Big History Quiz

Researchers believe that a planet outside of our solar system could be largely made of diamond. “55 Cancri e” has a mass which is about 1/3 carbon. The temperature and pressure in its interior have likely pressurized this carbon into diamond.

Spiders are vital to a healthy ecosystem. All spiders spin silk, but not all spiders spin webs. Web-weaving spiders have two or three claws at the tip of each leg that they use to swing from strand to strand without getting stuck in the sticky part of their web. Spiders eat harmful insects, pollinate plants, and recycle dead animal and plants back into the earth. They are also a valuable food source for many small mammals, birds, and fish.

In Argentina, there is a high number of Welsh speakers. Pretty crazy, right? Hundreds of years ago, Welsh settlers crossed the mighty Atlantic and inhabited the Patagonia Mountains. These settlers brought their language over with them, and now Welsh can be heard occasionally in the mountains!