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16. An itch resulting when a nerve that can carry pain is only slightly stimulated.

17. The highly endangered Waldrapp ibis it is a wading bird, related to the stork and flamingo.

18. Platinum is a rare and value metal, white in color and easy to work.

19. During the two centuries between Herschel and Voyager, relatively little is learned about the planet Uranus.

20. Some conservationists attempt to save rare domestic farm animal, such the Tamworth pig.

21. Prior to the race the horses were stabled near the track the night before the race.

22. The head proctor tells the students when they should begin the exam, how long they have to complete it, and what the procedures are for turning in.

23. The Charles Dickens character Wilkins Micawber lived in optimistic expectation of a best fortune.

24. It was in a cave near Magdalena, New Mexico, when the oldest known cars of cultivated corn were discovered.

25. The fossil remains of much extinct mammals have been found in the tar pits at Rancho La Brea in Los Angeles.

26. Sharks can detect minute electrical discharges coming from its prey.

27.  A dark nebula consists of a cloud of interstellar dust enough dense to obscure the stars beyond it.

28. Commercially honey is heated and filtered in order to stabilize and clarify it.

29. The various types parts of body require so different surgical skills that many surgical specialties have developed.

30.  One reason birds have been so successful is because of their able to escape for danger quickly.

31. The wood of the rosewood tree is used to do fine musical instrument.

32.  Chemical engineering is based on the principles of physics, chemists, and mathematics.

33. Ballet performers must be believable actors and actresses as well as experts dancers.

34.  Venus, the second planet from the sun, is exactly almost the same size as the Earth.

35.   P.T Barnum opened his own circus in 1871 and become the most famous showman of his time.

36. The way a child plays with other children reveals a lots about the child’s emotional development.

37. The belief in fairies have existed from earliest times, and the literature of many countries includes tales of fairies and their relationship to humans.

38.  Acrylic paint enables artists to experiment with many colors effects.

39. Salt Lake City, Utah’s capital and largest city, is industrial and banking center.

40. A rat’s sharp teeth can gnaw through wood, plaster, or soft metallic such as lead.