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Xploration Sci Q: Sci Q's and A's

19 minutes 23 seconds

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Red-toned Mars is illuminated against a dark black space, showing off its deep canyons and craters.

Where’s the hottest place on earth? Where’s the coldest place? Is it true that a jellyfish has neither a heart nor brain? And what exactly is a supernova? Find out the answer to these questions in this episode. Part of the "Xploration Sci Q" series.

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Runtime: 19 minutes 23 seconds

Topic: Science, Sports and Recreation
Subtopic: Science Experiments, Science Methods, Sports and Games
Grade/Interest Level: 7 - 12
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Release Year: 2021
Producer/Distributor: Steve Rotfeld Productions
Series: Xploration Sci Q
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Animated astronaut disembarks from a shuttle that has landed on the white rocky landscape of the moon as the sun shines in the distance.

Blue arrows indicate a cold front moving south towards Kansas and red arrows indicate a warm front moving North into the same region. Areas of North Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, and Southern South Dakota are highlighted in yellow.

Graphic shows the silhouette of a human head with the brain illuminated and the label, “100%.”

Hand-sketched drawings of scientific diagrams and several mathematical equations against a black background.

Digital illustration shows a backdrop that displays a brown chalkboard covered in scientific equations behind the text, “Sci Q.”

Person holds out an iPad displaying a digital city street map. Behind the iPad is a table painted to represent the basic roads and waterways of the same city map.

Against a black background, we see a question that reads, “True or false. Jupiter has more than 50 moons.”

Black and white woodpecker braces itself against a tree limb, ready to peck.

River rushes towards us as snowy mountains loom large in the background under a partly cloudy sky.

Weightless astronaut effortlessly backflips inside the cabin of a space shuttle, tucking his knees in towards his chest.