Cover of the textbook Outcomes Pre-Intermediate - Student's Book

The key answer of exercise 4

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 11 - Did you know ...? for the textbook Outcomes Pre-Intermediate - Student's Book with authors Hugh Dellar and Andrew Walkley from National Geographic Learning

Question

Work in groups. Compare your ideas using the words in Exercise 2 and your notes.

Answer

  1. Yes and no: there are some genetic factors, but other factors are due to the environment.
  2. Their feet are covered in hairs, which are covered in other hairs. The electric charge on the hairs makes the spider stick to the ceiling.
  3. Graphene is a very thin layer of graphite, it’s the world’s thinnest material, but incredibly strong.