April 14Apr 14 Author Correct answer for Question 131 - GeographyWhat country’s flag features the image of a red bear holding a shield that is decorated with a shipwreck scene?D: BermudaThe bear image is the country’s coat of arms. The shipwreck represents the sinking of the Virginia bound English vessel Sea Venture which in 1609 sank and led to the European settling of Bermuda.
April 14Apr 14 Author Question 132 - GeographyYou can keep any precious gems you find at the Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas.About how many diamonds are found by visitors each year?A: 4B: 231C: 600D: 3,420
April 14Apr 14 Hmmm...I think 4 is way too low, and something tells me 3420 is too high, so that leaves two choices. I'll guess C: 600
April 18Apr 18 Author Correct answer to Question 132 - GeographyYou can keep any precious gems you find at the Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas.About how many diamonds are found by visitors each year?C: 600
April 18Apr 18 Author Question 133 - GeographyHow many of the contiguous United States border an Ocean, Bay or Gulf?A: 15B: 21C: 25D: 29
April 18Apr 18 I did some quick visualization and came up with 18. So I'll say B: 21oh wait! I included Alaska and Hawaii in that visualization. That puts my estimate at 16. So I'll cross out my first answer B: 21 and say A: 15 Edited April 18Apr 18 by JB
April 18Apr 18 Tricky, because a couple of them have very short coastlines. I'm going with JB's first choice... B: 21
April 22Apr 22 Ocean or gulf I think of salt water, so that leaves out the great lakes states, so I think the correct answer would be B: 21
April 22Apr 22 Author Correct answer to Question 133 - GeographyHow many of the contiguous United States border an Ocean, Bay or Gulf?B: 21WA, OR, CA, TX, LA, MS, AL, FL, GA, SC, NC, VA, MD, DE, NJ, NY, CT, RI, MA, NH, ME
April 22Apr 22 Author Question 134 - GeographyThe Bohart Museum of Entomology is located on the campus of the University of California in Davis. What does the museum’s collection consist of? A: SkinB: HairC: Elephant tusks and rhino hornsD: Insects
April 23Apr 23 JB went 'buggy' over that answer...so I'll crawl right along behind him and also say D: Insects
April 24Apr 24 A "trifecta"? Now I'm getting worried. I sometimes get entomology and etymology mixed up. I know one is for insects and the other is for word origins, but......
April 26Apr 26 Author correct Answer to Question 134 - GeographyThe Bohart Museum of Entomology is located on the campus of the University of California in Davis. What does the museum’s collection consist of?D: InsectsMore than 6 million of them.
April 26Apr 26 Author Question 135 - GeographyTikal, a complex of ruins located in the rain forests of Guatemala, was once a city belonging to what ancient civilization?A: The MayansB: The IncasC: The AztecsD: The Norte Chico
April 27Apr 27 Hmm, I've heard of Tikal but I can never remember which civilization created it. I'll go with my first instinct and say A: The Mayans
April 30Apr 30 Author Correct answer for Question 135 - GeographyTikal, a complex of ruins located in the rain forests of Guatemala, was once a city belonging to what ancient civilization?A: The MayansWe have a bunch of smarties here.
April 30Apr 30 Author Question 136 - The UniverseWhat was the first living creature to be sent into outer space?A: BacteriaB: Fruit FliesC: A dogD: A chimpanzeeQuestion 137 - The UniverseTrue or FalseEvery planet in the solar system can fit between the Earth and the Moon.A: TrueB: False
April 30Apr 30 A dog went before a chimp I believe, but I think they were beat by B: Fruit FliesI thought planets like Jupiter were huge compared to Earth, but the distance between Earth and the Moon is pretty big, so I'll make a guess and say A: True
April 30Apr 30 I don't remember fruit flies being mentioned at the time, but I do remember the Russian dog, "Laika" being sent into space. So, C: A dog.My thoughts on the planets vis à vis Earth and the Moon are similar to Wagi's. At first I thought "No Way!". But after thinking about the distances between Earth and Moon (~240,000 miles)... that's almost a quarter of a million! So I'll glance over at Wagi's worksheet and copy what he said, A: True
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