1.America’s tallest building (Sears Tower in Chicago) is 110 ______ high.
2.The Empire State Building in New York is 1250 ______ high.
3.The Nile is the world’s longest river. It is 4180 ______ long.
4.The Amazon River in South America is 6296 ______ long.
5.The coldest temperature ever recorded was –128.6 ______ in Vostok, Antarctica, in 1983.
6.The highest recorded temperature in the United States was in Death Valley, California, when the mercury reached 57 _____!
7.The world record rainfall occurred in Cherrapunji, India, where 1042 _____ of rain fell in one year.
8.The largest recorded hailstone to ever fall landed in Coffeyville, Kansas, in 1979. It had a diameter of 44.5 _____!
9.The longest punt in NFL history was by Steve O’Neal of the New York Jets. He kicked the football 98 _____.
10.The largest seed in the world is that of the coc-de-mer coconut tree, which may weigh as much as 40 _____.
11.The world’s largest meteorite is located in Southwest Africa. It weighs 650 _____.
12.The most popular soft drink in the world is currently Coca Cola®. More than 210 million _____ were consumed each day in 1990.
13.The largest diamond in the world was mined from South Africa in 1905 and weighs 3106 _____.
14.Earth is the densest of the nine planets, with an average density of 5.515 _____.
15.The world’s fastest aircraft is the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird, clocking a record speed of 2,193.67 _____.
16.The largest gold nugget ever found had a mass of 100 _____.
17.One large chicken egg contains an average of 274 _____ cholesterol.
18.A 16-year old male requires an average of 2800 _____ of energy per day while an average 16-year old female requires only 2100 _____.
19.The United States produces and consumes more electric energy than any other nation. Each year the United States produces over 2500 billion _____.
20.The largest pressure ever developed in a laboratory was 1.70 _____, used to solidify hydrogen in 1978.
a. carats
b. cm
c. degrees Celsius
d. degrees Farenheit
e. feet
f. grams/mL
g. inches
h. kcal (Calorie)
i. kilograms
j. kilometers
k. kilowatt-hrs
l. liters
m. megabars
n. miles
o. miles/hr
p. milligrams
q. pounds
r. stories
s. tons
t. yards
I would appreciate any # of questions answered. thanks
1-r;2-e; 3-n; 4-j; 5-d; 6-c; 7-g; 8-b; 9-t; 10-q; 11-s; 12-l; 13-a; 14-f; 15-o; 16-i; 17-p 18-h; 19-k; 20-m
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