Science Q & A

After careful consideration and research, here are the answers to some of your most pressing science questions!!

Are humans really animals?

This is a great question-and the answer is YES! Many of us don't realize that humans belong to the animal kingdom. "Human" is the common name for Homo sapiens meaning "wise" or "knowing". Homo is the genus, sapiens is the species. All humans belong to the same species, no matter where they are from, what they look like, or what language they speak. Humans are in the class Mammalia, so share this name with all the mammals in the world. We are in the order Primates, so share many characteristics with other primates like monkeys, apes, and lemurs.

To sum it all up, although humans are the most advanced of all the animals on Earth, we share many common traits with our fellow members of the animal kingdom. 

Is the moon moving at night?  

Wow, did we have fun discussing the answer to this question! The answer is YES! Not only does the moon move at night, it is moving all the time. As the Earth moves around the sun, the moon is moving around the Earth-once every 29.5 days. While it is doing this, the moon is also rotating on an axis (picture a ball speared with a stick through the middle, and spinning the stick), which also takes 29.5 days for a single rotation. It is the combination of these two factors that allow us to see the same side of the moon each night, and also allows for the moon phases.

Thanks for the great questions--keep them coming!!