Green Things
There are over 400 species of oak trees that vary in size and shape, but all share what same characteristic fruit?
Acorns
This slowest of mammals, renowned for living upside down, appeared as the character Flash in the “Zootopia” movie.
Sloth
Julius Caesar asked that friends, Romans, and countrymen lend him their _________.
Ears
What reflective surface told the truth to Snow White, but lied to Shrek?
A mirror
Scientists and lay people trying a seemingly impossible task often express confidence, because, after all, this country did put a man on the ______.
Moon
Even a single passing cloud can slow this process in plants, spoiling, if you will, their appetite for CO2
Photosynthesis
The keel in a bird, like that in a chicken or a turkey, is better known as this breakable good luck charm.
Wish bone
Doctors recommend wearing sunglasses as often as possible to protect the eye from what kind of damaging light?
Ultraviolet
Since the earth is one giant magnet, it is no surprise that the earth’s core is made of this element, symbolized Fe
Iron
Phase contrast, compound, acoustic, and electron are just a few of the varieties of this most common of laboratory instruments.
Microscope
George Washington Carver is known for all the products he made from sweet potatoes and from these leguminous plants.
Peanuts
The Saber Tooth tiger is thought to have dispatched its prey by the use of these especially large teeth
Canines
Unlike organ transplants which can trigger rejection responses, transfusing this does not if it’s a match.
Blood
Dipping your car key in rubbing alcohol can open a frozen door lock because of this process
Evaporation
Known by their St. Joseph name and their orange taste, these 81 mg. tablets, originally used only by children, are now being used by adults to prevent heart disease
Aspirin
Leonardo da Vinci not only discovered that the number of tree rings told a tree’s age but also that the width of each ring conveyed information about this.
Growing preference
Polar bears are the only bears not to adopt this feeding style, preferring carnivory alone.
Onivory
Why do doctors routinely use sphygmomanometers on hypertensive patients?
To check their blood pressure
What inert gas is responsible for most of the lights on the Las Vegas Strip?
Neon
The 3 Wise Men visiting Bethlehem brought gifts of gold, myrrh, and a kind of crystallized tree sap known as this.
Frankincense
Which of the following are vascular plants: roses, mosses, algae, bamboo?
Roses and Bamboo
Generally speaking, how is an animal’s longevity and its litter size related?
The larger the animal the smaller the litter size
Fingerprints leave behind telltale lipids which is another name for what kinds of substances that students test for with the translucency rubbing test in school labs?
Fats
At very low temperatures, some metals like tin and lead become superconductors acquiring the strange ability to move electrons with little or no __________.
Resistance
What same term describes the birth of a cow and that of a glacier?
Calving