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#1. What word is used to describe a tree that loses its leaves every year?
Deciduous trees lose their leaves every year.
#2. What’s the name of the SpaceX spacecraft that launched astronauts to the International Space Station in May 2021?
The Crew Dragon is the first American spacecraft to send astronauts into orbit since the Space Shuttle.
#3. Where do mosquito larvae live?
Most mosquito species lay their eggs in puddles, ponds and other stagnant water. These eggs hatch, releasing larvae.
#4. What’s the name for new land and islands that form at the mouth of a river?
A river delta is formed when sand, silt and other sediments collect at the mouth of a river. It’s called a delta because some deltas are shaped like a capital delta: Δ.
#5. What part of a plant is a cactus spine?
Cactus spines are actually highly modified leaves!
#6. What do puffball fungi release when they burst?
Puffball fungi release a cloud of spores when they burst.
#7. The explosive chemical nitroglycerin is also used to treat heart problems.
Nitroglycerin is used to treat angina, a painful condition that happens when the heart doesn’t get enough blood flow.
#8. True or false? Most of your blood cells are made inside your bones.
True. The marrow inside your bones is the main site where your body makes blood cells.
#9. What element is coal mostly made of?
Coal is mostly made of carbon, which is why it produces carbon dioxide when it is burnt.
#10. How long ago did the dinosaurs go extinct?
Dinosaurs died out about 65 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous period.
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