MOTHER NATURE
SCIENCE LAB
CREATURE FEATURES
1950'S LEADING STARS & ICONS
1950'S NEWS AND HEADLINES
100

THIS "FORCE" IS WHAT KEEPS OUR FEET ON THE GROUND AND THE PLANETS IN ORBIT

WHAT IS GRAVITY

100

THIS IS THE LIGHTEST AND MOST ABUNDANT ELEMENT IN THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE

WHAT IS HYDROGEN

100

THIS "KING OF THE JUNGLE" IS ACTUALLY THE ONLY SOCIAL MEMBER OF THE CAT FAMILY.

WHAT IS A LION

100

THE ELEGANT ACTRESS STARRED IN ROMAN HOLIDAY AND BECAME A FASHION ICON FOR HER "LITTLE BLACK DRESS" STYLE

WHO IS AUDREY HEPBURN
100
IN 1953, SHE WAS CROWNED AT WESTMINSTER ABBEY IN THE FIRST EVER TELEVISED CORONATION

WHO IS QUEEN ELIZABETH II

200

THESE "LUNGS OF THE WORLD" PRODUCE ABOUT 20% OF THE EARTH'S OXYGEN.

WHAT ARE RAINFORESTS (OR THE AMAZON)

200

THIS COMMON WHITE CRYSTAL IS MADE OF SODIUM AND CHLORINE

WHAT IS SALT (SODIUM CHLORIDE)

200

THIS SEA CREATURE HAS 3 HEARTS AND BLUE BLOOD 

WHAT IS AN OCTOPUS

200

THIS AMERICAN SINGER AND ACTRESS WAS KNOWN AS THE "GIRL NEXT DOOR" AND STARRED IN CALAMITY JANE.

WHO IS DORIS DAY

200

THIS U.S. SENATOR BECAME FAMOUS FOR HIS "RED SCARE" INVESTIGATIONS DURING THE EARLY 1950'S 

WHO IS JOSEPH MCCARTHY

REPUBLICAN FROM WISCONSIN - 1950'S COLD WAR CLAIMED US GOVERNMENT HAD OVER 205 KNOWN COMMUNISTS WORKING IN THE STATE DEPT.

300

THIS IS THE ONLY TYPE OF ROCK THAT CAN ACTUALLY FLOAT ON WATER

WHAT IS PUMICE

300

THIS IS THE FAMOUS SCIENTIST WHO DEVELOPED THE "THEORY OF RELATIVITY."

WHO IS ALBERT EINSTEIN

300

THIS IS THE ONLY MAMMAL CAPABLE OF TRUE, SUSTAINED FLAPPING FLIGHT

WHAT IS A BAT

BIRDS ARE AVES NOT MAMMALS. TO BE A MAMMAL YOU NEED THESE THREE THINGS. 1. FEED BY MILK/BIRDS FEED BY WORMS 2. HAVE FUR OR HAIR/BIRDS HAVE FEATHERS 3. 3 EAR BONES - MAMMALS HAVE 3 TINY BONES IN THEIR MIDDLE EAR HAMMER, ANVIL AND STIRRUP - BIRDS HAVE ONLY 1. PRETTY COOL HA?

300

THIS BRITISH ACTOR WAS KNOWN FOR HIS SHAKESPEAREAN TALENT AND STARRED IN THE 1956 FILM AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS

WHO IS DAVID NIVEN

300

THIS OCEAN LINER, KNOWN FOR ITS LUXURY, TRAGICALLY SANK OFF THE COAST OF NANTUCKET IN 1956 AFTER A COLLISION

WHAT IS THE ANDREA DORIA

400

THESE GIANT MOVING MASSES OF ICE HOLD ABOUT 69% OF THE WORLD'S FRESH WATER

WHAT ARE GLACIERS

400

THIS IS THE HARDEST NATURAL SUBSTANCE FOUND ON EARTH

WHAT IS A DIAMOND

400

THE "FLIGHTLESS" BIRD IS THE LARGEST IN THE WORLD AND CAN OUTRUN A HORSE.

WHAT IS AN OSTRICH

400

THIS ACTOR, KNOWN FOR HIS DISTINCTIVE DRAWL, STARRED IN THE 1954 HITCHCOCK CLASSIC REAR WINDOW

WHO IS JAMES STEWART (JIMMY STEWART)
400
HE WAS THE FIRST AMERICAN TO SUCCESSFULLY CLIMB MOUNT EVEREST ALONG WITH TENZING NORGAY IN 1953

WHO IS SIR EDMUND HILLARY

500

THIS IS THE NAME FOR "CALM" CENTER OF A HURRICANE.

WHAT IS THE EYE

500

THIS IS THE ONLY METAL THAT REMAINS A LIQUID AT ROOM TEMPERATURE

WHAT IS MERCURY (OR QUICKSILVER)

500

THIS GIANT OF THE SEA IS THE LARGEST ANIMAL TO HAVE EVER LIVED ON EARTH

WHAT IS A BLUE WHALE

500

THIS SUAVE ACTOR PLAYED A RETIRED CAT BURGLAR IN TO CATCH A THIEF AND WAS KNOWN AS THE ULTIMATE "LEADING MAN"

WHO IS CARY GRANT

500

THIS DOUBLE-HELIX STRUCTURE OF LIFE WAS DISCOVERED IN 1953 BY SCIENTISTS WATSON AND CRICK

WHAT IS DNA