Morning Starters: Spring 1 - Heart & Blood
Did You Know?
Titanosaurs were the biggest land animals Earth has ever seen. Living during the Cretaceous period, it is thought that a titanosaur’s heart probably weighed as much as three men. It has been calculated that a titanosaur’s heart needed to pump around ninety litres of blood with each beat. Unlike a human heart, the titanosaur’s heart would have had four chambers instead of two.
Credit: BBC One - Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur
Word Challenge
How many different words can you make, using letters contained within the word ‘titanosaur’
Example: tourist – titanosaur station – titanosaur
Grammar Challenge
Rewrite the sentence below, adding an additional comma. How does this change the meaning of the sentence?
After they left the virtual titanosaur, the presenter and his crew walked home.
Number Challenge
If a titanosaur’s heart beats once every 5 seconds, how many times will it beat in an hour?
Critical Thinking
Why might we say someone has a ‘big heart’ when they show kindness to others?