Science in Disney

The average human hair grows about 1.25 cm per month. 1.25*12=15 cm per year, or just about 6 inches. How long would Rapunzels hair be if she was trapped in the tower for 18 years (use centimeters)?

• 270 cm

• 108 cm

• 90 cm

• 22.5 cm

What movie did a character travel 2040 kilometers (1275 miles) around Australia’s coast?

• The Rescuers Down Under

• Penguins

• Surf's Up

• Finding Nemo

It is possible that the 3 youngsters in this movie had genetic breakdowns as seen below. What movie do these genotypes represent?

• Zootopia

• Aristocats

• Ratatouille

• Coco

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The official size of a minion is approximately 3.5 feet tall. If Gru is 4 minions tall, what is his height in feet?

• 7 ft

• 14 ft

• 21 ft

• 12 ft

Zero-point energy from this film is based on an actual physics concept called the zero-point field, demonstrated in 1948 via the Casimir Effect. It is a theoretical concept of the lowest possible energy that travels in wavelengths in a vacuum.

• The Incredibles

• Big Hero 6

• The Avengers

• Bolt

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Feral children (children who were not raised by humans) that are reintroduced to society typically struggle socially because they missed the critical age of language development, which ends around 5 years old. This character was unlikely to learn the language as quickly as he does.

• Mulan

• Inside Out

• Tarzan

• Jungle Book

These two characters travel from Cairo to Athens in about one second. The distance between these locations is 683 miles (1,100 kilometers), which would generate millions of pounds of force.

• Tarzan and Jane

• Aladdin and Jasmine

• Elsa and Anna

• Timon and Pumbaa

In this species of animal in A Bug’s Life, the females drink blood, but the males do not. They only feed on the nectar of flowers.

• grasshopper

• bumblebee

• ant

• mosquito

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In Dumbo, he is estimated to weigh just about 500 pounds when he debuts at about 4 months old, so with a wing load of 1.3 lb/ft², calculate the wing span Dumbo would need to have to reach the 200 mph velocity needed to stay in the air. Divide the velocity by the wing load.

• 2.50 ft

• 125.67 ft

• 153.85 ft

• 384.62 ft

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When a dominant female clownfish dies, the strongest male takes her place, changing genders to do so. Which character in Finding Nemo would this have drastically changed in real life?

• Marlin

• Dory

• Nemo

• Crush

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