Science week school quiz help needed!

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We've gone as far as google will take us with realtive ease and still can't find answers to these pesky questions.

All help gratefully received. Sorry no prizes available!

How many brain cells does the average person lose daily from the age of 30 (nothing if not cheery this school)

What was the original (and more apt) name for a butterfly?

hich of the body's muscles can work for the longest time before getting tired?

What happens to a goldfish which is kept in the dark (does it turn white?)

What do you get if you cross an orange witha tangerine?

The original name for a butterfly was flutterby

A goldfish will apparently turn white I just found it online.

Cross between an orange and a tangerine is, apparently, a tangor.

A cross between an orange and a tangerine is a tangor.

You lose 50,000 brain cells a day from the age of 30! Does that explain a lot!?!?

Isn't the longest working muscle the Heart???

I suspect the muscle one is the heart muscle, which is always working even when we sleep.

Another vote for the heart muscle. It can definitely claim to being the muscle that performs the largest quantity of physical work in the course of a lifetime.

The coloration of a goldfish can change in response to changes in its
environment. goldfish are often
lighter in color first thing in the morning after being in the dark all
night. Their coloration will then deepen as the light increases during
the day. However, they will not turn completely white, as their diet should ensure they retain some colour.

Oh, but it will be unnable to make vitimin D and suffer stunted growth and development.

Oh, but it will be unnable to make vitimin D and suffer stunted growth and development.

The brain one is only 9,000 if you are healthy - but there are lots of things people do that cause much higher rates of brain cell death. Such as drugs which can cause a brain cell death of up to 300,000 neurons a day! You also lose mroe when you are pg.

Wow you are a mine of information Kelly1978

Heart muscles works forever, however eye muscles are continually on the move!

I'm pretty sure it is the heart - it is the hardest workign muscle.

See I knew you guys would know

Have stuck with white for goldfish as I reckon they want it simplish (she's only year 1!)

Gone with heart

love flutterby

and never heard of a tangor!
where do you find this stuff I looked and looked on google.
anyway thanks a million - deadline was Friday so we're even a day ahead. Tempted to put other 11 questions (the ones we did find answers to) to check we're right, but feel we probably should stick by our research.....

Cheers from me and dd