Quiz
1. The tornadoes that devastated parts of Oklahoma in the spring of 1999 are being blamed on what weather phenomenon?
2. For a couple of years now, deformed frogs have been popping up in streams, lakes and rivers around the country. What's been causing this?
3. Scientists have found an on/off 'button' in bacteria that can switch a germ from dormant to deadly at the drop of a hat. What is this switch?
4. People with diabetes may soon have a pain free alternative to insulin injections. How would they get insulin using the new device?
5. Some really big bones were found in Pakistan recently. They're from an animal that was 18 feet high, more than 21 feet long, and weighed 15 to 20 tons! That size makes it the biggest __________ ever known.
1. The tornadoes that devastated parts of Oklahoma in the spring of 1999 are being blamed on what weather phenomenon?
La Niña
2. For a couple of years now, deformed frogs have been popping up in streams, lakes and rivers around the country. What's been causing this?
A parasite.
3. Scientists have found an on/off 'button' in bacteria that can switch a germ from dormant to deadly at the drop of a hat. What is this switch?
A gene
4. People with diabetes may soon have a pain free alternative to insulin injections. How would they get insulin using the new device?
By using an inhaler.
5. Some really big bones were found in Pakistan recently. They're from an animal that was 18 feet high, more than 21 feet long, and weighed 15 to 20 tons! That size makes it the biggest __________ ever known.
Land Mammal
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