1. What is the easternmost point of the United States?
2. What North American plant can live for thousands of years?
3. Is ice a mineral?
4. Is the earth’s core liquid or solid?
5. How long is a Martian year?
Answers
1. Pochnoi Point at Semisopochnoi, Alaska; 2. The creosote bush, Mojave, Sonoran, and Chihuahuan deserts, has been shown by radiocarbon dating to have lived since the birth of Christ and might last 10 000 years; 3. Yes, ice is formally described as such in Dana’s System; 4. Trick question - the very centre seems to be solid but it is surrounded by molten liquid; 5. One year.
Bristlecone pines can last for quite a while too.
ReplyDeleteOf course, Alaska wouldn't provide the easternmost point if the prime meridian were to pass through Mecca, as it doubtless soon will.
Bristlecone pines, eh?
ReplyDeleteMecca, yes.