Science Class: What Kids Say
* - You can listen to thunder and tell how close you came to getting hit. If you don't hear it, you got hit, so never mind. * - There is a tremendous weight pushing down on the center of the Earth because so many people are stomping around there these days. * - Genetics explains why you look like your father, and if you don't, why you should. * - Rain is saved up in cloud banks. * - Blood circulates through the body by flowing down one leg and up the other. * - One of the main causes of dust is DIRT. * - In some rocks you can find the fossil footprints of fishes. * - Thunder is a rich source of loudness. * - The four seasons are salt, pepper, mustard, and vinegar. * - Momentum is something you give a person when they go away. * - A city purifies its water supply by filtering the water and then forcing it through an aviator.
Originally published November 14, 2002.
