christmas science quiz

Another name for a reindeer is

• Hart

• Pudu

• Caribou

• Muntjac

How fast would Father Christmas have to go in order to deliver all the presents in one night

• 90 miles per hour

• 60 metres a second

• 1000 miles per hour

• 650 miles per second

Which of the following statements is NOT true

• A reindeer grows a new set of antlers every year

• Reindeers have a poisonous spine on their back legs

• The reindeers is the only species where the males and females grown antlers

• A reindeer's antlers can grown up to 1.3m long

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A star is NOT

• a massive, luminous ball of plasma

• another planet far away

• a celestial body of hot gases

• a thermonuclear reactor

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Snowflakes are formed when:

• Angel tears freeze on the way down from Heaven

• Space dust freezes upon entering out atmosphere

• Cloud temperatures reach freezing point allowing ice crystals to form around dust particles

• The wind blows sea salt into the upper atmosphere

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What is "Snowball Earth"?

• A type of frost in Alaska

• A frozen chocolate pudding

• A dirty lump of snow

• A period in Earth's history when the entire planet was frozen over

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As Grandma sits next to the fireplace she notices she can feel the heat from all sides of the fire. What type of heat transfer does she experience?

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

True or False? All snowflakes are unique.

• True

• False

How many sides or branches does a typical snowflake have?

• 3

• 5

• 6

• 8

On Christmas Eve, Santa has 32 hours to deliver presents. Why does he have longer than a day?

• he travels east to west maximise darkness

• he travels west to east maximise darkness

• He travels faster than light

• The elves help for 8 hours