Australia Facts
Where is Uluru located?
Northern Territory
Name the only continent in which spiders and snakes don't exist?
What is Antarctica?
In a Free Body Diagram, what do the length and the direction of the arrows represent?
The size (magnitude) of the force and the direction in which it is acting.
What's the main language spoken in Brazil?
Portuguese
What is the tallest mountain in the world
Mount Everst
What color is polar bear skin?
Black
What animals can't walk backward?
Emus and Kangaroos
In a website browser address bar, what does “www” stand for?
World Wide Web
According to Newton’s Second Law (F = ma), what happens to the acceleration of an object if you double the force applied to it?
The acceleration doubles
Who painted the Mona Lisa?
Leonardo da Vinci
What is the worlds largest ocean?
Pacific
What are the only two mammals that lay eggs?
Echidna and platypus
What is Fraser Island now called?
K'Gari
What's the smallest planet in our solar system?
Mercury
What is the name for the energy an object possesses due to its motion?
Kinetic motion
What was the original capital of Japan?
Kyoto
What famous wall can be seen from outer space?
Great wall of China
What is a group of hedgehogs called?
A prickle
What is our only venomous mammal?
Platypus
What is the name of the longest river in South America?
The Amazon River
What does the term "Iteration" mean in the context of your design projects?
The process of repeating steps (testing, analyzing, and refining) to improve a design based on previous results.
The U.S State where the famous Hollywood sign resides
California
What is the capital of Spain?
Madrid
How much of the brain does the dolphin use while sleeping?
Half
How many of the 25 venomous snakes do we have here in Australia?
A flamboyance is a group of what animals?
Flamingos
Using the Law of Conservation of Energy, explain why a bouncing ball never reaches its original height after the first bounce.
Some energy is transformed into sound and thermal (heat) energy during the collision with the floor, so there is less kinetic energy to push it back up.
The famous city of canals, located in Europe
Venice
What desert is the largest in the world?
The Sahara Desert
What is it impossible to do while sneezing?
Keep your eyes open
The oldest fossil has been found in Australia. How old is it?
3.4 Billion years old
What does the clothing store's name H&M stand for?
Hennes (Swedish for "hers") and Mauritz, after it acquired a hunting apparel brand.
When designing a vehicle to go as fast as possible, why is some friction necessary even though you want to reduce air resistance?
You need friction between the wheels and the ground (traction) to allow the vehicle to move forward without spinning out.
What color for 'go' is Japan's traffic lights?
Blue
What is the city with the largest Polish population outside of Poland?
Chicago
What part of our body serves no known purpose?
The earlobes