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If you run out of questions, you can either move onto questions from a related subject, or work through questions Oxplore, NRICH, bioNRICH, chemNRICH or Isaac Physics.  \n3. We will return to the main room at 2:30pm, and you’ll have the chance to share some of the things that you’ve been talking about in your breakout rooms.  \nHayley will be in the main room and circulating through the breakout rooms, so if you have any questions or concerns, please just let her know.  \nBiology (see also Chemistry)  \n• Why do some habitats support higher biodiversity than others?  \n• Why do many animals have stripes?  \n• If you could save either the rainforests or the coral reefs, which would you choose?  \n• Is it easier for organisms to live in the sea or on land?  \n• Why do lions have manes?  \n• Ladybirds are red. So are strawberries. 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