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CURTAINS MADE OF STRONG CARBON FIBER RODS ARE SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO HELP BUILDINGS WITHSTAND THESE
What are earthquakes?
ITS ELECTRIC CHARGE IS NEGATIVE AND IT HAS VERY LITTLE MASS
What is an electron?
THE CHIEF DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTIC OF THE TALLEST LAND ANIMAL IS ITS EXTREMELY LONG NECK, WHICH CONTRIBUTES TO ITS 2ND TITLE- HIGHEST BLOOD PRESSURE
What is a giraffe?
THESE COLORFUL SKY ARCHES ARE PRODUCED WHEN SUNLIGHT HITS WATER DROPLETS
What is a rainbow?
First video arcade game which was introduced by Atari in 1972
What is Pong?
DUE TO THERMAL EXPANSION, THIS PARIS STRUCTURE IS 15 CENTIMETERS TALLER IN THE SUMMER
What is the Eiffel Tower?
IT'S THE CENTER OF AN ATOM AND ACCOUNTS FOR MOST OF AN ATOM'S SIZE
What is the nucleus?
IF YOU COUNT THE NUMBER OF CHIRPS MADE BY THIS INSECT IN 15 SECONDS AND ADD 40, YOU’LL GET THE CURRENT TEMPERATURE IN FAHRENHEIT
What is a cricket?
THE STUDY OF WEATHER
What is meteorology?
First manufactured as a wall paper cleaner in the 1930s, this product was a favorite among young children. In the 1950s, Hasbro repackaged the product and it continues to be a best seller.
What is Play doh?
AT 78%, THIS IS THE MOST ABUNDANT GAS IN THE EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE
What is nitrogen gas?
THESE NEUTRAL PARTICLES CAN BE FOUND IN THE NUCLEUS
What are neutrons?
SEA TURTLES HAVE THE ABILITY TO SENSE THE EARTH’S THIS AND USE IT FOR NAVIGATION
What is magnetic field?
MOST TORNADOES ARE EXPERIENCED BY THIS COUNTRY, TO THE EXTENT THAT THERE IS ONE SECTION IN THE CENTER OF THE COUNTRY KNOWN AS “TORNADO ALLEY”
What are the United States of America?
Considered to be the oldest toy in history
What is a doll?
THIS PHOTOSYNTHETIC PIGMENT FOUND IN PLANTS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR GREEN COLORATION
What is chlorophyll?
What are protons?
WHILE IN THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS, CHARLES DARWIN OBSERVED THAT THESE BIRDS HAD DIFFERENT BEAK SHAPES BECAUSE THEY ADAPTED TO EAT DIFFERENT KINDS OF FOOD
What are finches?
WHAT ARE MONSOONS?
This was the first toy to be advertised on television in 1952; appropriate for couch potatoes.
What is Mr. Potato Head?
WHEN UNVEILED IN 1886, THE STATUE OF LIBERTY LOOKED LIKE A NEW PENNY, BUT BY 1920, THE COPPER EXTERIOR HAD TURNED COMPLETELY GREEN DUE TO THIS CHEMICAL PROCESS
What is oxidation?
PHYSICISTS STUDY PARTICLES BY CRASHING THEM INTO ONE ANOTHER AT ULTRA HIGH ENERGIES TO CREATE NEW SMALLER PARTICLES INSIDE ONE OF THESE
COW BURPS ARE A SURPRISINGLY SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTOR TO GLOBAL WARMING BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN THIS POTENT GREENHOUSE GAS
What is methane?
THE EQUIVALENT OF HURRICANES IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE ROTATE CLOCKWISE AND ARE CALLED THIS
What are cyclones?
Pictures of an ancient form of this board game have been identified on Egyptian tombs.
What is checkers?