Animals
The act of copying or imitating the appearance, behavior, or sounds of another person, animal, or object.
MIMICRY
One of the most popular styles of the type of scientific tool is the one named for the chemist Emil Erlenmeyer. Generally made of glass, they often have a wide body and a long tube-shaped neck with an opening at the top. Give the name for these containers which scientists use to study and experiment with liquids.
(Laboratory) Flask(s)
What planet is named for the Roman messenger god, and is the closest plant to the sun?
Mercury
On her first space mission, she was the operator of a robotic arm used to deploy satellites. Her third mission was cancelled after the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded on take-off. Who was the first American woman in space?
Sally Ride
Igneous rocks like granite have large, well-formed crystals due to the slow cooling of this hot material below or within the earth's crust. Identify the molten material that is called lava after it reaches the surface of the Earth.
magma
Plants that lose their leaves in the fall and winter.
DECIDUOUS
What term describes animals without a backbone or bony skeleton?
invertebrate
In the electromagnetic spectrum, these types of waves are below microwaves, having much lower frequencies. Name the type of waves used in communication signals to deliver content to televisions and FM and AM stations you may hear while riding in a car.
Radio waves
Nearly massless, this subatomic particle is the lightest particle within the atom, though it accounts for almost all of the atom's size. Name the subatomic particle with a negative charge.
Electrons
In astronomy, this term refers to the biannual event when the Sun is exactly above the Earth's Equator. What do we call this event, when the Sun's position causes day and night to be nearly the same length of time?
Equinox
Classified as a 10 on Moh's scale, diamond has the highest level of this property known to man. What property describes the ability of a mineral to resist being scratched?
Hardness
In plants, this is a type of plastid involved involved in the storage of foodstuffs. it is distinguished from other plastids by its green color. name this structure within a plant's cell that is the site of photosynthesis.
Chloraplast
The use of colors, patterns, materials, or lighting to hide or blend an object, animal, or person into its surroundings.
CAMOUFLAGE
According to Isaac Newton, a body at rest will remain at rest unless this action is applied to it. Give the term that refers to any action that creates a push or pull capable of changing the motion of an object.
Force
This type of heat transfer happens between two solids, like the stove top and the pot holding boiling water. Identify the type of heat transfer involving direct contact, unlike convection and radiation.
Conduction
Launched in April 1990 to orbit the Earth's atmosphere, it marked the most significant advancement in astronomy since Galileo's telescope. It has made more than 1.2 million observations in space as far as 13.4 billion light years away from Earth. What NASA instrument allows scientists to study high resolution images of deep space objects?
Hubble Space Telescope
This ecosystem is a major zone of treeless level or rolling ground. It is found mostly north of the Arctic Circle. What ecosystem is also found above the timberline on high mountains?
Tundra
What part of the cell is known as the powerhouse of the cell because it produces energy through cellular respiration?
Mitochondria
This egg-laying mammal feeds on bottom-dwelling invertebrates in the waters of Australia. It has a torpedo-like body, dense waterproof fur, and strong limbs for swimming and diffing. Identify this mammal that has a flat bill that looks like that of a duck.
Platypus
This is one of the stages of the water cycle. In this stage, water vapor in the air gets cold and changes back into liquid form. What is this stage of the water cycle, responsible for the formation of clouds?
Condensation
This vector moves easily in the same direction as velocity. Identify the vector calculated by multiplying mass and velocity.
momentum
There is a storm that has been raging for at least 400 years known as the great red spot.
Jupiter
This ecosystem occurs in regions with high annual rainfall, usually more than seventy inches.
Rainforest
The food-making process where plants use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to make sugar (glucose) and release oxygen.
PHOTOSYNTHESIS
Biomes are geographical regions which may contain many of these areas. The biotic and abiotic components interact through cycles and energy exchanges. What do we call a community of living and non-living things that work together?
Ecosystem
When this event occurs, the ocean and climate interact to cause drier than normal weather condition in the Pacific Northwest and wetter than normal conditions in the Gulf Coast. It takes its name from the Spanish for "Christ child." What event causes warmer than average water temperatures in the Pacific Ocean during winter?
El Nino
According to Newton's 2nd law, this is equal to the net force on an object, divided by the object's mass. This is what happens when an object is sitting still and begins to move. What is this concept, that is equal to the change in an object's velocity divided by time?
Acceleration
What atmospheric layer is closetst to the Earth's surface and is responsible for weather?
Troposphere
Examples of this type of rock are slate and marble. Heat and pressure combine to form it. Which type of rock is a combination of sedimentary and igneous rocks?
METAMORPHIC
Gives plants their green color.
CHLOROPHYLL
Animals with a spine or backbone.
VERTEBRATE
A student at recess experiences this force when spinning on a merry-go-round. The force allows the student to continue traveling in circles without coming off the merry-go-round. Give the name of the force that keeps an object traveling in a curved or circular path, bound to that path.
Centripital Force
Identify the temperature scale with water's freezing point at zero degrees and its boiling point at 100 degrees.
Celcius
Name this event which occurs when the moon passes between the sun and Earth, blocking the sun from view.
Solar Eclipse
These scientists often use sketching tools to document their observations of rocks and minerals. Identify the term for scientists who study the solid materials that make up the earth.
GEOLOGISTS
Person that studies plants.
BOTANIST
In arthropods, this structure is made up of a hard substance called chitin [KIGHÂtun]. The structure must be molted regularly as the animal grows. What name is given to the hard outer covering that protects insects and spiders?
EXOSKELETON
Plants absorb this energy source through their chloroplasts, where its energy is used to react water with carbon dioxide. What is this energy source, that is necessary for photosynthesis?
Sunlight
Each of these consists of protons, electrons, and sometimes neutrons. What is considered the smallest unit of a chemical element?
Atom
In 1966, this command pilot of Gemini 8 became the first person to connect his spacecraft to a rocket in space. In 1969, he made more history with Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin aboard Apollo 11. Who was the first person to walk on the moon?
Neil Armstrong
It takes place through wind, water or ice. Give this term for the breakdown of rocks, minerals or soil.
Weathering
Keep their needle or scale-like leaves year-round and typically produce woody cones instead of flowers.
CONIFEROUS
Animals in this phylum have a segmented body and jointed limbs. What is this type of animal, which includes crustaceans, spiders, and insects?
Anthropods
Which of Newton's laws of motion states that the rate of change of a body's momentum is proportional to the force applied to it?
(Newton's) Second (Law)
Part of an atom with a negative charge.
Neutron
This word can refer to a moon or other natural body that revolves around a larger body, usually a planet. It might also name an artificial spacecraft.
SATELLITE
Due to its sharp edges, this rock has been used to make arrowheads and scalpel blades. It is mostly silica, but iron and magenisum give it a black, shiny appearance. Give this igenous rock, a type of volcanic glass.
OBSIDIAN
The directional growth of an organism, such as a plant or fungus, in response to a light source.
PHOTOTROPISM