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The summer holidays are nearly over, so make the most

of every day with our page of fun and games

Crossword
Across
1 Edible plant (9) The giggler
5 Try (7)
7 This comes after morning (9) Q: Why is Lionel Messi?
8 Sprinter or long jumper for instance (7) A: Because he dribbles a lot.
9 Cartoon dog (6,3) Q: Why did the general die?
A: He was Napoleon Blown-apart.

Down Did you know?

2 Highest mountain (7) Albert Einstein, the most ­famous
3 Winged mammal (3) ­scientist in history, was offered the
4 Improve (7) presidency of Israel in 1952. He had to
5 Swallows and ___ : series of children’s turn the job down because of ill-health.
books (7)
6 Free kick in football that often leads to
a goal (7)
The riddler
7 Gone by; in the past (3) Can you find the animal sound hidden
in this riddle?
My first is in quick but not in slow.

What Number My second is in thrush but not in crow.

My third is not in front but is in back.

am I? sequence My fourth is both in ace and in jack.

My fifth is the final letter of pack
Can you work out the next
Can you identify
the four toys from
number in this sequence? Colouring competition
these close-up Jake and Dinos Chapman have
pictures?
3, 7, chosen the winners of our
­colouring competition! Thanks
15, 27, to everyone who took part –

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you can see all the ­winning
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For answers see guardian.co.uk/g2kids
tomorrow’s G2

science Experiment test yo Friday’s answers

ur teeth! Quiz answers
1 Patrick Star; 2 Fairytales; 3 The Incredibles; 4
Seven; 5 Pig; 6 Mount Everest; 7 Mercury; 8 Tsunami;
Eggshells and What you will need What you’ll notice 9 Seismologist; 10 Lima; 11 Fruit; 12 Italy; 13 Yeast;
teeth are made • Some eggshell The eggshell suspended in the cola will 14 True; 15 Strawberry; 16 True; 17 Australia; 18 An
adult male gorilla; 19 Kids; 20 Water horse; 21 The
from very similar • Glasses of various soft drinks be soft to the touch. The pieces soaked
skin; 22 Temperature; 23 Carbon dioxide; 24 True;
materials. We can (cola, squash, fruit juice, water). in squash and juice will also be soft, but 25 About 1000 years; Have you been reading?; 26
use this fact to • Needle and thread the piece dangled in water should be A fungus from Oregon, US; 27 Watches; 28 Nose-
investigate the • Drinking straws undamaged. picking; 29 The Earl of Sandwich; 30 Cockroach
The riddler Italy
effect of various • Scissors Certain drinks, like cola, are acidic. Word ladder One possible solution is: HAIR, LAIR,
soft drinks on The eggshell is mostly made of calcium LAID, LAND, LANE, LINE
our teeth. What to do carbonate – the acid reacts with this Crack the code High flyer
Wordwheel Possible words include: ace, acne, acre,
1 Use the needle to attach some thread substance and damages the structure of act, arc, can, cane, cant, canter, cap, cape, caper,
to medium-sized pieces of eggshell the eggshell. car, care, career, carer, carp, carpenter, carpet, cart,
(ask an adult to help you). Now for the worrying bit . . . the cat, cater, caterer, cent, centre, crane, crate, crater,
create, creep, crepe, crept, enact, erect, nectar, pace,
2 Hang the pieces from ­experiment would have the same pact, peace, pecan, pence, prance, race, racer, react,
a section of ­effect if you used human teeth instead recant, recap, recent, retrace, terrace, trace, tracer,
drinking of eggshells, as calcium is the major trance. 9-letter word: carpenter
Wordsearch
straw, and ­ingredient in the enamel of your teeth.
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