis
This president is best known for issuing the emancipation proclamation during the civil war.
Abraham Lincoln
This country contains over 60% of the worlds fresh water lakes and has more lakes than any other nation.
Canada
This nickname is used for a busy and confusing traffic area in Stuart where multiple roads come together.
Confusion corner
This massive waterfall on the border of Argentina and Brazil is made up of over 250 individual cascades.
Iguazu Falls
This type of RNA carries amino acids to the ribosome during protein synthesis.
tRNA
This president, nicknamed “old rough and ready” was a military hero before becoming the 12th president.
Zachary Taylor
This soft drink was originally created in the 1880s as a medicinal syrup and once contained extracts of coca leaves.
Coca-Cola
Martin County was named after this Florida governor who served during the civil war era.
John W. Martin
This ancient wonder in Babylon is said to have been built to please a queen, though its exact location and existence remain debated.
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
This concept explains how traits controlled by multiple genes produce a continuous range of variation, like height and skin color.
Polygenic inheritance
This president was assassinated in 1881 after only a few months in office and was the 20th president of the United States.
James A. Garfield
This Mexican amphibian remains in its larval form for life and is famous for its ability to regenerate limbs, spinal cord, and even parts of its brain.
Axolotl