SCIENCE AND NATURE TRIVIA

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The plantet Venus has the longest day.

Fifty percent alcohol constitutes 100 proof whiskey.

Three is the cube root of 27.

Belladonna, the plant, takes its name from the Italian forbeautiful lady.

The two kinds of blood corpuscles in vertebrates are red and white.

The swallows return to the San Juan Capistrano mission every March 19.

The number represented in Morse code by five dots is five.

Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.

Topaz is November's birthstone.

Orville Wright flew their plane, based on the toss of a 50-cent piece.

FM stands for Frequency modulation.

The alloy, bronze,is formed by copper and tin.

The most common atom in the universe is hydrogen.

Seven/tenths of the Earth's surface lie under water.

The Sahara desert has the highest sand dunes.

The mammal that lives the longest is Man.

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Stackspur Golden Delicious is an apple.

The foot is the part of the human body which is most commonly bitten by insects.

It takes eight minutes for sunlight to reach the Earth.

Arthur C. Clarke, a science fiction writer, played a part in the development of radar.

Kodak, the company, is the world's largest user of silver.

A chiropodist treats the hands and the feet.

Winter wheat is planted in the fall.

You will find the 20 moons that grace the human body at the base of the nails.

A male praying mantis loses his head to the female after mating.

The first words spoken from the moon were "Houston, Tranquility. Base here; the Eagle has landed.
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