https://padlet.com/lolabaccus/Iwonder 10 questions that I have en-us 2016-08-30 15:53:08 UTC 2025-03-19 00:46:22 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Clouds.png lolabaccus https://padlet.com/lolabaccus/Iwonder/wish/120606790 ow big is our galaxy? This is a question that I questioned for a long time. The answer to this question is: 100,000 light years long. That's BIG!!! A light year is how long it takes light to travel in a year. One light-year is 5.108 trillion miles long. Learn more at: http://www.universetoday.com/75691/how-big-is-the-milky-way/]]> 2016-08-30 15:55:55 UTC https://padlet.com/lolabaccus/Iwonder/wish/120606790 lolabaccus https://padlet.com/lolabaccus/Iwonder/wish/120607596 This is something that I have never learned but is very interesting to me. the earth is 4.543 billion years old!!! The sun is 4.5 billion years old. Learn more at: http://www.astronomycafe.net/qadir/q1895.html ]]> 2016-08-30 15:58:14 UTC https://padlet.com/lolabaccus/Iwonder/wish/120607596 lolabaccus https://padlet.com/lolabaccus/Iwonder/wish/121132814 This is a question that I have, because I am very interested in rocks and minerals. The answer to this question is : uranium is radioactive because of it's isotopes being unstable!  Learn more at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium 

]]> 2016-09-01 16:01:48 UTC https://padlet.com/lolabaccus/Iwonder/wish/121132814 lolabaccus https://padlet.com/lolabaccus/Iwonder/wish/121133548 This is one of those things that I have always wondered but has never been brought up. This is very interesting to me because it gets so hot here, and I can't imagine it much hotter!
The answer is: On 13 September 2012 the official highest recorded temperature is now 134 F, which was unbelievably hot, and was in fact measured on the 10th of July 1913 in DeathValley, California. Learn More At: http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/highest-recorded-temperature]]> 2016-09-01 16:03:57 UTC https://padlet.com/lolabaccus/Iwonder/wish/121133548 lolabaccus https://padlet.com/lolabaccus/Iwonder/wish/121134755 This is something that I have been VERY curious about lately. Does anybody know? Apparently space is 13.8 billion light-years long! I had no idea that if it is 13.8 billion year old, that it would be 13.8 light years long! Their is apparently a correspondence between the two! ]]> 2016-09-01 16:07:21 UTC https://padlet.com/lolabaccus/Iwonder/wish/121134755 lolabaccus https://padlet.com/lolabaccus/Iwonder/wish/121138614 Apparently, the universe is 13.8 BILLION years old! Isn't that amazing! Can you imagine living that long?
No matter how hard i try, I can't imagine how that could possibly be. Here is some more information on this subject!  http://www.space.com/24054-how-old-is-the-universe.html ]]> 2016-09-01 16:18:23 UTC https://padlet.com/lolabaccus/Iwonder/wish/121138614 lolabaccus https://padlet.com/lolabaccus/Iwonder/wish/121330448 Ever since I got my tonsils taken out I have wondered this. Why were they in my body if they just kept getting sick? They seem like a problem to me because they made me sick, they had to be removed, and because they have no important purpose that I know of. After researching why we need them, I found out that they are like our bodies bodyguards, as they are the first line of defense against illness and infection.
Learn more at: http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2011/08/tonsils.html ]]> 2016-09-02 14:18:44 UTC https://padlet.com/lolabaccus/Iwonder/wish/121330448 lolabaccus https://padlet.com/lolabaccus/Iwonder/wish/121349213 I have wondered how islands are formed for only a little while, as in just now, but I still find it really interesting. The answer is: As volcanoes erupt, they build up layers of lava that may eventually break the water's surface. When the tops of the volcanoes appear above the water, an island is born.  Learn more at: http://nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/island/]]> 2016-09-02 15:14:37 UTC https://padlet.com/lolabaccus/Iwonder/wish/121349213 lolabaccus https://padlet.com/lolabaccus/Iwonder/wish/121349401 I have wondered before, why sharks have their sixth sense. I know that they have one extra , but I never knew what is was or what they use it for. It turns out that their sixth sense is being able to sense electricity and vibrations in the water. They use this for tracking fish and other prey!
Learn more at:  http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/sharks/anatomy/Senses.shtml]]> 2016-09-02 15:15:12 UTC https://padlet.com/lolabaccus/Iwonder/wish/121349401 lolabaccus https://padlet.com/lolabaccus/Iwonder/wish/121349836 I have wondered for quite some time about the Bermuda Triangle. It is so mysterious, and possibly dangerous. I have heard the theory that it has some type of magnet at the bottom that takes ships down, and I was wondering if that was true. After researching it, I found out that the triangle is one of the two places on earth that a magnetic compass points towards actual North. Normally it points toward the magnetic north. The difference between the two is called compass variation. Learn more at: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2014/01/myth-bermuda-triangle/ ]]> 2016-09-02 15:16:38 UTC https://padlet.com/lolabaccus/Iwonder/wish/121349836