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Science Web quest

Directions - Answer the following questions using the internet and writing the answers below.

1. Hansen’s disease is more commonly known by which name? ____________________________________________________

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2. Botany is the study of what life form?_____________________________________________________________________

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3. What is the human body’s largest organ?___________________________________________________________________

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4. True or false: snails have teeth. Explain. ___________________________________________________________________

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5. What part of the human body is the Mandible? ______________________________________________________________

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6. How many bones does an adult human have? _______________________________________________________________

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7. True or false: jellyfish have hearts. Explain. _________________________________________________________________

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8. Which French microbiologist discovered the process of pasteurization? ____________________________________________

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9. What was the first animal cloned? In WHat year? ____________________________________________________________

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10. Who discovered penicillin? WHat Year? _____________________________________________________________________

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11. How many bones are in a newborn baby’s body? ______________________________________________________________

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12. What is the study of mushrooms called? ___________________________________________________________________

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13. What is the rarest blood type in humans? __________________________________________________________________

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14. What does DNA stand for? ______________________________________________________________________________

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15. Who is credited with the creation of the World Wide Web? WHat year>______________________________________________

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16. True or False? Chameleons change colors only to blend into their environment. Explain. ____________________________

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17. Who is known as the father of genetics?____________________________________________________________________

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18. What is the study of living organisms called? ______________________________________________________________

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19. What is the smallest organ in the human body? _____________________________________________________________

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20. What is the branch of science that deals with the classification of organisms? _____________________________________

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