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200
The Penicillium fungus is used to produce this antibiotic.
What is Penicillin?
200
This was Benjamin Franklin's suggestion for the United States' national bird.
What is a Turkey?
200
This woman worked primarily with chimpanzees in Tanzania and as an anthropologist, conservationist, and humanitarian. She is credited for the discovery of chimpanzees using tools.
Who is Jane Goodall?
200
This is the name of the animal that belongs to this skull.
What is a Hippopotamus?
200
These are the five tastes that can be detected by the tongue.
What are: Salty, Sweet, Bitter, Sour, and Umami?
200
This is the name of the man-made object that is furthest from the Earth.
What is Voyager 1?
400
This is part of a plant's vascular system. It is a one-way path that carries water and minerals upward.
What is Xylem?
400
This is the name of this bird. They are found in Africa.
What is an Ostrich?
400
This woman was an English chemist and x-ray crystallographer. Her work was crucial to the discovery of the structure of DNA, but her work was stolen and her contributions were majorly downplayed.
Who is Rosalind Franklin?
400
This is the name of the prehistoric animal that belongs to this skull.
What is a Mammoth?
400
These types of photoreceptors are used to detect colors in our vision.
What are Cone Receptors?
400
This is the name of the constellation called "The Hunter." It is easily recognizable by the 3 linear stars in his "belt."
What is Orion?
600
This country has the most diverse plant species than anywhere else on Earth.
What is Brazil?
600
Puma, catamount, panther and mountain lions are all the same animal which could also go by this name.
What are Cougars?
600
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
This woman was a physicist and chemist and is credited for the discovery of Radium and Polonium. She was the first woman to earn a nobel peace prize.
Who is Marie Curie?
600
This is the name of the dinosaur that belongs to this skull.
What is a Stegosaurus?
600
This is the average number of bones in an Adult body.
What is 206?
600
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
This is the name of the asteroid belt that is found beyond Neptune.
What is the Kuiper Belt?
800
This is the tallest unbranched flower in the world and smells like rotting flesh.
What is the Corpse Flower? (Amorphophallus titanium)
800
This is the name of this fish. It is a cross between a Northern Pike and a Muskellunge.
What is a Tiger Muskie?
800
This woman was a marine biologist, writer, and conservationist. She made huge advancements in the global environmental movement, especially with her book Silent Spring (one of Potter's favorites).
Who is Rachel Carson?
800
This is the name of the prehistoric animal that belongs to this skull.
What is a Plesiosaur?
800
This is the average number of weeks in a typical human pregnancy.
What is 40 weeks?
800
This is the largest moon in the solar system. It orbits Jupiter.
What is Ganymede?
1000
This carnivorous plant can digest not only insects, but lizards, amphibians, and even small mammals.
What is a Tropical Pitcher Plant?
1000
A Beefalo is a cross between these 2 organisms.
What are Domestic Cattle and Bison?
1000
This woman was the first American woman in space and was the youngest American astronaut at the age of 32.
Who is Sally Ride?
1000
This is the name of the animal that belongs to this skull.
What is a Platypus?
1000
This is the chamber of the heart that does the strongest pumping of blood.
What is the Left Ventricle?
1000
This is the closest star to Earth that is not the sun.
What is Proxima Centauri?