ANSWERS: ExQUIZite Science quiz
It’s elementary
1. Phosphorus
2. Au
3. The sun
4. Six hundred million
5. Salt
Space, above and beyond
1. Ice giant
2. Five – Pluto, Eris, Haumea, Makemake, and Ceres
3. Phobos and Demios
4. 1990 (April 24)
5. Elliptical and irregular
Feed me, Seymour
1. Giant Taro
2. Cellulose
3. Deadly nightshade
4. Capsaicin
5. Grass
Bits and bytes
1. 1900 (by Ferdinand Porsche)
2. Parkesine
3. Light-emitting diode
4. 1.7m
5. Deep Blue
Soylent green
1. Deoxyribonucleic acid
2. Connective, epithelial, muscle, and nervous
3. 5 million
4. Gluteus maximus
5. Homo habillis
All creatures great and small
1. Axolotl
2. 80 to 100
3. 80 km/h
4. Kakī, tara iti, and tītitipounamu
5. The flea
Sources (all available from Dunedin Public Libraries)
· The elements: A visual exploration of every known atom in the universe. Theodore Gray
· Planetarium. Raman Prinia and Chris Wormell
· Why do violets shrink? Caroline Holmes
· How technology works. Jack Challoner
· Nerd Aa-Zz. Tamara J Resler
· Usborne Science Encyclopedia
· How the body works: the facts simply explained
· The wisdom of nature. Dixie Wills
· Amazing evolution: The journey of life. Anna Claybourne