Creatures Most Peculiar
Which animal is known as the largest creature to have ever lived upon the Earth?
Blue whale
I am the organ that keeps you alive by pumping liquid through tubes. What am I?
Heart
I am the force that doth pull all things toward the Earth, whether apple, knight, or castle stone. What am I?
Gravity
I am the number that tells whether a substance is an acid or an alkali, measured upon a strange scale. What am I?
pH
Though I am lighter than air,
no thousand men can hold me for long.
What am I?
Breath
Which class of vertebrates possess feathers?
Birds
I am the gas you exhale after breathing in oxygen. What am I?
Carbon dioxide
I am the sacred unit by which force is measured in the realm of science. What am I?
Newton
I am the liquid that turneth blue litmus paper red. What am I?
Acid
The more of me thou removest,
the greater I become.
What am I?
A hole
This animal layeth eggs, produceth milk, and possesseth a bill akin to a duck. What creature is it?
Platypus
I am what your body produces when it fights germs and makes you feel hot. What am I?
Fever
I am the invisible flow that doth move through wires and maketh lamps to shine and devices to awaken. What am I?
Current
I am the substance formed when an acid is neutralised by an alkali. What am I?
Salt
I run yet have no legs.
I possess a mouth yet never speak.
What am I?
A river
Which process alloweth green plants to make their own food using sunlight?
Photosynthesis
I am the system that decides you should run away from a spider instantly. What am I?
Nervous system
A student builds a circuit with a bulb and battery, yet the bulb doth not shine. Name one possible fault within the circuit.
Broken wire / flat battery / loose connection / open switch
I am why gases are easily compressed but solids are not. What property of particles doth explain this?
Spacing
I can be measured, but never seen.
I can be spent, but never recovered.
What am I?
Time
Why might a polar bear struggle to survive if transported unto a tropical island?
Adapted to cold environments; overheating/lack of suitable habitat and food.
I am the number of teeth you have as a child, before the second set replaces me. What am I?
20
I am what is safely provided by a metal rod so that lightning may travel to the ground without harm. What am I called?
Earth / earthing (grounding)
I am the reason filtration can separate sand from salt solution but cannot remove dissolved salt. What am I describing?
Solubility
I am broken without being touched.
Once lost, I cannot be restored.
What am I?
Silence