Tis the Season
Chemistry Matters
Cell Parts
Earth Science
Ecology
100
Who is Santa?
100
This is the basic building block of matter.
What is an Atom?
100
This is the basic building block of life.
The Cell
100
This is the continuous, dynamic set of processes by which rocks are changed into other types of rock
What is the Rock Cycle?
100
This is a simplified model that shows a single path for energy flow in an ecosystem
What is a Food Chain?
200
Derived from Norse Mythology, these tiny mischievous beings are the helpers of Santa Claus
What are elves?
200
These form when two elements are fused together through covalent bonds
What is a Molecule
200
This part of the cell breaks down food into energy and is considered to be the powerhouse of the cell
What is the Mitochondria?
200
These are Intrusive or extrusive rocks formed from the cooling and crystallization of magma or lava
What are Igneous Rocks?
200
This is a model that shows many interconnected food chains and pathways in which energy and matter flow through an ecosystem
What is a Food Web?
300
This is the traditional headquarters of Santa Claus
What is the North Pole?
300
This positively charged particle exists in the nucleus of an atom
What is a proton?
300
These are small structures inside the cell that have specific functions
What are Organelles?
300
These small pieces of rock are moved and deposited by water, wind, glaciers, and gravity.
What are sediments?
300
This symbiotic relationship occurs when one organisms benefits while the other is harmed
What is Parasitism?
400
This tradition is tied to the biblical story of the 3 Magi who visited Jesus after his birth
What is gift giving?
400
This negatively charged particle exists in a cloud surrounding the nucleus of an atom
What is an Electron?
400
This part of the cell controls many functions and contains the organism's DNA
What is the Nucleus?
400
This type of map is highly accurate for small areas, and is made by projecting points and line from a globe onto a cone
What is a conic projection?
400
This symbiotic relationship occurs when both organisms benefit from each other
What is Mutualism?
500
This natural resource is the "punishment" for children on the naughty list, instead of receiving presents.
What is Coal?
500
This neutral particle exists inside the nucleus of an atom
What is a neutron?
500
These tiny structures make proteins for the cells
What are Ribosomes?
500
This is the process by which a cooling gas changes into a liquid and releases thermal energy
What is condensation?
500
This is a group of organisms of the same species that occupy the same geographic place at the same time
What is a Population?
600
This reindeer made his first debut in 1939 on an unnaturally foggy Christmas Eve
Who is Rudolph?
600
This is an atom that gains or loses an electron causing it to have a positive or negative charge
What is an Ion
600
These are enzyme-containing cell parts that help digest food and break down old cell parts/invaders
What are Lysosomes?
600
This is the science of mapmaking
What is Cartography?
600
This primary energy source of every food chain/web on Earth is out of this world.
What is the Sun?
700
This plant was used by Celtic Druids long before it was hung as a Christmas Decoration.
What is Mistletoe?
700
This is an attractive force between two ions with opposite charges
What is an Ionic Bond?
700
These are the storage chambers in cells that are used to hold nutrients and wastes
What are vacuoles?
700
This is the removal and transport of weathered materials from one location to another by agents such as water, wind, glaciers, and gravity.
What is Erosion?
700
This is a treeless biome with permanently frozen soil under the surface and average yearly precipitation of 15-20 cm.
What is a Tundra?
800
Long before we hung ornaments on Christmas trees we hung these to dry them in order for them to be safe to eat
What are Mushrooms?
800
This is the number of protons located inside of the atom's nucleus
What is the atomic number?
800
This is the part of a plant cell where photosynthesis is carried out
What is the Chloroplast?
800
This is the imaginary line that lies at 0o latitude and circles Earth midway between the North and South poles, dividing Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemisphere
What is the Equator?
800
This Symbiotic Relationship occurs when one organism benefits while the other is unaffected
What is Commensalism?
900
This half-goat/Half-man is the counterpart to Santa Claus and in Bavarian Mythology visits the children who are on the naughty list
Who is Krampus?
900
This is an atom of an element that has a different mass number than the element but the same properties
What is an Isotope?
900
This is a series of flattened sacs within a cell where materials are modified and distributed to other parts of the cell.
What is the Golgi Complex?
900
This is the imaginary line representing 0o longitude, running from the North pole through Greenwich, England, to the South Pole
What is the Prime Meridian?
900
This is the deepest and coldest area of a large lake with little light and limited biodiversity.
What is the profundal zone?
1000
This ancient roman holiday on December 17th inspired many of the holiday traditions of modern day
What is Saturnalia?
1000
This is a solution containing a substance that produces Hydrogen ions: H+ in water
What is an Acid?
1000
This is a network of folded membranes within the cell that manufactures and stores many chemicals
What is the Endoplasmic Reticulum?
1000
This kind of map is useful in planning long-distance trips by boat or plane, and is made by projecting points and lines from a globe onto a piece of paper that touches the globe at a single point
What is a gnomonic projection?
1000
This occurs when a community is established in an area of bare rock or bare sand, where no topsoil is present.
What is Primary Succession?