Astronomy
The name of the star at the center of our solar system
The sun
This process carried out by plants, algae, and cyanobacteria rapidly increased the oxygen in our atmosphere back in the Proterozoic Eon
What is photosynthesis?
This room is where the class of 2029 learned earth science (or just played unblocked games on FreezeNova)
What is room 002? (or room 159)
The smallest unit of matter. These come in 118 known varieties
What are atoms?
In internet spaces this emoji is customarily associated with the phrase "ts was not the wind"
🥀 (withered rose)
or
🫩 (dejected face)
This event marked the creation of the universe about 13.8 billion years ago.
What is the Big Bang?
The name of our first unit of the year, all the way back in September
What is Properties of matter? (Natural disasters if coming from Mr. Jack's class)
This latitude band is generally the warmest place on earth
What is the equator
This property of matter determines whether objects sink or float and is defined as an object's weight over its volume
What is density?
This phenomenon causes fluids to cycle due to warmer things rising and cooler things sinking. Wind patterns are caused by this
This property of light determines color. It is defined as the distance between crests.
What is wavelength?
This eon, named after the Greek god of the underworld, was so hot and chaotic that we have no intact rocks remaining from that time
What is the Hadean Eon?
This famous supercontinent was the most recent in earth's geologic history, combining all of our modern continents into one landmass
What is Pangea?
Things that are not matter. Divided into two main categories: potential and kinetic
What is energy?
This gas, along carbon dioxide, is one of the main greenhouse gases responsible for global warming. A large source of emissions for this gas is cow farts
What is methane (CH4)?
This type of celestial body is the end of the life cycle of super massive stars and are effectively invisible due to their immense gravity.
What are black holes?
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What is the Mesozoic era?
This city is responsible for shipping out most of the nation's iron to be processed into steel
What is Duluth?
The phenomenon in which things expand when heated and shrink when cooled. Ice is an exception to this rule
An isolated hill with a flat top, known for its gluteal sounding name
What is a butte?
These two factors govern the strength of gravity between two objects.
What are mass and distance?
The year Mr. Chiu was born
What is 2002?
In this part of the world, the sun will appear in the northern half of the sky.
What is the southern hemisphere?
One of three fundamental components that make up atoms, the movement of these negatively charged particles is responsible for electricity
What are electrons?
This effect is responsible for wind curving to the west near the equator.
What is the Coriolis Effect?