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There are over 400 species of oak trees that vary in size and shape, but all share what same characteristic fruit?
Acorn
5
Even though the “Jungle Book’s” Baloo, the bear, lives in the tropics, he insists to Mowgli that he still does this in the winter.
Hibernate
5
Someone who can’t tell good music from bad is said to have one of these sense organs made of tin.
Ear
5
What reflective surface told the truth about Snow White to the Evil Queen, but lied to Shrek?
A mirror
5
Scientists and lay people trying a seemingly impossible task often express confidence, because, after all, this country did put a man on the _____
Moon
10
Even a single passing cloud can slow this process in plants, spoiling, if you will, their appetite for CO2
Photosynthesis
10
The keel in a bird, like that in a chicken or a turkey, is better known as this breakable good luck charm.
Wish bone
10
Doctors recommend wearing sunglasses as often as possible to protect the eye from what kind of damaging light?
UV rays
10
While a good egg sinks, a rotten egg will float because of a difference in this D-initialed quality.
Density
10
Phase contrast, compound, acoustic, and electron are just a few of the varieties of this most common of laboratory instruments.
Microscope
15
George Washington Carver is known for all the products he made from sweet potatoes and what other leguminous plants?
Peanuts
15
The saber tooth tiger is thought to have dispatched its prey by the use of these especially large teeth
Caninines
15
It’s now thought that the slightly cooler temperature in our nose, makes it easier for these agents that cause the common cold to survive.
VIruses
15
Dipping your car key in rubbing alcohol can open a frozen door lock because of this process.
Evaporation
15
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
20
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.
Kind of growing season
20
Polar bears are the only bears not to adopt this feeding style, preferring carnivory alone.
Omnivory
20
Why do doctors routinely use sphygmomanometers on hypertensive patients?
To check their blood pressure
20
What inert gas is responsible for most of the lights on the Las Vegas Strip?
Neon
20
The 3 Wise Men visiting Bethlehem brought gifts of gold, myrrh, and a kind of crystallized tree sap known as this.
Frankincense
25
Which of the following are vascular plants: roses, mosses, algae, bamboo?
Roses and bamboo
25
The protection afforded clownfish by the sea anemone and the cleaning service the fish provide in return is an example is this kind of relationship in which both species benefit.
Simbiosis
25
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
25
At very low temperatures, some metals like tin and lead become superconductors acquiring the strange ability to move electrons with little or no __________
Resistance
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What same term describes the birth of a cow and that of a glacier?
Calving






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