Inventors
Joseph Henry was given credit for this invention in 1831 which was said to revolutionize the way that people communicate during the time.
The telegraph.
This part of the brain deals with hearing and language.
The temporal lobe.
This lunar phase happens when less than a full moon but more than a half moon is illuminated.
Gibbous phase.
This jungle animal, when in groups, is referred to as an ambush.
Tigers.
Had pirates known about this vitamin, then they wouldn’t have suffered from scurvy.
Vitamin C.
The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the most prestigious awards in the field of science. The man behind the award – Alfred Nobel – invented this.
Dynamite
Using feet, the average length of the human small intestine.
17 feet.
This Saturn moon has a methane cycle, differentiating it from the other moons of the planet.
Titan.
This animal's tongue weighs more than the average elephant.
The Blue Whale.
This term is commonly used today to refer to errors with computer systems. It was first coined when a moth was trapped in an early model of the personal computer, causing it to crash.
A bug.
This inventor filed 1093 patents over the course of his life.
Thomas Edison.
The joints of the body are designed so that they allow bones to interface and move. This specific type of joint however, is rigid and does not allow movement.
Suture joints.
The first planet to be discovered using a telescope.
Uranus.
This animal’s fingerprints closely resemble that of a human’s. So much so in fact, that inspecting its fingerprint side by side with a human print might make it impossible to differentiate.
Koala.
Most of a penny is made from this type of metal.
Zinc.
Discovered pasteurization, vaccines, and founded the science of germ theory.
Louis Pasteur.
This ancient form of medicine involved making holes in the human skull to relieve pressure.
Trepanning.
April 24, 1990 marked the launch date of this space telescope.
Hubble Space Telescope.
This is the only type of canine that can climb trees.
Gray fox.
The name of this disease stems from the medieval term that means ‘bad air’.
Malaria.
The inventor of the battery.
Count Alessandro Volta.
Desquamation.
Space travelers from the United States are called astronauts. From Russia, they’re called cosmonauts. Taikonauts are from this country.
China.
The only two egg-laying mammals in existence today.
Echidna and Platypus.
The unit "SPF" on sunscreen containers stands for this.
Sun protection factors.