Carnivorous plants
The specialized structures of carnivorous plants that capture prey are examples of these modified plant organs
What are leaves?
These two gases make up the majority of earth's atmosphere
What is Nitrogen and Oxygen?
This is the full name for the coloration nicknamed "torties"
What is Tortoiseshell?
This is the state vegetable of North Carolina
What is sweet potato?
This is the only plant in its family, known for yellow fall foliage
What is Ginkgo Biloba?
Many carnivorous plants live in nutrient-poor environments such as bogs and swamps, devoid of this primary nutrient which is especially important for plant growth
What is nitrogen?
This middle layer of the Earth's atmosphere is where most meteors burn up upon entry due to friction with gas molecules
What is the Mesosphere?
This cat coloration is almost only found in females (Males can be this color combo, but it is rare and typically comes with fertility issues)
What is a Calico?
NC is the #1 producer of these two agricultural commodities
What are sweet potatoes & tobacco?
Known for preserving plants and insects in incredible detail, Amber is made from what part of a tree?
What is resin?
The Venus Fly Trap, Dionaea Muscipula, can only be found within a 75 mile radius of this NC City
What is Wilmington?
Formed through the cooling and solidification of molten rock, this primary category of rocks includes varieties like basalt and granite.
What is igneous?
This is the largest species of cat
What is a Siberian tiger?
This county is NC's top agricultural producer by economic standards
What is Duplin (points given for Sampson, it is debated)?
The flower of our state tree, Flowering dogwood, does not have petals and instead contains this structure
What are bracts?
These aquatic plants have “bladders” that are under negative pressure and suck up small organisms
What are Bladderworts/ Utricularia?
Characterized by horizontal shearing and famous for systems like the San Andreas Fault, tectonic plates slide past each other at this boundary type.
What is a transform boundary?
Cats are unable to taste this flavor profile
What is sweet?
The coastal plain in the top agricultural production region in NC and produces this (estimated) percentage of NC's agricultural commodities
What is 60-70%
Pando, the world's largest living organism by weight, found in Utah, is this species
What is Quaking Aspen?
North Carolina is home to this number of native carnivorous plant species, representing over half of all species found in the US
The Earth’s core can reach up to this temperature (given in C,F, or K)
What is 6,000° Celsius, 10,800° Fahrenheit or 6,300 Kelvin?
This is the number of whiskers most commonly found on a cat's cheeks
What is 24?
This is where NC ranks within the U.S. in total market value of agricultural crops sold
What is 8th?
This is the name and location of the oldest non- clonal tree
What is Methuselah and eastern California?