🌞 Summer Science
What vitamin does your body make when sunlight hits your skin?
Vitamin D
What ocean is on the east coast of the United States?
Atlantic Ocean
What fruit is more than 90% water?
Watermelon 🍉
What animal's tongue can be longer than its body?
Chameleon
Which city hosted the 2024 Summer Olympics?
Paris
True or False? Lightning is hotter than the surface of the Sun
True
What is the deepest part of the Pacific Ocean called?
Mariana Trench
What is Ms. Korede's favorite summer food? (HINT: very popular at cookouts, goes in a bun)
Hot dog 🌭
What bird can fly backward?
Hummingbird
What is the name of the hottest place ever recorded on Earth?
Death Valley
What is the name of the longest day of the year?
Summer Solstice
What force causes ocean tides?
The moon's gravity
Why do foods spoil faster outside on a hot day than inside a refrigerator?
Heat helps bacteria grow
What mammal can hold its breath for over an hour underwater?
Seal
At what temperature does human blood boil?
Roughly 100 °C (212 °F)
What layer of Earth's atmosphere helps block harmful UV rays?
The ozone layer
What sea creature has three hearts?
Octopus
True or False: cinnamon comes from the bark of a tree
True
What animal can regrow a lost arm?
Starfish
Roughly how long does sunlight take to reach Earth?
8 minutes
What is the hottest planet in our solar system?
Venus
What ocean animal has the largest brain of any animal on Earth?
The sperm whale
Vanilla flavoring originally comes from the pod of what type of plant?
An orchid
What animal has fingerprints so similar to humans that they can confuse investigators?
Koala 🐨
Which planet rotates so slowly that its day is longer than its year?
Venus