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Would you believe it?
1.Complete the facts with the words or numbers in the box.
70
100.000
eye
10 million
150
1
elephant
six colours iceberg
800,000
1. There are more than __________bricks in the Empire State Building
2. A jellyfish is 95% water.
3. The____________________is the only mammal that can’t jump.
4. Dolphins sleep with one eye open.
5. An____________’s eye is larger than its brain.
6. Humans have seven bones in their neck. Giraffes have 21.
7. Your heart beats over_________________times a day.
8.In a year a preson’s heart beats 40 million times.
9.A sneeze travels out of your mouth at__________km/h
10.Japan has an average of 1000 noticeable earthquakes every year.
11.An estimated 80% of animal life on earth has ________ legs
12.A man’s beard contains up to 15,000 hairs.
13.The average _____________ weighs 20,000,000 tons.
14,Bamboo (the tallest grass in the world)can grow up to 90 cm in a
day.
15. The human __________ can distinguish about 17,000 __________.
16. There are more than 15,000 different kinds of rice.
17. In 1933, the cartoon character Mickey Mouse recived ______ fan
letters.
18. It would take 7 billion particles of fog to fill a teaspoon
19.
About
________%
of
the earth is covered
with water.
Only
_______% is drinkable.
20. The average woman uses nearly three kilos of lipstick in her
lifetime.
21. One of these facts is false. Which do you think is it?
Andreea Demir, class VII A
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