Don't Tell Me
If you want to tell someone something in Paris or Montreal, it would be best to use this language.
What is French?
At night we can see stars. In the daytime we can't see them, because this object lights the sky up too much.
What is the Sun?
If you see a sign on the side of the freeway that says "65", that is this kind of limit.
What is a speed limit?
Cats and dogs have 4 "feet" each, but we don't usually call them feet - they're called this instead.
What are paws?
It's a myth that the moon is made of green cheese. It's really made of this.
What is rock?
Deaf people can communicate with each other even though they can't hear words - they can use this "language" where you speak with your hands.
What is sign language?
Sometimes we'll see shooting stars at night. They aren't really stars - those are caused by these objects hitting our atmosphere.
What are meteors? (Or space dust)
Your parents may put a limit on how late you stay out at night. This time is called your what?
What is a curfew?
Arctic hares and arctic foxes probably leave their winter footprints in this substance rather than dirt.
What is snow or ice?
If you look at the moon through a telescope, you'll see these circles, which were made when meteors and other objects smashed into it.
What are craters?
Before radios were invented, the telegraph was used to transmit messages using this code - involving dots (.) and dashes (-).
What is Morse code?
When electricity jumps between clouds or from clouds to the ground, you see this flash.
What is lightning?
The limits of this are between about 92F and 105F. Any higher or lower means death.
What is body temperature?
If someone has "athlete's foot", it means they have this growing on their feet.
What is a fungus (tinea pedis to be precise)?
There have been 12 people who have walked on the moon. All of them have been men and all of them were from this country.
What is the USA?
Ancient Egyptians used this written language involving symbols like birds, eyes, and wavy lines.
What are hieroglyphics?
Without air, we couldn't survive, because air has this gas that we breathe in that keeps us alive.
What is oxygen?
This is the term we give to objects, like military aircraft, that go faster than the speed of sound.
What is supersonic?
The word "centipede" means that this bug has this many feet (although usually it doesn't really have this many).
What is 100?
Of the Sun, the moon, and Venus, this is the closest to Earth.
What is the moon?
When trying to tell your friend something on a text message, you can use little symbols like happy faces and smiling piles of poo. These symbols are called this.
What are emojis?
If you look up at the sky at night, the stars sometimes make patterns. These patterns have a long name that starts with "c"
What are constellations?
This is the ultimate speed limit - nothing can go faster than this, which is 186,000 miles per second.
What is the speed of light?
All insects have this many feet, but they all leave very small footprints.
What is 6?
Sometimes the Earth's shadow covers the moon and makes the moon appear red. This event is called this.
What is a lunar eclipse? (or a "blood moon")