 Several years ago, a reader of
Ann Landers' column sent her some student responses to science test questions
he had found while surfing the Internet. Apparently, the reader said,
the responses were written by fifth- and sixth-graders. We share them
here in the spirit of fun in which they were meant -- and to help you
start off the new school year with a smile. We don't, however, vouch for
their validity!
- The law of gravity says no fair jumping up without coming back
down
- 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.
- A vibration is a motion that cannot make up its mind which way
it wants to go.
- There are 26 vitamins in all, yet some of the letters are yet
to be discovered.
- There is a tremendous weight pushing down on the center of the
Earth because so many people are stomping around up there these days.
- Genetics explains why you look like your father, and if you
don't, why you should.
- Vacuums are nothings. We only mention them to let them know
we know they're there.
- The cause of perfume disappearing is evaporation. Evaporation
gets blamed for a lot of things people forget to put the top on.
- I'm not sure how clouds are formed, but clouds know how to do
it, and that's the important thing.
- Water vapor gets together in a cloud. When it is big enough
to be called a drop, it does.
- Rain is saved up in cloud banks.
- It is so hot in some places that people there have to live in
other places.
- Mushrooms always grow in damp places, which is why they look
like umbrellas.
- Momentum is something you give a person when they go away.
- A monsoon is a French gentleman.
- To keep milk from turning sour, keep it in the cow.
- Some people can tell what time it is by looking at the sun,
but I have never been able to make out the numbers.
- When planets run around and around in circles, we say they are
orbiting. When people do it, we say they are crazy.
- In some rocks, you can find the fossil footprints of fishes.
- For asphyxiation, apply artificial respiration until the patient
is dead.
- Blood circulates through the body by flowing down one leg and
up the other.
- Thunder is a rich source of loudness.
- The four seasons are salt, pepper, mustard, and vinegar.
- The inhabitants of Moscow are called Mosquitoes.
- A census taker is a man who goes from house to house increasing
the population.
- A city purifies its water supply by filtering the water and
then forcing it through an aviator.
- The spinal column is a long bunch of bones. The head sits on
top, and you sit on the bottom.
Article by Gary Hopkins
Education World® Editor-in-Chief
Copyright © 2005 Education World
07/11/1997
Updated 05/23/2005
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