Did you know that the central core of the tree trunk, the pith, stores sugars and wastes? As trees get older, the xylem crushes the pith and wastes go to the heartwood.
#utkbiobox#forest#tree
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Did you know that birds are the only dinosaurs that survived? This could be because of their either their small size, diverse diet, or ability to fly!
#utkbiobox#easyasplay#dinosaur
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Hedgehogs do not have quills, they have strong, hollow spines that cannot be released for defense. For defense, it curls into a ball with its spines pointing out!
#utkbiobox#easyasplay
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Saturn, from its north pole, has a hexagon shaped atmosphere and the hurricane at the bottom of the image is twice the size of the largest hurricane on Earth!
#utkbiobox#easyasplay#space
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Did you know that there are black tomatoes that you can actually eat? There are many sizes of them and there are so many different types of these tomatoes!
#utkbiobox#easyasplay#tomato
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Humans can still hear and understand language while we are asleep. People are more likely to listen to coherent speaking rather than gibberish in their sleep!
#utkbiobox#easyasplay#senses
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Jupiter's moon, Io, is the most active moon in the solar system? It has hundreds of active volcanoes which are caused by Jupiters gravitational field.
#utkbiobox#easyasplay#space#Jupiter
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Did you know that your eye tells information to your brain using the optic nerve? The optic nerve takes signals from the back of your eye to the visual area in your brain!
#utkbiobox#easyasplay#eye#senses
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Did you know that horses can mirror a human's heart rate by mimicking the person who touches them? This means they can detect stress!
#utkbiobox#easyasplay#horses#animals
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Autotrophs are living organisms, like plants, that make their own food. Heterotrophs, like animals, consume autotrophs or other heterotrophs!
#utkbiobox#easyasplay#Biology
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Did you now that the Animalia kingdom has the most diversity out of the three kingdoms (plantae, fungi)? There are more than one million kinds of species in Kingdom Animalia!
#utkbiobox#biology
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Did you know that the body coverings of mammals, birds, and reptiles are all made of the same material? It is keratin, a tough protein that does not dissolve in water.
#utkbiobox#biology
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Igneous rock, like the Devil's Tower, is from magma that moves toward the surface by erupting or by cooling before it reaches the surface and can be exposed by erosion.
#utkbiobox#rock
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Humans can feel a faint touch is because they have touch receptors called Meissner endings. These endings respond to the lightest touch, even feathers!
#utkbiobox#easyasplay#senses#touch
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