World of Wonders

Question 1

Indigo buntings use the … to orient themselves during migration

Answer 1

North Star

Question 2

Comb jellyfish aren’t actually…

Answer 2

jellyfish, they belong to the Ctenophora phylum

Question 3

Cilia

Answer 3

microtubule-based hair-like organelles that extend from the surface of almost all cell types of the human body

Question 4

Mimosa pudica leaves release potassium when touched, the movement is callled…

Answer 4

thigmonasty

Question 5

Narwhal horns are…

Answer 5

teeth filled with nerves

→ 15% of female narwhals have a horn

→ some narwhales have 2 horns

→ arctic

→ eats by swallowing its prey whole

→ sometimes swim upside down

Question 6

What are narwhal horns used for?

Answer 6

for echolocation and to detect salt levels and temperature changes

Question 7

Axolotls are … in the wild

Answer 7

extinct

used to be abundant in 2 lakes close to Mexico, but human activities have caused their depletion

Question 8

Frogs are known to be … of an ecosystem’s health

Answer 8

bioindicators

Question 9

Marine snow

Answer 9

small pieces of dead fish and other marine animals that float to lower parts of the water column

Question 10

Bindi

Answer 10

(Hindu and Jain tradition) → dot between eyebrows

Question 11

Corpse flower

Answer 11

the largest flower in the world (grows up to 304 cm tall) (indonesia)

Question 12

Inflorescence

Answer 12

the complete flower head of a plant including stems, stalks, bracts, and flowers.

Question 13

Spathe

Answer 13

sheet around flower

Question 14

Philippine Folklore about whale sharks

Answer 14

greedy child who did not want to leave the village and his money when a tsunami came

Question 15

Whale sharks have throats the size of…

Answer 15

a quarter

Question 16

Protandric

Answer 16

organisms that are born as males but can change into females later on (ex: ribbon eel)