The Solar System
What is the brightest star in the night sky?
Sirius, often called the "Dog Star"
Can water be a solid, liquid, and gas at the same time in a closed container?
Yes, Water reaches its triple point a hair above freezing (0.01 C) and at a pressure of 0.006 atm (atmospheric pressure).
What country was I born in?
Canada
What is the farthest star from Earth?
Earendel (WHL0137-LS) is located an incredible 28 billion light-years away from Earth.
Where would you find a grasshopper's tympanum (ears) on its body?
A grasshopper's ears (tympanum) are on its abdomen.
What NYC borough do I live in?
The Bronx
Why is Pluto no longer a planet?
Clear Its Neighborhood: It must be gravitationally dominant enough to clear its orbital path of other debris and similar-sized objects.
What is the single largest living organism in the world?
Armillaria solidipes (Honey fungus)
How old am I?
52
How many times larger is the Sun than Earth?
The Sun is about 1.3 million times bigger than Earth.
The Sun is about 109 times wider than Earth.
The Sun is roughly 333,000 times more massive than Earth.
What food is radioactive? (you would need to eat 100 hundred just to equal the same amount of natural radiation per day living in the United States)
banana, Brazil nuts
How many countries have I worked in?
Six
How long does it take for the Earth to orbit the sun?
1000 = 365 days
2000 = One year
3000 = It takes the Earth 365.256 days to orbit the Sun.
4000 = It takes the Earth 365 days, 5 hours, 59 minutes, and 16 seconds to orbit the Sun.
5000 = It takes the Earth 365.256 363 004 ephemeris days to orbit the Sun.
What element, when heated to 452 °F, is not affected by gravity?
helium
Who is my favorite student in 5th grade this year?
All of you!