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easter holiday quiz
OK quizaholics!
This time there’s no excuse to get anything wrong as we’ve taken our Easter Parents Pack and turned it into a big old Easter holiday quiz! With the travel and fluffy animals and egg themes mingled it’s tempting to start with: Why did the chicken cross the road? But no. That’s just not scientific enough for us!
Make sure you get the eggs-act answers now….
GO
01 What is the safest car colour?
Yellow
Green
Blue
02 Which way does a moles hair grow?
Natural Side Parting (the ‘Superman’)
Mostly Forwards (the ‘George Clooney’)
Flexible in all directions (the ‘Harry Potter’)
03 Why are eggs so strong?
Their shell is hard because of the high calcium component
The ‘eggious’ membrane inside makes the shell slightly flexible
The two arches structure spreads the weight
04 Which of these isn’t a type of road crossing?
Puffin
Pelican
Penguin
05 Town traffic control system SCOOT stands for...
Spoilt Cycle Offset Optimisation Technique
Split Cycle Offset Optimisation Technique
Spaced Cycle Offset Optimisation Technique
06 Dalmatian Puppies are born...
Grey - the colour separates into black and white as they grow
White – the spots appear later
With the exact markings they’ll have as adults
07 Why does the shelless egg shrink in syrup?
Osmosis
Osbournis
Oxidation
08 To make a Planet Science Jumping Bean you’ll need...
Foil and a bean and a box
A bean and a box and a marble
A marble and foil and a box
09 Cloned cats don’t have the same coats as their clones, why?
They wash and groom in different ways which influences how the fur looks
Fur patterns are set in the womb and are influenced by environmental factors
The genes for fur patterns are the most easily ‘scrambled’ in the laboratory
10 The lack of which brain chemical makes us more prone to Road Rage?
Seratonin
Melatonin
Calmatonin
Answers:
1= Yellow • 2= Flexible in all directions • 3= The two arches structure spreads the weight • 4= Penguin • 5= Split Cycle Offset Optimisation Technique • 6= White • 7= Osmosis • 8= A marble and foil and a box • 9= Fur patterns are set in the womb and are influenced by environmental factors • 10= Seratonin •
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