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Science by the American Museum of Natural History

The American Museum of Natural History is one of the world’s preeminent scientific and cultural institutions. Join AMNH in exploring the wonders of the natural world!

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10 Questions

Biodiversity and Food Security

Test your knowledge about how biodiversity is important to the world's food supply

AMNH_Official, 03/14/2019 answers
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  1. What is the practice of planting a single kind of crop called?
    Crop rotation Phototropism Monoculture GMOs
  2. Worldwide, 40% of all cropland is used to grow wheat, corn, and rice.
    True False
  3. In 1845-49, a million people died after a mold destroyed a monoculture crop. What crop?
    Corn Wheat Rice Potatoes

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Technology Inspired by Nature

Test your knowledge about how biodiversity in the natural world is inspiring new technology

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  1. What animal parts have inspired surgical glue?
    Geckos’ feet Sandcastle worms’ tentacles Zebra mussels’ beards All of the above
  2. What does a device do that’s based on how jellyfish use their tentacles to capture prey?
    It tests the salinity of water It plucks cancer cells out of the bloodstream It delivers local anesthetics It creates light patterns for communication
  3. Early Native American inventors developed what technology, inspired by which organisms?
    Snowshoes, inspired by hares’ feet Harpoon points, inspired by parrots’ beaks Kayak paddles, inspired by penguins’ flippers All of the above

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Medicines from Toxins

Test your knowledge about plant and animal toxins inspiring new medicines.

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  1. Searching for medicines in natural products such as venom is called:
    Bioprospecting Computed tomography scanning Homeopathy All of the above
  2. Toxins that could be used as painkillers come from what kind of animal?
    Spiders Scorpions Snakes All of the above
  3. What’s the difference between poisons and venoms?
    Poisons work slowly, while venoms work fast. Unlike poisons, venoms must be actively injected. Venoms are found only in snakes. Poisons are found only in plants.

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Marine Biology: Life in the Ocean

Test your knowledge about our watery world with this quiz.

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  1. Why do most scientists think that life started in the oceans?
    more animals live in water than on land the oldest fossils ever found show this scientists like to scuba dive
  2. What causes ocean tides?
    the pull of gravity from the Sun the pull of gravity from the Moon the pull of gravity from the Sun and the Moon
  3. What is an ecosystem?
    a system that scientists use to organize their field notes a system that animals use to look after their young a group of organisms that depend on each other and habitat

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What Do You Know About Biodiversity?

Test your knowledge about the variety of life on Earth with this quiz.

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  1. What is biodiversity?
    the animals that live only in rainforests the animal and plant species that live only in your backyard the rich variety of life in every ecosystem on Earth
  2. What is interdependence between species?
    when two species need each other to survive when two species don't want to live near each other when young animals want to be able to live on their own
  3. Why do we need biodiversity?
    it gives us food, water, air, and much more it makes our world unique, and it makes us happy all of the above

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Virtual Water

What do you know about virtual water (the water you didn't know you were using).

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  1. Which beverage takes the most water to produce (including to grow and process the plants)?
    a cup of coffee a cup of tea a glass of orange juice
  2. Which of these three grains takes the most water to grow?
    wheat corn rice
  3. Which snack takes the most water to grow and produce?
    potato chips two oranges two apples

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10 Questions

The Universe: Our Place in Space

Test your knowledge about the Universe and all the things in it.

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  1. Since light takes time to travel, the farther out into space we look ...
    the further back in time we see the further into the future we see we see things that happened just recently
  2. What is the most distant thing in space that we can see without a telescope?
    the Orion Nebula, a stellar nursery in our Milky Way the Andromeda galaxy, our closest neighbor the Virgo cluster, a collection of about 2000 galaxies
  3. Besides galaxies beyond the Milky Way, what were Hubble and his colleagues first to discover?
    that distant galaxies move farther and farther away from us that distant galaxies look like the Milky Way that distant galaxies give off light

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What do you know about Poison?

Test your knowledge on poison by taking this quiz!

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  1. Some organisms use poisons to survive. Some to capture prey. What’s another use for poison?
    to attract a mate to defend oneself to mark territory
  2. Which of the following can be poisonous?
    plants and animals plants, animals, and bacteria plants, animals, bacteria, and minerals
  3. Which disease is caused by mercury poisoning?
    mad hatter disease malaria measles

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ArchaeOLogy: Clues from the Past

Test your knowledge about what it takes to dig stuff up.

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  1. Archaeology is the study of:
    fossils ancient documents past cultures
  2. You can do archaeology:
    only underwater only in the ancient Inca city of Huanuco Pampa anywhere
  3. Why do archaeologists create a map of the site before they dig?
    to claim possession of the land to find out where they want to dig to locate buried treasure

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What do you know about Paleontology?

Test your knowledge about the age of dinosaurs.

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  1. What is this fossil?
    a petrified sponge from the ocean floor lava that erupted from an ancient volcano prehistoric poop left by a dinosaur
  2. When did the oldest known dinosaur live?
    about 228 thousand years ago about 228 million years ago about 228 billion years ago
  3. When did the last dinosaur become extinct?
    25 million years ago 65 million years ago they haven't all become extinct

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The Human Microbiome

Test your knowledge about the microbes that live in and on us in this 10-question quiz!

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  1. Why do scientists call humans "superorganisms"?
    humans are the smartest organisms on Earth humans are such large organisms compared to most humans are an ecosystem for many other organisms
  2. What percent of all the cells in the human body are bacterial cells?
    less than 10% about 30% more than 70%
  3. How do microbes keep us healthy?
    they produce vitamins they boost our immune system they produce vitamins and boost our immune system

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What do you know about climate change?

Test your knowledge about climate change.

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  1. What is climate change?
    a sudden change in conditions like temperature and rainfall a change in temperature and weather patterns over many years an extreme weather event such as a hurricane or drought
  2. An unexpected thunderstorm is an example of:
    weather climate climate change
  3. What does the atmosphere contain that keeps Earth's surface warm?
    water vapor and carbon dioxide methane and nitrous oxide carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and water vapor

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What do you know about stars?

Test your starry knowledge with this stellar quiz!

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  1. How many stars are there in the Milky Way Galaxy?
    200,000 200 million 200 billion
  2. Most stars form in tightly packed groups called:
    star clusters star huddles star formations
  3. A star's mass is the most important thing that determines:
    its temperature, luminosity, and color how it will live and die all of the above

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The American Museum of Natural History

The American Museum of Natural History is one of the world’s preeminent scientific and cultural institutions. Since its founding in 1869, the Museum has advanced its global mission to discover, interpret, and disseminate information about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe through a wide-ranging program of scientific research, education, and exhibition. The Museum is renowned for its exhibitions and scientific collections, which serve as a field guide to the entire planet and present a panorama of the world’s cultures.

OLogy: The Museum’s website for kids

OLogy offers games, videos, articles, and hands-on activities about 14 “OLogies,” or branches of science, from Archeaology to Zoology. OLogy taps into the scientific research and collections of the Museum to present authentic science for kids ages 7 and up. OLogy was redesigned in 2016 to be available for mobile and tablet users, and to meet national guidelines for accessibility. OLogy has won numerous awards from educational publishers, including the 2015 REVERE Award from the Association of American Publishers and several Teacher’s Choice award from Learning Magazine, in addition to a Webby Award. Visit OLogy at www.amnh.org/ology.