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#1. True or false? The book, In the Shadow of Man by Jane Goodall is about chimpanzees.
True. Jane Goodall is considered the leading authority on chimpanzee social behaviour. Her book weaves scientific observation with a memoir of her life studying chimpanzees.
#2. Which of the following animals pollinate flowers?
Flowers have evolved lots ways to attract pollinators. Bee orchid flowers mimic the shape of female bees to attract male bees. Banksia flowers provide pygmy possums with a food source of pollen. Morning glory flowers even attract slugs – a rare ability!
#3. True or false? Australia has a deep space communication station to help NASA with monitoring spacecraft on missions.
True! Australia has a Deep Space Network station near Canberra called the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex. Along with its sister stations in California and near Madrid in Spain, they send and receive information from spacecraft.
#4. “REM” is the special name that describes the stage of our sleep where most dreams occur. Do you know what it stands for?
During REM sleep, your eyes move rapidly from side to side and up and down!
#5. Which of the following cat facts is also a dog fact?
Cats and dogs belong to the group Carnivora, which also includes lions, bears, and otters. All of these animals have molars called carnassials that are shaped like blades and come together like scissors. Cats have retractable claws and the ability to purr but dogs do not.
#6. Which of the following marsupial facts is actually an urban myth?
Koalas have successfully evolved to eat the toxins in eucalyptus leaves and they do not get sick or “drugged” from eating them. It takes a lot of energy to break down the leaves though, so koalas sleep to save energy.
#7. Which part of an insect’s body do their legs attach to?
All 6 legs attach to the insect’s thorax.
#8. It’s at the start of every link, but what does HTTP stand for?
The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) forms the foundation of communication for the World Wide Web. It allows for hypertext documents, which contain links to other webpages.
#9. Which of the following human blood types is considered a “universal” blood type and can be given to everyone regardless of blood type?
Blood type O negative can be given to anyone without causing problems. In emergency situations when a patient’s blood type is not known, O negative blood is very handy!
#10. Giraffes are the tallest living land animals on Earth. How many neck bones do they have?
Even though giraffes have necks up to 2.5 metres long, they have the same number of neck bones as humans, 7! The giraffes just have really tall neck bones. Interestingly, long-necked dinosaurs had up to 19 neck bones.
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