What in the coconut!
True or False
Coconut palms produce only below 30 coconuts per year.
False
They can yield up to 75 fruits per year.
True or False
Hummingbirds can fly backwards.
False
Hummingbirds are the only birds that CANNOT fly backwords.
Brown
Is this equation true or false?
3+(2 x 4) = 12 - 1
False
Yes or No
Do identical twins have the same fingerprints?
No
Environmental factors during development in the womb (umbilical cord length, position in the womb, and the rate of finger growth) impact your fingerprint.
There are over ____ species of coconuts.
a. 50
b. 150
c. 250
b. 150
Cats have ___ muscles in each ear.
a. 5
b. 21
c. 32
c. 32
This anatomy allows them to rotate their ears a full 180 degrees.
Humans can see more shades of ____ than any other color.
a. green
b. blue
c. red
d. orange
a. green
You left a hot, open cup of coffee on the table in a cold room for a few hours. What can you expect to change?
a. It's colder with the same amount of liquid.
b. It's colder with less liquid.
c. It stays the same temperature with less liquid.
d. It stays the same temperature and same liquid amount.
b. It's colder with less liquid.
______ are 30 times more likely to be struck by lightning than people.
a. elephants
b. monkeys
c. birds
d. giraffes
d. giraffes
There are only five well-documented fatal lightning strikes on giraffes between 1996 and 2010. But due to the population of the species being just 140,000 during this time, it makes for about 0.003 lightning deaths per thousand giraffes each year. This is 30 times the equivalent fatality rate for humans.
Coconut water is known to have the same electrolyte levels as human plasma, and has been used for plasma transfusions! The high level of sugar and other salts make it possible to add the water to the bloodstream, similar to how an IV solution works in modern medicine. Coconut water was known to be used during ____ in tropical areas for emergency transfusions.
a. the civil war
b. the great depression
c. the Mexican-American war
d. WWII
Fleas can jump ___ times its body length.
a. 100
b. 350
c. 600
d. 850
b. 350
The human eye blinks an average of _______________ times a year.
Hint: Over 1,000,000
4,200,000
a. cirrus
b. stratus
c. nimbus
d. cumulus
a. cirrus
Animals can experience time differently from humans. To smaller animals, the world around them moves more _______ compared to humans.
More Slowly
Perception of time depends on how quickly the brain can process incoming information. Salamanders and lizards, for example, experience time more slowly than cats and dogs.