Social Science Questions & Answers

In terms of numbers of species, the answer is insects. Although no one is really sure just how abundant they are, for new species are discovered almost every year. Estimates of the number of different species of insect range from well over a million to nearly three million. Whatever the true number, there are at least three times as many …

Kansai International Airport in Japan which is 1700 metres long is the longest building in the world. In the ’60s, when the Kansai region was rapidly losing trade to Tokyo, planners proposed a new airport near Kobe and Osaka. Osaka International Airport, located in the densely-populated suburbs of Itami and Toyonaka, was surrounded by buildings; it could not be expanded, …

The biggest members of the wild dog family are timber wolves, which grow to a length of 1.4 (4 ft) and weigh about 68kg (150lb). Timber wolves generally live in packs, or groups, and patrol a territory. Within the pack there is a very definite social structure, with dominant and submissive members. Wolves communicate with each other by a complicated …

The Arapaima from South America is generally thought to be one of the largest freshwater fishes in the world. The biggest one found is said to have been 15 feet in length with a weight of over 400 pounds. Most are between 7 and 8 feet long with a weight of 200 pounds, but even this is a colossal size …

You probably think that it is one of the big bird, such as a golden eagle, albatross or condor. All of these animals do have huge wing spans and are among the biggest of flying bird. However, the heaviest flying bird is, in fact, the mute swam. An adult may weigh as much as 18kg (40 lb).

1. A place which exhibits items of art (an art museum), and 2. A place which sells art items. The oldest art museum is supposed to be housed in the Cosquer Caves, the under-water caves, near Marseilles. The caves consist of finger tracings, impressions of painted hands, and painted and engraved figures of animals. The oldest works in these caves …

You might think that the fastest animal is the cheetah, for it can sprint for short distances at speeds up to 96 km/h (60 mph). But if we include the birds in our quest for the fastest animal, the record goes to the spine-tailed swift. This creatures is the fastest of all living animals. It has been recorded flying at …

The world’s first reality show is Allen Funt’s Candid Camera, which debuted in American television in 1948. It’s considered a reality show for it involved unscripted situations involving unsuspecting people responding to pranks, which are caught on camera. It was based on a 1947-radio show called Candid Microphone.

‘Great God! this is an awful place,’ wrote the British explorer Captain Scott at the South Pole on January 17,1912. The average temperature at the South Pole is 500 C (580F) and the low temperatures in Antarctica are made worse by blizzards high winds that whip up powdery snow and reduce visibility to zero. The coldest weather ever recorded was …

In terms of sheer bulk, the blue whale must take the prize. Every time it takes a mouthful of shrimp-like krill, it swallows literally thousands upon thousands of individuals. When full, the blue whale’s stomach can hold as much as 2.5 tones of krill. At the other end of the scale, the pygmy shrew – just about the world’s smallest …