Trivia Time 4!!

"The way of success is the way of continuous pursuit of knowledge."

Hello my fellow inquisitive learners! Hope you're doing great on your staircase to Success. Here are today's three trivia questions for you to crack...

1. What is the highest mountain in the universe?

2. How much air does an average adult breathe in a day?

3. What is the coldest temperature possible in the universe?

"Letting others light their candles from your candle of knowledge doesn't make your candle less brighter!"

So, do comment the answers to the trivia questions too!

I'll post the answers on 27th April (Tuesday).. So till then, wishing you Best of Luck!👍

 

Answers:

1. Scientists have observed that the galaxies other than ours are moving away from us, day by day! This clearly proves that our universe is expanding! And, believe it or not, astronomers estimate there to be billions of planets in the universe, most of which we haven't explored yet!

➪So, we could never know what the highest mountain in the universe is for the universe is changing every second holding millions of possibilities!

➪If the question had been - 'What is the highest mountain in our solar system?', the answer would be 'Olympus Mons - a large volcano on Mars with its height as 22km'.

➪Whereas if the question had been - 'What is the highest mountain on earth?', the answer would be '8.849 km high Mount Everest located on the Nepal-China border'.

➪But, the tallest mountain on earth is Mauna Kea! Taking its height from the base is 10.21 km but only 4.207 km of it is visible above sea.

2. An average adult breathes about 11,000 litres of air per day!

*Note that its about an average adult, so the number for any individual might be a bit up or down*

3. The coldest temperature possible in the universe is -273 degree Celsius / -459.4 degree Fahrenheit / 0 Kelvin. This is called the 'Absolute Zero'.

➪Temperature and heat are a measure of how much energy a particle has to jiggle with. And since, you cannot move any less than not moving at all which requires the lowest energy and temperature, the Absolute Zero is the lowest temperature anything can be!

➪The place with the lowest temperature yet discovered is Boomerang Nebula of the Centaurus constellation with its temperature equal to 1K which is very close to the absolute zero.

And remember:

'Curiosity is the mother of invention'

So, always be curious!:)

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