IAC 2023-2024 Word Cheat Sheet 10 words

Question 1

________ - lagomorphs, extra pair of incisors _______ and lagomorphs closely related. The phylogenetic affinities of lagomorphs are controversial, although recent evidence has suggested that they may be related to rodents.

Answer 1

Rodents

Question 2

_________ - thermonuclear element; thermonuclear weapons are often colloquially called ________ bombs or H-bombs.

Answer 2

Hydrogen

Question 3

____- Benthologic, food source of birds

Answer 3

Fish

Question 4

_______ - 5th largest satellite

Answer 4

Saturn

Question 5

______ - rocky bodies, shepherd moon; Shepherd moons were first discovered on Voyager images of Saturn. Saturn’s F Ring is kept very narrow by two shepherd satellites, Pandora and Prometheus, which orbit either side of it. Uranus’s outer ring, the Epsilon Ring, is kept in place by the shepherd moons Ophelia and Cordelia._

Answer 5

Comet