April Fools' Day project is back: it's time to play the guessing game again! Each of the following questions will show a picture and a short text description of the picture. Guess whether the description of the picture is true or false? Routine warning Some of the following paragraphs are serious nonsense Don't believe anything before you read the answer!! Are you ready? The answering time starts now~ ①Is it true or false? The tiny branching algae are the oldest green plant fossils ever found and lived on the seafloor about a billion years ago. ②Is it true or false? A fish with "human teeth" was caught off the coast of North Carolina - it was born that way, not photoshopped. ③Is it true or false? Here are some Saccharomyces cerevisiae under a microscope, with their cell membranes appearing bright blue due to a fluorescent marker. ④Is it true or false? This is a flexible rainproof structure made of polytetrafluoroethylene fiber. Water droplets falling on it will quickly shatter and bounce off. ⑤Is it true or false? The killer whale in the picture is doing something unusual: it eats the tongue of a blue whale! ⑥Is it true or false? Is lightning always curved? Sometimes, a straight bolt of lightning can appear in the sky - this is a human-triggered phenomenon. ⑦Is it true or false? This is a recently discovered freshwater plankton with a unique triangular body and long, thin cilia. Scientists named it Natator triangularis. ⑧Is it true or false? This is a miniature sculpture made using two-photon polymerization 3D printing technology, only 30 microns long. Scientists use it to test the accuracy of processing technology. ⑨Is it true or false? How does Velcro stay in place? The microscopic image below shows the tiny hooks on Velcro. So far, how many questions have you answered correctly? Welcome to the comments section to exchange and complain. In addition, the answer to each question is accompanied by a reference source. If you want to learn more, please find the link corresponding to the question number below. References [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prelabor_rupture_of_membranes [2] https://www.livescience.com/sheepshead-fish-human-teeth-north-carolina [3] https://climate.nasa.gov/climate_resources/78/the-maldives/ [4] https://phys.org/news/2021-12-fern.html [5] https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/mms.12906 [6] http://www.lightning.ece.ufl.edu/ [7] https://www.nature.com/articles/s41567-021-01291-3 [8] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surirella [9] https://www.nikonsmallworld.com/galleries/2020-photomicrography-competition/freshwater-snail-tongue-radula Author: Window Knocking Rain Editor: Luna This article comes from Guokr and may not be reproduced without permission. If necessary, please contact [email protected] |
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