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1. What type of animal is a Moorish Idol?
2. Where in Victoria were so-called "electric" bacteria, with enough voltage to power a small LED light, recently found living?
3. What is the world's tallest flowering plant?
4. Where is the world's largest underground iron-ore mine located?
5. To which continent are emperor penguins native?
6. A New York appeals court recently rejected an animal rights advocate's bid to extend "legal personhood" to which animal species?
7. The prototype of an eight-rotor flying vehicle, called an octocopter, has been designed for missions to which planet?
8. Some fish migrate from the sea to freshwater to spawn. What are they called?
9. In what year were cane toads first introduced to Australia from Hawaii?
10. What type of mimicry refers to a harmless species that has evolved to mimic a harmful species?
11. The echidna is an egg-laying mammal. Name another.
12. The Venus Flytrap is native to which continent?
13. Climate scientists are concerned that the melting of an Antarctic glacier, which is in the early stages of collapsing, might add up to 60 centimetres to sea levels. Name the glacier.
14. The science of soil management and the production of crops is known as what?
15. A radio telescope at the South Pole found supposed evidence for what type of waves? (They are not part of the electromagnetic spectrum but instead are ripples in the fabric of space-time.)
16. The United Nations' International Court of Justice ordered Japan to stop what activity in Antarctica?
17. Material from a human finger bone in a Siberian cave reveals that we once shared the Earth with a previously unknown human species. What is the species called?
18. White pointers are more popularly known as what?
19. Astronomers found icy rings around a celestial object known as 10199 Chariklo. What is it?
20. The US National Institute of Standards and Technology has a device called NIST-F2 that will not lose a second for at least 300 million years. What is it?
21. Smell is one of the two chemical senses. What is the other?
22. Dinosaur remains from volcanic flows are teaching us about the origins of what activity?
23. What are plant-eating animals known as?
24. And flesh-eating animals?
25. Bee populations worldwide are plummeting and one of the main causes is a pinhead-sized parasite. What is it called?
26. Less than 500 grams of the most potent poison known to science could kill more than half the world's population. What produces the poison?
27. Bacteria have been found in an Antarctic lake buried beneath 20 metres of ice for 2800 years. What is the lake called?
28. Chirping noises produced by crickets and grasshoppers to attract females are known as what?
29. By which chemical process do plants use solar energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into an energy-rich sugar?
30. Which sugar is produced in this way?
31. Approximately when did the world's first farmers begin cultivating plant crops for food?
32. Which crop forms the staple diet of most of the world's people?
33. What type of plants do botanists refer to as angiosperms?
34. Which part of a plant takes in energy from sunlight and carbon dioxide from the air?
35. Some plants are able to withstand the extremely salty conditions found in sand dunes and salt marshes. What are they called?
36. In the ground-breaking book On the Origin of Species who proposed that an isolated variety within a population might give rise to a new species best suited to its surroundings?
37. In what year was On the Origin of Species published?
38. Changes in the seasons may cause animals such as snow geese and salmon to start off instinctively on long treks. What are such journeys called?
39. Which British astronomer mapped the galaxies and nebulae of the southern sky and coined the word "photography"?
40. What is the source of energy in stars?
41. A heavy question: what is the source of energy in quasars (starlike celestial bodies outputting more power output than our entire galaxy)?
42. What is the name given to the fuels formed from the remains of animals and plants that were buried millions of years ago beneath layers of sediment?
43. What term describes the level of water vapour contained in air?
44. What is the technical word for storm clouds formed when cumulus clouds continue to billow upwards?
45. The study of weather systems and the atmosphere is known as what?
46. Carbon-neutral biofuels created from which farmed product may one day power international travel? (They are the world's fastest-growing photosynthetic organisms)
47. Where are the Nobel Prizes for science awarded?
48. Which scientist became Australia's first female Nobel Prize winner in 2009 for her work in chemistry and genetics? (She shared the award with US-based colleagues Carol Greider and Jack Szostak.)
