High School Science
True or False
Florida Facts
FAU FACTS
Who is it?
100
This is the chemical symbol for gold
What is AU?
100
Goldfish have a 3 second memory
FALSE - they can remember things for months.
100
Florida is the only state in the US where this large reptile lives in the wild
What is the American crocodile AND alligator?
100
FAU's football tailgating area is called this, named after the Spanish translation of Boca Raton
What is the Rat's Mouth?
100
This person plays on a band
Who is Moises?
200
This is the speed of light rounded to the nearest thousand in miles per second
What is 186,000 mph
200
Sharks are the only animal that never gets sick
FALSE — they can get diseases
200
This Florida city is known as the lightning capital of the United States
What is Tampa?
200
FAU was founded in this year
What is 1961?
200
This person is the newest member of COCE
Ana Escobar
300
This organ produces insulin in the body
What is the pancreas?
300
The moon has moonquakes
TRUE
300
Florida has no state income tax but generates revenue largely through this
What is sales tax and tourism?
300
This is the name of FAU's annual homecoming celebration
What is the Owl Prowl?
300
This person loves to smoke meat
Who is Vini?
400
This is the most abundant gas in Earth's atmosphere
What is nitrogen?
400
Lighting never strikes the same place twice.
FALSE
400
This invasive snake species originally from Southeast Asia has taken over the Florida Everglades
What is the Burmese python?
400
This coach made FAU football nationally famous before leaving for the NFL
Who is Lane Kiffin?
400
This person played piano for 10+ years
Alex G
500
This is when solid turns directly into a gas skipping the liquid phase
What is sublimation?
500
Your nose and ears never stop growing your entire life
TRUE
500
Florida was the first place in the US where this citrus fruit was commercially grown dating back to the 1500s
What is the orange?
500
FAU has a research vessel named this, used for ocean research in the Atlantic
What is the R/V Stephan O'Connell?
500
This cat belongs to
Who is Parinaz
600
The ocean has been more explored than outer space
FALSE — we have mapped more of space than our own ocean floor
600
This Florida city gets more lightning strikes per square mile than anywhere else in the entire world
What is Tampa?
600
FAU's main Boca Raton campus sits on this many acres
What is 850 acres?
600
This person used to stick forks in electric sockets as a kid
Who is Deny?
700
You can hear a blue whale's heartbeat from 2 miles away
TRUE — it's the largest heart of any animal on earth
700
Florida has no state income tax but is one of only this many states that doesn't
What is 9 states?
700
FAU is ranked number 1 in Florida for this among all public universities
What is campus ethnic diversity?
700
This person on the team met Mark Hamil
Who is Lisa?
800
Sloths can hold their breath longer than dolphins
TRUE — up to 40 minutes
800
The land FAU's Boca Raton campus was originally used for this before becoming a university
What is a military air base?
800
This person's guilty pleasure is watching Hallmark holiday movies
Who is Michelle?