Animals
What is the tallest living land animal?
Giraffes
Giraffes have 6-foot necks! Males reach 15 to 19 feet; Females are slightly shorter, generally standing between 13 and 16 feet tall.
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Which animal is the tallest in the world?
A giraffe
Which planet is the red planet?
Mars
Mars appears red primarily because its surface is covered in a fine layer of iron oxide—essentially rust—formed by the oxidation of iron-rich rocks.
What's the capital of Japan?
Tokyo
How many days are in a year?
Normally, 365 days in a year
On leap years, there are 366 days in the year.
What land mammal cannot jump?
Elephants! Also, hippos, rhinos, and sloths
This is largely due to their massive weight, unique downward-pointing bone structure, and lack of spring-like leg tendons. Elephants can run up to 40 kilometres per hour.
How many hours are there in one week?
168
What is the name of the galaxy that contains our Solar System?
The Milky Way
The Milky Way is a barred spiral galaxy, approximately 13.6 billion years old, containing 100–200 billion stars, including our Sun. Measuring over 100,000 light-years across, it consists of a thick disk, central bulge, and spiral arms. The Solar System is located in the Orion Spur, roughly 25,000 light-years from the center, orbiting the galactic core every 240–250 million years.
Which planet is the red planet?
Mars
Which Roman Numeral represents the number 5?
V = 5
Name at least 2 birds that cannot fly.
Ostriches, Emus, Cassowaries, Kiwis, Penguins
Which country do koalas come from?
Australia
What is the hottest planet in our solar system?
Venus is the hottest planet in our solar system
Venus has a surface temperature of approximately 465 Celsius or 867 degrees Fahrenheit. Despite being second from the Sun, its thick atmosphere, composed primarily of carbon dioxide with clouds of sulfuric acid, traps heat in a runaway greenhouse effect. This makes Venus hotter than Mercury (planet closest to the sun).
What is the worlds largest and deepest ocean?
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest ocean on Earth, covering approximately 165 million kilometres. It spans over one-third of the planet's surface, contains more than half of its free water, and is larger than all of Earth's landmasses combined.
How many sides does a hexagon have?
6 sides
Hexa = 6 in Greek.
What does it mean if an animal is an omnivore?
The animal eats both meat and plants.
Which Roman Numeral represents the number 5?
V
Who was the first Canadian in space?
Marc Garneau
Marc Garneau became the first Canadian in space on October 5, 1984, flying aboard the NASA Space Shuttle Challenger (mission STS-41G) as a payload specialist. A former naval officer and one of the original six Canadian astronauts selected in 1983, he later flew on two other shuttle missions in 1996 and 2000.
What's the fear of spiders?
Arachnophobia
What number does L represent in Roman Numerals?
L = 50
Example:
X = 10
LX = 50 + 10 = 60
What is the name of the fairy in Peter Pan?
Tinkerbell
Jasmine
What is a "light-year" a measure of?
Distance / Length
It equals approximately 9.46 trillion kilometres
What country is home to the Great Barrier Reef?
Australia
How many hours are there in one week?
168 hours per week
24 hours per day X 7 days per week = 168 hours