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100

This term refers to the small pieces of plastic less than 5 mm that often come from the breakdown of larger plastic items.

Microplastics

100

This workplace comedy was set at the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company.

The Office

100

This vitamin is synthesized by the skin when exposed to sunlight.

Vitamin D

100

This fruit is known for its high vitamin C content and is commonly used to make juice.

Orange
100

This Inuit leader made history in 2021 by becoming Canada's first Indigenous Governor General

Mary Simon

200

This plastic, commonly used in bottles, has the recycling code "1".

PET (Polyethylene Terephthalate)

200

This actor played Oppenheimer in Christopher Nolan’s 2023 biopic.

Cillian Murphy

200

This organ is the largest in the human body by both weight and surface area.

Skin

200

This Canadian province is famous for its "Nanaimo bars".

British Columbia

200

This explorer is credited with claiming parts of Canada for France in the early 1600s. 

Samuel de Champlain

300

This country was the first to completely ban single-use plastic bags back in 2002.

Bangladesh

300

This singer’s 2023 Eras Tour became the highest-grossing concert tour of all time.

Taylor Swift

300

This element is commonly associated with the Earth's core and is the heaviest naturally occurring element.

Iron

300

This term refers to the chemical process where yeast convers sugars into alcohol and carbon dioxide. 

Fermentation
300

This ancient city was buried under volcanic ash in 79 CE after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.

Pompeii

400

This U.S. state was the first to pass a law requiring all plastic bottles to be made from at least 25% recycled material.

California

400

This pop star shaved her head in 2007 during a widely publicized breakdown.

Britney Spears

400

This process is how water moves through a plant from the roots to the leaves.

Transpiration

400

This Greek dish features layers of eggplant, minced meat, and bechamel sauce bakes together.

Moussaka

400

This treaty, signed in 1919, officially ended World War 1.

The Treaty of Versailles

500

This emerging technology converts plastic waste into fuel or chemicals through heat in the absence of oxygen.

Pyrolysis

500

This YouTube creator became the most-subscribed individual channel.

MrBeast

500

This British scientist discovered the electron in 1897.

J.J. Thomson

500

This rare and expensive spice is harvested from the stigmas of a crocus flower.

Saffron

500

This African country was the only one never colonized during the European Scramble for Africa.

Ethiopia