World's fastest ant

1) What is the name of the world's fastest ant?

• a) the Saharan golden ant

• b) the Saharan white ant

• c) the Saharan silver ant

• d) the Saharan black ant

2) How many times its body length does the ant run every second?

• a) 108

• b) 106

• c) 105

• d) 103

3) How many strides does the ant make every second?

• a) around 50

• b) up to 50

• c) just over 50

• d) exactly 50

4) What do the ants' running movements break limits of?

• a) the land speed record

• b) inertia

• c) speed

• d) what is physically possible

5) For how long do the ants' feet touch the sand with each stride?

• a) 7 hundredths of a second

• b) 7 microseconds

• c) 7 milliseconds

• d) 7 nanoseconds

6) How hot can the sand in the Sahara Desert be?

• a) up to 70 degrees Celsius

• b) up to 60 degrees Celsius

• c) up to 80 degrees Celsius

• d) up to 100 degrees Celsius

7) What do the ants want its feet to spend less time on?

• a) fine sand

• b) damp sand

• c) wet sand

• d) scorching sand

8) What might happen if the ants' feet spend longer on the sand?

• a) they might take a rest

• b) they might sink

• c) they might melt

• d) they might stick to it

9) What did a professor say the ant's running may be related to

• a) the grain of sand

• b) the sand dune habitat

• c) sand drifts

• d) sand paper

10) How did the professor describe the sand as being?

• a) soft

• b) golden

• c) rough

• d) precious