Are You Smarter Than a Amoeba? Easy Bio-Trivia!

The box jellyfish is also called the sea wasp and occurs widely from Queensland northward to Malaysia. It is dangerously venomous; a sting can cause death within a few minutes.

The biome is the largest geographic biotic unit. Consisting of communities with similar life-forms and environmental conditions, each biome is named for the dominant type of vegetation, such as grassland or coniferous forest.

Bioluminescence is the emission of light by an organism or by a test-tube biochemical system derived from an organism. It could be the ghostly glow of bacteria on decaying meat or fish, the shimmering phosphorescence of protozoans in tropical seas, or the flickering signals of fireflies.

Antibodies are produced in response to substances called antigens. A wide range of substances are regarded by the body as antigens, including disease-causing organisms and toxic materials such as insect venom.

The hyena is any of three species of coarse-furred, doglike carnivores found in Asia and Africa. They are noted for their scavenging habits.

Torpor is a state of lowered body temperature and depressed metabolic activity assumed by many animals, including hummingbirds and some insects, reptiles, and mammals, in response to adverse environmental conditions, especially cold and heat.

Vitamin C, also called ascorbic acid, is a water-soluble, carbohydrate-like substance that is involved in certain of the metabolic processes of animals.

Tissue culture is a method of biological research in which fragments of tissue from an animal or plant are transferred to an artificial environment in which they can continue to survive and function.

Humans have 23 pairs of chromosomes.

Butterflies do not reproduce via parthenogenesis, the development of a new individual from an unfertilized gamete. Often referred to as unisexual reproduction, parthenogenesis has been observed in almost every major invertebrate group

Oceanic phytoplankton are the primary food source, directly or indirectly, of all sea organisms.

A cowrie is any of several marine snails.

The Tasmanian crab (Pseudocarcinus gigas) and the giant crab of Japan (Macrocheira kaempferi) are two of the largest known crustaceans.

Salmonella is a bacteria that sickens people when they ingest contaminated food or water.