There are a few funny words in this week’s quiz. You’ll need to be on top of your sci-vocab if you want to score 5/5!
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#1. What is the heaviest moon in the solar system?
Ganymede weighs about twice as much as Earth’s Moon.
#2. Which of the following is not a liquid?
Iron on the Sun would boil.
#3. What chemical allows plants to make sugar from sunlight, carbon dioxide and water?
Chlorophyll is the green pigment that allows plants to photosynthesise.
#4. How long is the equator?
Earth’s equator is about 40 075 kilometres long.
#5. What type of animal is a manatee?
Manatees are aquatic mammals that look a bit like sea lions. However, they’re actually more closely related to elephants!
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Re: Quick Quiz.
What’s with question 2?
If iron on the surface of the sun would boil, then isn’t it a liquid?
Your question asked which is NOT a liquid, how can that be the correct answer?
Thank You!
Iron boils at a much lower temperature than the surface of the Sun. So iron on the Sun is a gas, or maybe even a plasma (I’m not sure which). Iron will not stay a liquid on the Sun for long.
Thanks Mark W for asking that question my son and I had the same discussion.
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