10 Amazing Scientific “Facts of Nature and Space Science” interesting facts for Class 10 and 12 Part 4

Facts of Nature & Space – 4

121. A certain flower found in the jungles of Africa changes its colour seven times in one minute. It is locally known as the ‘rainbow’.

122. Hydrogen is the most common element in the universe.

123. An astronaut cannot eat beans before going into space because passing wind in a space suit could damage. It.

124. An astronaut cannot shed tears in space even if he/ she is really unhappy or sad, on account of lack of gravity.

125. Astronaut in the Space Shuttle are weightless not because there is no gravity in space, but because they are in free fall around the earth.

126. ‘Tsunami’ is a Japanese word and has been adopted world- wide and has been adopted world – wide to replace the misleading term ‘ tidal wave’. It is not influenced by tides in any way. Tsu, in Japanese means harbor and nami, means wave.

127. A ‘Jerusalem Artichoke’ is not an artichoke. It six a sunflower.

128. The average mature oak sheds approximately 7, 00,000 leaves in autumn.

129. It is estimated that a million tress in the world are accidentally planted by squirrels that bury nuts and then forget where they hid them.

130. The coconut tree is also called the ‘tree of Wealth’.