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Welcome to our ECO-Knowledge Game! Here we have 5 random astronomical and ecological questions that pertain to our ECOlogical Calendar! Here’s how it works:

-Click ‘Check answer’ to see the answer to each question.

-If you know it, click ‘Got it.

-Shuffle’ lets you shuffle the deck.

-If you don’t know it as well as you’d like to, click ‘Need more practice,’ and that card will go to the bottom of the stack so you can practice it again.

[q]What is aphelion?

 

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Aphelion is the point in the orbit of a celestial body when it is farthest from the Sun. Earth is around 95 million miles (153 million km) at aphelion

[q]What is perihelion?

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Perihelion is the point in the orbit of a celestial body when it is closest to the Sun. Aphelion is the point in the orbit of a celestial body when it is farthest from the Sun. Earth is around 92 million mile (148 million km) from the Sun at perihelion.

[q] How do butterflies escape spiderwebs?

 

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Butterfly wings are covered with colorful scales that look and feel like dust. These scales come off easily, helping the butterfly escape the sticky webs.

[q] What is a mycelium?

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It is the underground web of a living fungus. You would never know the fungus was there but for the presence of mushrooms, which are the fruit and seeds of fungi that pop up above ground. A single mycelium can cover thousands of acres and be thousands of years old.

[q] True or false?

One apple tree can produce 400 pounds (180 kg) of apples in a year

 

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True! Mature apple trees vary in their yield of fruit. Dwarf trees yield from 22-176 pounds (10-80 kg) of apples annually, and standard trees bear between 88 and 441 pounds (40-200 kg).

[q] True or false? Seals are monogamous and mate for life.

 

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False! At their winter breeding grounds, many male seals (bulls) will fight for supremacy over a territory and a harem of between 30 and 100 females (cows). The second-place “beta” bull will assist the dominant “alpha” bull by patrolling the harem’s perimeter and warding off challengers.

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Thank you for playing! Hope you learned some cool new facts! Check out more content on our ECOlogical Feed on our website – www.ecocalendar.info

All questions and answers from Chris Hardman’s:

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