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These extremophiles are able to live and thrive in various extreme habitats and are known as the earliest most primitive forms of life on Earth.
Prokaryotic (single-celled) organisms
A password limited strictly to numeric characters is often referred to as a PIN. What does that acronym stand for?
Personal Identification Number
How many colors are in the rainbow?
7
Who is known as the "Father of Geometry"?
Euclid
What structure notorious for its 3.97 degree tilt is the freestanding bell tower of a cathedral in its namesake Italian town? The structure's tilt comes from the soft ground of its unstable foundation.
This type of cell division via the duplication of cells is the equivalent to prokaryotes, as mitosis is to eukaryotes.
Binary Fission
Now appearing prophetic, what device was announced in 2007 with the following slogan? "This is only the beginning."
iPhone
What is the study of mushrooms called?
Mycology
What theory (subgenre of math) is concerned with solving polynomial equations?
Algebra
What device, an example of ancient engineering, uses stored potential energy to fling a projectile great distances without any propellant?
Catapult/trebuchet
This is commonly known as the power house of the cell
Mitochondria
What term is used for the most basic level or core of an operating system, responsible for resource allocation, file management and security? In a different context, this word can also mean the seed and hard husk of a cereal.
Kernel
What is a material that will not carry an electrical charge called?
An insulator
Who is credited with the discovery of calculus?
Isaac Newton
At a towering 406 feet, Nagarjuna Sagar Dam is the world’s tallest masonry dam built in 1969 in what heavily-populated Asian country?
India
This process is when a damaged or infected cell self-destructs.
Apoptosis
Doug Engelbart was the inventor of what computer accessory? The first one was made from wood.
Mouse
Which blood type is the rarest in humans?
AB negative
What shape's area is found by the following equation: 1/2 base times height?
A Triangle
What “A” word is a watercourse engineered to carry water from a source to a distribution point? Used today to describe pipes, canals, and tunnels, it was most famously used in Ancient Rome, construction that stands to this day.
Aqueduct
Scientists have estimated that about 95% of all cells in the body are bacteria. The vast majority of these cells can be found on the skin and within what?
The digestive tract
What three-letter acronym is used for the industry standard, first released in 1996, used to connect computers with peripheral devices?
USB
What is the only planet that spins clockwise?
Venus
Kara is doing a jigsaw with 2500 pieces. She is three fifths finished. How many pieces still need to be placed?
1000 pieces
Which type of bridge is characterized by two projecting beams or trusses that are joined in the center by a connecting member and are supported on piers and anchored by counterbalancing members? The Quebec Bridge is an example of this type of bridge.
Cantilever