49. Who was the last Australia-based scientist to be awarded a Nobel Prize?
50. What does DNA, the molecules present in nearly all living organisms, stand for?
http://www.theage.com.au/national/e...from-angiosperms-onwards-20141214-1254le.html
1. What type of animal is a Moorish Idol?
2. Where in Victoria were so-called "electric" bacteria, with enough voltage to power a small LED light, recently found living?
3. What is the world's tallest flowering plant?
4. Where is the world's largest underground iron-ore mine located?
5. To which continent are emperor penguins native?
6. A New York appeals court recently rejected an animal rights advocate's bid to extend "legal personhood" to which animal species?
7. The prototype of an eight-rotor flying vehicle, called an octocopter, has been designed for missions to which planet?
8. Some fish migrate from the sea to freshwater to spawn. What are they called?
9. In what year were cane toads first introduced to Australia from Hawaii?
10. What type of mimicry refers to a harmless species that has evolved to mimic a harmful species?
11. The echidna is an egg-laying mammal. Name another.
12. The Venus Flytrap is native to which continent?
13. Climate scientists are concerned that the melting of an Antarctic glacier, which is in the early stages of collapsing, might add up to 60 centimetres to sea levels. Name the glacier.
14. The science of soil management and the production of crops is known as what?
15. A radio telescope at the South Pole found supposed evidence for what type of waves? (They are not part of the electromagnetic spectrum but instead are ripples in the fabric of space-time.)
16. The United Nations' International Court of Justice ordered Japan to stop what activity in Antarctica?
17. Material from a human finger bone in a Siberian cave reveals that we once shared the Earth with a previously unknown human species. What is the species called?
18. White pointers are more popularly known as what?
19. Astronomers found icy rings around a celestial object known as 10199 Chariklo. What is it?
20. The US National Institute of Standards and Technology has a device called NIST-F2 that will not lose a second for at least 300 million years. What is it?
21. Smell is one of the two chemical senses. What is the other?
22. Dinosaur remains from volcanic flows are teaching us about the origins of what activity?
23. What are plant-eating animals known as?
24. And flesh-eating animals?
25. Bee populations worldwide are plummeting and one of the main causes is a pinhead-sized parasite. What is it called?
26. Less than 500 grams of the most potent poison known to science could kill more than half the world's population. What produces the poison?
27. Bacteria have been found in an Antarctic lake buried beneath 20 metres of ice for 2800 years. What is the lake called?
28. Chirping noises produced by crickets and grasshoppers to attract females are known as what?
29. By which chemical process do plants use solar energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into an energy-rich sugar?
30. Which sugar is produced in this way?
31. Approximately when did the world's first farmers begin cultivating plant crops for food?
32. Which crop forms the staple diet of most of the world's people?
33. What type of plants do botanists refer to as angiosperms?
34. Which part of a plant takes in energy from sunlight and carbon dioxide from the air?
35. Some plants are able to withstand the extremely salty conditions found in sand dunes and salt marshes. What are they called?
36. In the ground-breaking book On the Origin of Species who proposed that an isolated variety within a population might give rise to a new species best suited to its surroundings?
37. In what year was On the Origin of Species published?
38. Changes in the seasons may cause animals such as snow geese and salmon to start off instinctively on long treks. What are such journeys called?
39. Which British astronomer mapped the galaxies and nebulae of the southern sky and coined the word "photography"?
40. What is the source of energy in stars?
41. A heavy question: what is the source of energy in quasars (starlike celestial bodies outputting more power output than our entire galaxy)?
42. What is the name given to the fuels formed from the remains of animals and plants that were buried millions of years ago beneath layers of sediment?
43. What term describes the level of water vapour contained in air?
44. What is the technical word for storm clouds formed when cumulus clouds continue to billow upwards?
45. The study of weather systems and the atmosphere is known as what?
46. Carbon-neutral biofuels created from which farmed product may one day power international travel? (They are the world's fastest-growing photosynthetic organisms)
47. Where are the Nobel Prizes for science awarded?
48. Which scientist became Australia's first female Nobel Prize winner in 2009 for her work in chemistry and genetics? (She shared the award with US-based colleagues Carol Greider and Jack Szostak.)
49. Who was the last Australia-based scientist to be awarded a Nobel Prize?
50. What does DNA, the molecules present in nearly all living organisms, stand for?