Thursday 11 February 2016

Fact Hunters: Coral & Ozone

Charlie Ilott
A Stegosaurus had17 plates, called scutes, which were made of a bony material called osteoderms… but they were not solid!

Aimee Borrell
There is a gold dress fastener found in Clones, Co. Monaghan, that dates from the 8th century B.C. It is decorated with many small circular shapes engraved into it, is pure gold and weighs over 1000 grammes!

Tinuade Owolabi
There is a comet called Shoemaker Levy 9. It was first spotted in March 1993 by three veteran comet discoverers: Eugene and Carolyn Shoemaker, and David Levy.

Joshua Kaylor
Did you know that the ozone is found throughout the atmosphere including at ground level, but is mostly (about 90%) found in a band called the ozone layer at about 15 - 30 km above the Earth's surface, in the stratosphere, the height at which larger aircraft fly

Haliya Gbadamosi
Did you know that coral reefs can be found in both shallow and deep waters and are classified into 2 general categories (hard and soft corals).



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