Sunday, October 13, 2013

Here are 5 facts about history

1. History is something that happened in the past.
2. Historians study history.
3. History books are one of the most educational things.
4. History can be about settlements in new places.
5. It can be anything else also.

Here are 5 facts about Afghanistan

1. Kabul is its capital.
2. It's also its largest city.
3. The languages spoken there are Pashto and Dari.
4. The people who live there are Afghan.
5. The population according to the 2013 census is estimated about 31 108 077.

Saturday, October 12, 2013

Here are 5 facts about earthquakes

1. What causes earthquakes is when plates push together
2. An earthquake is when everything is shaking.
3. The largest scale for earthquakes is 9.
4. We measure earthquakes in how much pressure it takes.
5. How hard plates and soil hit together will mean how big the earthquake is.

Here are 5 facts about tornadoes

1. Tornadoes happen from March to November.
2. What cause a tornado is whenever they're is a wind storm that twirls around.
3. A dark funnel cloud would also cause a tornado.
4. We measure tornadoes in how much damage it causes.
5. The largest scale for tornadoes is EF5.

Here are 5 facts about Hurricanes

1. Hurricanes happen between June 1st and November 30th.
2. Whenever the water in the ocean is warm when cold air comes it causes a hurricane.
3. September is the month with the most hurricanes.
4. When the ocean is warm its a global warming.
5. A Hurricane looks like heavy rain and flooding.

Thursday, October 10, 2013

Here are 5 facts about Golden Retrievers

1. A golden retriever is a type of dog.
2. They were bred as gundogs to retrieve shot waterfowl such as ducks and upland game birds during hunting and shooting parties,[1] and were named retriever because of their ability to retrieve shot game undamaged. Golden Retrievers have an instinctive love of water, and are easy to train to basic or advanced obedience standards. They are a long-coated breed, with a dense inner coat that provides them with adequate warmth in the outdoors, and an outer coat that lies flat against their bodies and repels water. Golden Retrievers are well suited to residency in suburban or country environments. Although they need substantial outdoor exercise, they should be housed in a fenced area because of their instinctual tendency to roam.[
3.  The Golden Retriever is a large, strongly-built breed with a dense water-repellant wavy coat.
4.  British type Golden Retrievers are prevalent throughout Europe and Australia,[10] and are distinguished from the North American lines by the official breed standards.
5. American Goldens are lankier and less stocky than British types.

Here are 5 facts about the North Pole

1. The North Pole is the second coldest place in our world and the coldest place in the Northern Hemisphere.
2. It is the northern most place in the Northern Hemisphere.
3. The North Pole is where Santa Claus lives.
4. Winter (January) temperatures at the North Pole can range from about −43 °C (−45 °F) to −26 °C (−15 °F), perhaps averaging around −34 °C (−29 °F). Summer temperatures (June, July and August) average around the freezing point (0 °C (32 °F)). The highest temperature yet recorded is 5 °C (41 °F), much warmer than the South Pole's record high of only −12.3 °C (9.9 °F).[55]
5.  In most places on Earth, local time is determined by longitude, such that the time of day is more-or-less synchronised to the position of the sun in the sky (for example, at midday the sun is roughly at its highest

Here are 5 facts about Antartica

1. It is the coldest place in our world.
2. Sometimes it is called the South Pole.
3. It is on the bottom of the world.
4. The coldest natural temperature ever recorded on Earth was −89.2 °C (−128.6 °F) at the Russian Vostok Station in Antarctica on 21 July 1983.[43
5. It is the southern most part of the southern Hemisphere. 

Here are 5 facts about polar bears

1. Polar bears live in the Arctic.
2.T he polar bear (Ursus maritimus) is a carnivorous bear whose native range lies largely within the Arctic Circle, encompassing the Arctic Ocean, its surrounding seas and surrounding land masses. It is a large bear, approximately the same size as the omnivorous Kodiak bear (Ursus arctos middendorffi).
3.  Constantine John Phipps was the first to describe the polar bear as a distinct species in 1774.[1] He chose the scientific name Ursus maritimus, the Latin for 'maritime bear',[8] due to the animal's native habitat.
4.  The bear family, Ursidae, is believed to have split off from other carnivorans about 38 million years ago. The Ursinae subfamily originated approximately 4.2 million years ago.
5.  The polar bear is found in the Arctic Circle and adjacent land masses as far south as Newfoundland Island. Due to the absence of human development in its remote habitat, it retains more of its original range than any other extant carnivore.[

Saturday, October 5, 2013

Here are 5 facts about weather

1. The weather helps us know what we can wear, do and grow.
2. Rain, wind and sun are examples of weather.
3. Look out the window to find out what the weather is like.
4. Weather changes very often.
5. Plants and animals can`t live without sunshine.

Here are 5 facts about giraffes

1.The giraffe is an african animal.
2. It is the tallest living animal and the largest ruminet.
3. It`s species name is similar to a camel like appearance.
4.It`s characteristics are its long necks and legs.
5. It stands about 6 m and 20 ft tall.


Here are 5 facts about giraffes

1. Giraffes have a long neck so that they can reach the leaves on a tall tree.
2. They can be found in many parts of Africa. Mostly in savannahs where they roam freely among the tall trees.
3. They eat the leaves and twigs of acacia.
4. A female giraffe is 4.6m. A male giraffe is 5-6m.
5.  A giraffe lives for 26 years.