Nature's Magic Trivia Quiz

Answer: dandelion

Despite the fact that many consider this a weed, the dandelion is a fascinating plant. The seeds shown in the picture can travel for miles before they reach the ground. The plants - leaves, flowers and roots - are edible.

Several sites state that gardeners used to weed out the grass to make room for the dandelions!

Answer: web

Spider webs are made of silk. A thread of spider silk is stronger than an equally sized thread of steel. Webs are also used to travel on the air currents and protect egg sacs.

Spider webs have an added beauty when the sun sparkles through the collection of morning dew on the strands of the web.

Answer: fog

Fog is defined by the reduction of visibility to less than 1k (0.62m). Beautiful as it is, it can be a danger to water or land transport. Fog can be caused by a number of factors and is described as radiation fog, ground fog, advection fog, etc.

In the Atacama Desert in Chile, nets are used to capture and collect the water from fog.

Answer: Aurora Borealis

There is a similar display at the South Pole named Aurora Australis. Solar winds contain charged particles where are pulled toward Earth by the magnetic pole fields and then interact with atoms in our atmosphere. Though constantly occurring, the naked eye can usually only see them after dark.

The lights vary in color and are usually between 60 and 400 miles above the earth.

Answer: sunrise

Technically the sunrise is the specific moments of time when the Sun actually appears to move above the horizon, but generally it refers to the minutes of brilliant colors as the Sun appears to rise.

Whether you're watching from a window at home, a balmy beach, or a craggy precipice, this is generally a peaceful time to relax and enjoy the spectacle.

Answer: waves

Energy is transferred as wind blows across the water to create waves. The waves pictured here are also referred to as surf because they break on a shoreline. Waves can be much more turbulent during a storm.

Answer: eclipse

Solar eclipses happen fairly frequently, but most are partial. Total solar eclipses generally happen about every 18 months.

Although these happen all over the galaxy and beyond, from Earth we can only see an eclipse of the Sun or our Moon.

Answer: lightning

Lightning storms can be quite enthralling to watch from a place of safety, but they don't always accompany rain. By counting the seconds between the lightening and the thunder you can determine how far away the storm is.

In Venezuela, where the mouth of the Catatumbo River meets the Lake Maraciabo lightening is so frequent (up to 160 nights a year) and lasts for so long (up to 10 hours at a time), that it has been referred to as the "Lighthouse of Maracaibo".

Answer: fall

As the chlorophyll starts to break down, the leaves lose the green and show vibrant reds, oranges and yellows. In some US states a major part of the tourist industry depends on leaf peeping.

Beautiful to watch as they change day by day, but ultimately they fall to the ground. If the trees are in your yard all those leaves will need to be picked up by raking, blowing or perhaps mowing.

Answer: rainbow

These splendorous displays can be seen anywhere water is refracted and reflected through water droplets. It could be a rainfall, a waterfall, or even while using your garden hose.

A rainbow is really a circle but the whole circle can't usually be seen from the ground. Some pilots have reported seeing a rainbow circle while flying.