, 16 March 2022
By Fiona Midson and Beth Askham
Here is ‘acute’ quiz for you to size up! Answer these questions to see if you are in shape.
A scalene triangle has sides of all different lengths, and all different angles.
Honeycomb, snowflakes and insect eyes all include hexagons.
Cordate leaves are heart shaped.
The average adult human body contains about 250 grams of salt, roughly the weight of a block of butter. If you don’t have enough salt, your body suffers an electrolyte imbalance called hyponatremia.
Our solar system’s ‘bubble’, carved into space by solar wind, is actually a squashed crescent shape. It has also been compared to a deflated croissant.
Congratulations! You are a real science whiz!
Oh dear! Better brush up before the next quiz!
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16 March, 2022 at 12:38 pm
If three different lengths form the sides of a triangle, necessarily all the interior angles will be different!