Monkeying Around
True or False: Humans, Gorillas, and Monkey's are all part of the same family.
What is false?
This cheating cat is often thought to be a great cat, but in reality is not.
What is the Cheetah?
While common during the colder months of the year, this sickness is actually caused by viral infection.
What is the common cold?
Despite what this rhyme might insinuate: "Beans, Beans, the Magical Fruit," beans are not actually fruits. Rather, they are classified as _______________, a type of vegetable.
What are legumes?
Despite their resemblance to plants, fungi do not produce their own food. Instead, they are type of heterotroph called a __________________.
What is a decomposer?
Humans, apes, and most other primates have this handy adaptation, which really helps us get a grip on life.
What are opposable thumbs?
This great cat has a royally inaccurate name because he typically does not live in the Jungle.
What is a lion?
What is a virus?
This Austrian Catholic Friar used peas to study the science of heredity and genetic inheritance.
Who is Gregor Mendel?
This fungus grows on your foot and feeds off your dead skin cells.
What is athlete's foot (Trichophyton rubrum)?
Primates, while not always showing it, are known for having a larger ________________ than most other organisms.
What is a larger brain?
The scientific name for the lion.
What is panthera leo?
DAILY DOUBLE: These are the cells that viruses like COVID, Influenza, and Pneumonia attack.
What are the lung cells?
DAILY DOUBLE: Beans have special carbohydrates in them and lots of fiber, which when digested produces certain gasses which lead to some people doing what more often?
What is farting?
Despite being able to reproduce sexually, fungi are not considered to have true ___________________.
What is gender?
This primate, despite what the name might suggest, is 100% monkey and not 50% arachnid.
What is a spider-monkey?
The family that all cats belong to in taxonomy.
What is Felidae?
These are the body's bodyguards, eliminating bacteria and viruses without prejudice.
What are white blood cells?
Beans are classified in the kingdom Plantae, which means they fall into which domain?
What is Eukarya?
An underground network of fungal fibers that form one large organism, which have protruding caps growing out of the ground, is called a _________________.
What is a mycellium?
The smallest monkey in the world.
What is the Pygmy Marmoset?
This hybrid cat is considered one of the largest big cats in the world. Unfortunately, it does not occur naturally in the wild and they cannot produce offspring.
What is a liger?
While you might feel cold while sick, the opposite is actually true. Instead, when you become sick, your _______________________ rises.
What is your body's internal temperature?
Because of their high fiber content and carbohydrate content, these little microorganisms assist our bodies in breaking beans down.
What are bacteria?
Despite her original name being Princess ________________, Princess Peach is actually not a mushroom.
Who is Princess Toadstool?