Year at a Glance
- Why is summer hotter than winter?
(a) The sun give off more heat in the summer.
(b) The earth is closer to the sun
(c) The sun is higher in the sky and days are longer.
- Why does the moon have phases?
(a)As the moon orbits the earth, we see different amounts of the Moon's sunlit side.
(b) The moon passes in and out of the earth's shadow.
(c) The moon passes in and out of the sun's shadow.
- Can a cat see in a totally dark room?
Yes.
No.
- When an acorn grows into a giant oak, where does the wood come from?
(a) Mostly from the soil.
(b) Mostly from water.
(c) Mostly from air.
- Today it is covered in ice and snow, but millions of years agao Antarctica was a rainforest!
- Do you own a pair of denim jeans? Blue jeans were first made in 1873 by American Levi Strauss.
- The wheel was invented in 6500 B.C. by the Sumerians.
- Asia is the largest of the seven continents. It measures 17,300,000 square miles (44,807,000 square km)!
- The first television broadcast was in 1936. It's amazing how far television has come since then.
- If you want to visit Pluto you's better pack a bag. This planet is the farthest from the Sun at 2.67 billion miles(4.29) billion km. away!
- Robert Wadlow was the tallest man to ever live. he was 8' 11" (272 cm) tall
- An iguana, a type of lizard, can grow up to six feet (183 cm) long!
- The center of the sun is very hot. 27,000,000*F (14,849,982*C)!
- The largest banana split ever created measured, 4.45 miles (7.16 km) long!
- We blink our eyes about 20,000 times a day! This is how we keep them clean from dust and dirt.
- Today it is covered in ice and snow but millions of years ago Antarctica was a rainforest.
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1:c. 2:a. 3:No. 4:c.
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