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Show - - - - - - - I I wfllsk Ask Jlsk Me Jinolhcr Another Jlnolhcr I . ) A Genera/ Genera General GeneraQuiz / O QuizThe Quiz QuizThe I _ _ The Questions Quedron6 Quest tons tonsI 1 J I IIdq has II < is Hraz BrdZ l3rtz I 1 a . , ' st 't t t III ib it < I t > ' s , luge I l ti > ige iges ge geJ6 .l l . _ J6 s ' > Icxas ! I.xas7 Ixas7 .Xd Xd ( . ( . ' > ? 2 What makes m.lkcs mlkcs mikcs . wood lC dc < < lc < ( IY ty y7 " I I 3 Does the mo nw too n 11 inflm mtlllt intuit ict ILL f UI crt UIdulum crtdulum cndiilum dulum clocks ? 4 How do waves waveq on tl U c L r Gr Gn ( , i itI itI .It It . .Itlakes > tI lakes I akes compare c-ompare c ompare - with waves n II the theocLans [ theoc lie lieottana oc-Lans oc Lans ottana - .ans7 ans7 . ? 5 Which is tlie the longer coastlir coaqtl1r I C ' Cthe cthe the Atlantic or Paciflc-7 Paciflc 7 PacIfic - ? 6 How do our rivers c < ( n ir pre prewith p pirewith ' ! ire irewith with those of Europe ? 7 How large is Death Ieath ) Valley ? 8 Did Cortez G < ( mez rnez c ( r Pizarro l'izarro lizarro l'izarroconquer PizarroLonq Pizarroconquer ' Lonq conquer uer Peru ? The AnswersI Answers An6wer . 1 t I Brazil which is I larger < Hger tJ'In tJIn Uin tJ'InI tJ'Inthe tl U ' intlie in inthe the United Umted States has 20 "itdteq itdteq stute " states3 I , 3 of which are larger than Texas Texds Texis 2 Bacteria and certain certam micro rmcro- rmcro micro- rmcro1 microSCpiC microscopic - - 1 scopic SCpiC plants called fungi grow In rn Inthe rnthe inthe the wood and destroy the struc slruc- slruc strue- strue slruchire strueture structure - - ture hire 3 The methinism medl'InlSm medlInlSm metli-inism metli inism ' - of p PCfldU1ttTfl pendulumlocks < , ndulllm ndulllmlocks ( ( locks is affected slightly sl1bhtly slthtly , by the thegravitatIOnal thegravitational thegravitational gravitatIOnal pullof pull of the m ro on 4 Waves on tie tl U e Great lakes lakess I akess s ) ! ) unotnnes ootunes IflOtlIneS reach 25 feet ocean oceanwaveq oceanwaveq oceanwaves waveq more than 50 feet 5 The Atlintic Athntlc 6 The Mississippi MISSISqlPPI al alie -ie ie 1e te - il'l ill its il'lcharges itscharges lischarges ' charges more water than th.in thin thdn . all tt U ti e erivers erivers erivers rivers of ILurope E.urope Europe . 7 Death DeaUI Valley proi pro prom I er is about about50 50 miles mlle'i mllei ' long and averages av'rdges avrdges avcrdges ( ' be between between between tween 20 and 25 mll miles nitles ( ' < ; in brei bre'1 bre1 bret ' lth Ith lthbetween Ithbetween 1thbetween between tlie the crests crest crest.s . . , > of en enclus ( 10 1o " ' 19 ig 19rnountam igmountain igmountain rnountam mountain rane'3 rane3 ranges ranhe'J ranheJ ' ' It I is 27C 276 f 1 ct el ci be below below below low sea s'a sa ( ' level 8 Pizarro |