How many miles of coastline does Maine have?
How many hearts does an octopus have?
3!
If all the DNA in one person were stretched out, how long would it be?
10 billion miles!
1. How many bones does an adult human have?
206!
About how many times does your heart beat per day?
20,000
1,000,000
100,000
67,000
About 100,000!
About how many islands are off the coast of Maine?
About 4,500 islands!
How many times does a hummingbird flap its wings each second?
A) 5
B) 20
C) 50
D) 200
50!
About how many Lego bricks would it take to build a tower to the Moon?
About 40 billion!
How many Earths would fit inside Jupiter?
1,300!
If you folded a piece of paper in half 42 times, how high would it be?
The height of the school
As tall as a tree
The peak of Mount Everest
The distance to the Moon
To the moon. (Even further!)
What percentage of Maine is covered by forest?
90%! America's most heavily forested state.
2. How many teeth does a shark lose in its lifetime?
About 50
About 800
About 6,000
About 30,000
About 30,000!
If you earned $1 every second, how long until you had $1 million?
A - 12 days!
3. How many minutes are in a week?
A) 1,440
B) 10,080
C) 70,000
D) 100,800
10,080!
How many seconds are in one year?
About 31 million!
If you drove from Kittery (South) to Fort Kent (near Maine's northern tip), about how many miles would you travel?
500 miles!
How much can a blue whale's tongue weigh?
If you earned $1 every second, how long until you had $1 billion?
32 years!
4. How many miles around is Earth at the equator?
25,000!
How many zeros are in one billion?
9.
Are there more Maine citizens or lobster traps in Maine oceans?
Lobster traps! Maine population (1.3 million) against roughly 3.5 million lobster traps!
How many ants would it take to equal the weight of one elephant?
About 10 million!
What percentage of Earth's water is drinkable freshwater?
C -- 3%!
5. How many days would it take to count to one million if you counted one number every second without stopping?
A) 1 day
B) 4 days
C) 12 days
D) 30 days
About 12 days!
How many Earths could fit inside the Sun?