Summer School Wonderopolis Review #1

Biblical scholars believe the use of the number seven in the Bible represents what?

• perfection

• incompleteness

• dissatisfaction

• unhappiness

In traditional Chinese culture, the number seven represents the combination of Yin, Yang, and the Five what?

• Emperors

• Elements

• Easements

• Evils

Mathematically, seven may be an attractive number because it’s the largest of what type of number between one and 10?

• even

• null

• prime

• basic

How likely is it for someone to yawn after seeing someone else yawn?

• five times more likely

• six times more likely

• 139 times more likely

• 10 times more likely

Which of the following do experts NOT think is a possible trigger for yawning?

• social mirroring caused by mirror neurons

• being in the same environment

• social bonds between individuals

• a bacterial infection of the sinuses

What do mirror neurons do?

• they help the brain notice useful behaviors and then mimic them

• they act like any other cell in the body

• they function in the completely opposite way of other cells in the brain

• when one mirror neuron does something new all the other neurons mimic it

Which of the following is NOT an example of a verbal animal communication?

• a dog's bark

• a cat's meow

• a bird's chirp

• a dog's tail wag

Which of the following is an example of a nonverbal animal communication technique?

• a frog's croak

• a bee's dance

• a whale's song

• a cow's moo

Which of the following is NOT an example of a nonverbal animal communication technique?

• a deer's flick of the tail

• a wolf's howl

• a peacock's fanning feathers

• a dolphin's tail slap

Which is NOT a force at work on waterslides, according to this Wonder?

• Magnetic force

• Gravity

• Friction

• Kinetic energy