Winter
Rain
Beaches
Animals
Animals pt. 2
100

All snowflakes have how many sides?

6

100

Water is suspended for about how many days before coming down as rain?

8

100

Stereotypical sand is made of what?

Broken rocks and minerals

100

What animal can freeze without dying?

Frogs

100

A group of rhinos is called a what?

A crash

200

What is the lowest recorded temperature on earth?

-128.6 degrees Fahrenheit

200

Rain drops actually look more like what type of bread?

hamburger buns

200

How tall is the tallest sandcastle recorded?

57 feet and 11 inches tall.

200

How to humpback whales hunt?

They use bubbles

200

Koalas sleep for how many hours a day?

22

300

How big is the biggest snowflake that's been recorded?

15″ in diameter and 8″ thick had fallen during a storm in January 1887 at Fort Keogh 

300

Where does it rain the least?

Antarctica

300

How many known beaches are there in the world?

11,011 named beaches

300

What animal's fingerprints are so similar to humans that they could taint a crime scene?

Koalas 

300
How do painted turtles survive the winter?

By breathing through their butts.

400

What is watermelon snow?

pink or red in color, is caused by green algae.

400

On some other planets and moons, rain is made of what?

On Venus, and other moons and planets, rain is made of sulfuric acid or methane. Even stranger: On a planet 5,000 light years away, scientists found raindrops made of iron rather than water.

400

Which country has the biggest coastline?

Canada

400

A study suggests that zebras' black and white stripes may be an evolutionary feature to help with what?

to fend off harmful horsefly bites.

400

How long does it take a sloth to digest a single leaf?

1 month

500

How tall is the tallest snowman ever recorded?

122 feet- It took 13 million pounds (5,896,700 kilograms) of snow to build the giant snowperson. The eyelashes were made of eight pairs of skis, the lips from five red tires, the arms consisted of two spruce trees, and the nose was made from chicken wire and cheesecloth. The finished snow creation was almost as tall as the Statue of Liberty.

500

What causes rain to have a scent?

because of a molecule, called geosmin.

500

What is the world's largest sand island?

Fraser Island

500

What animal is the only venomous primate?

Slow lorises

500

Horned lizards squirt what from their eyes?

Blood

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