Nature

Animals

1

This local bear is less dangerous than its other local relative?

Black Bear

2

This species doesn't have teeth, but instead have a pointed beak and a mouth lined with spikes that point back toward their throat.

Penguins

3

How many hearts does an octopus have?

3 hearts

4

What animal has the highest blood pressure

Giraffes have one of the highest blood pressures of any mammal, reaching up to 280/180 mm Hg, which is more than twice that of humans (120/80 mmHg). 

Giraffes have several unique features that help them maintain their high blood pressure, including:

• Valves in the neck: These valves prevent blood from flowing back into the skull and counter the effects of gravity.
• Thick heart muscle walls: Giraffes have a small but powerful heart with thick muscle walls.
• Special support structures in the arteries: These structures can withstand 300/180 millimeters of mercury.
• Built-in pressure suit in the legs: This prevents blood and fluid from pooling in the feet. 

Plants

1

The fragrant bulb used for cooking is sometimes called the "stinking rose."

Garlic

2

Vanilla flavoring comes from the pods of which flower?

Orchids (Vanilla Planifolia a type of Orchid) 

3

One of the oldest living tree species in the world that date back to before dinosaurs roamed the Earth.

A. Maple Tree

B. Ginko Tree

C. Oak Tree

D. Redwood Tree

B. Ginko Tree

4

The state that produces around 60% of the flowers in the United States.

California

Water

1

Of all the oceans, this is the world's largest ocean.

The Pacific Ocean

2

Multiple Choice: The percentage of the earth's surface is covered by water - 30%, 50%, or 70%.

70%

3

What percentage of the human brain is water

70% 

4

A cow must drink this many gallons of water to make 1 gallon of milk.

4 gallons

Insects

1

This insect is known to have existed before dinosaurs roamed the earth!

Grasshoppers

2

This insect can lift and carry more than fifty times their own weight

Ants

3

Insects comprise what percentage of the earths animal population?

70-80%

4

Approximately how many silkworm cocoons are needed to produce one pound of silk?

a. 1,000

b. 2,000

c. 3,000

d. 4,000

b. 2,000 silkworms

Earth

1

This place is the driest place on Earth.

The Atacama Desert

2

By researching our planet’s rocks, scientists have calculated the Earth to be around

a. 1.5 billions years old

b. 2.5 billion years old

c. 3.5 billion years old

d. 4.5 billion years old 

d. 4.5 billion years old

3

What is the Earth’s largest living structures?

Coral reefs

4

Earth rotates on its axis at a speed of about ___ miles per hour.

a. 500 mph

b. 1,000 mph

c. 1,500 mph

d. 2,000mph

b. 1,000 mph