When a bit of sand gets trapped inside a shellfish, it fights the irritation with nacre, which it gets from calcite in seawater. What treasure results?
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Which of these is a liquid?
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What element is a diamond composed of?
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At the end of the mouth is the pharynx, a traffic cop that directs air down the trachea and food down the oesophagus. What flap shuts the trachea when you eat?
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In 1996, there wasn't a single American state in which at least 20% of the people were obese. By 2007, every state had an obesity rate of at least 20%, except for what Rocky Mountain state?
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New Zealanders are convinced that Richard Pearse invented this in Timaru, nine months before it was invented at Kitty Hawk. What?
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What sort of organisms can be genetically engineered?
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What type of substances do we get from substances called 'ores'?
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