mole sweet mole
A star-nosed mole looks like someone glued a tiny octopus to its face. How many fleshy appendages does it have around its nose?
22
Miss Chhin has retired from which profession?
Civil Engineering
Which planet rotates in the opposite direction to most planets and takes longer to rotate once than to orbit the Sun?
Venus
In the early 1900s, what radioactive element was added to some beauty products and advertised as a luxurious skincare ingredient?
Radium
Which beetle can defend itself by firing a hot, irritating chemical spray from its abdomen?
The bombardier beetle
Star-nosed moles can smell underwater. What ridiculous trick do they use to accomplish this?
They blow bubbles onto objects and suck them back in to detect scents.
Tyler tells Miss Chhin he's tired. How does Miss Chhin respond?
"Don't you mean Tyler-ed?"
Which marine animal has three hearts, blue blood, and eight arms?
The octopus
What chemical element's name comes from the Greek word for "stench"?
Bromine
Which bird is notorious for laying its eggs in other birds' nests and leaving the unsuspecting foster parents to raise its chicks?
The cuckoo
For the sake of home security, what do some species of moles do when another mole enters their territory?
Fight or chase the intruder away! (Some species are highly territorial)
A group of students is conducting an experiment to determine which substances conduct electricity. They conclude that every sample does not conduct electricity. What crucial piece of equipment have they forgotten?
The lightbulb
Which animal has orange teeth?
The beaver - their enamel contains iron!
What drug's psychedelic effects did chemist Albert Hofmann accidentally discover in 1943 after exposure to a substance he had synthesized?
LSD
Which marine mammal uses rocks as tools to crack open shellfish while floating on its back?
The sea otter
Which 2 continents have no native mole species?
South America & Antarctica
A student is gossiping about two classmates who were dating and practically inseparable. To explain their relationship, what chemistry analogy does she use?
A polyatomic ion - "you never see one without the other!"
What marine animal can eject parts of its internal organs to distract predators and later regenerate them?
The sea cucumber
NASA lost a spacecraft in 1999 because one team used imperial units and another used metric units. What planet was the spacecraft supposed to orbit?
Mars
Which animal sometimes eats its own young when stressed or when resources are scarce?
Hamsters (some other animals as well)
The star-nosed mole is one of the fastest-eating mammals. Approximately how long can it take to identify and eat a tiny piece of prey?
Around 120 milliseconds.
During a lesson about concentration, Miss Chhin introduces ppm. A student asks, "Who's that?" and Miss Chhin responds, "Who's that? It's a man named Parts Per Million." What does another student announce?
"That's my boyfriend!"
Which animal can reverse its life cycle, reverting from its adult form to an earlier developmental stage, potentially avoiding death from aging?
The immortal jellyfish (Turritopsis dohrnii)
What poisonous element was used to make fashionable green wallpaper in Victorian homes?
Arsenic
What parasite was marketed as a weight-loss method in the early 20th century?
Tapeworms