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3) Can you lick your elbow? No. Now be honest, did you try?
2) Which country has the longest Canada, due to the number of northern
coastline? islands.
3) Why do bubbles pop? They get too dry from the surrounding air.
7) If you mix all light colours, do White. Technically adding all colours of light
you get black, white or a rainbow? together is called colour addition.
11) When and where was the At least 2000 years ago. It was invented
abacus invented? in Mesopotamia, most likely by the Babylonians
Biology questions and answers
1) What type of organism makes Blue-green algae from South Africa at 3.2 billion years
up the oldest known fossil? old.
2) What does the Scoville Heat Unit
The heat of chilies
Scale measure?
3) Is a tomato a fruit or vegetable?o A fruit.
4) What is the collective name of
animals and plants that live on a lake Benthos
bottom?
5) What is the largest living structure
The Great Barrier Reef, Australia
on Earth?
6) What is oldest living thing known A bristlecone pine in California... it's about 4600 years
on Earth? old!
Bamboo. Some species reach up to 39 metres in
7) What is the world's tallest grass?
height.
8) What Australian timber made the
Turpentine; Syncarpia glomulifera
London docks?
The hollow woody tissue in plants that carries water
9) What is Xylem? and minerals from the roots to throughout the entire
plant
10) What is the scientific name of a
Eucalyptus saligna
Sydney Blue Gum?
11) Which is the only Australian
mammal restricted to alpine The Mountain Pygmy Possum
environments?
Merino wool fibres are wavy, not straight. Wavy wool
traps air which is an excellent insulator. This trapped air
can be heated by the body. 'Fine' wool fibres have 12
12) Why is Merino wool so good at
repeating waves for every cm, where as 'Coarse' wool
keeping you warm in winter?
fibres have less than 2 waves per cm. Merino wool can
be 'Super Fine', making an awesome material for warm
sweaters