Animals
Common Names
Meteorology
Astronomy
Plastics
100


This is the national animal of England. A group of these animals are called a pride or a coalition. 


Lion

100


 What animal which is killed for the ivory of its tusks was a member of the now-obsolete order Pachydermata?


Elephant


100


These types of clouds are white and puffy and typically a sign of fair weather. However, if stacked, they can form tall columns of clouds that signal thunderstorms.


Cumulus


100


These regions are usually formed after a supernova. They have so much gravity that even light cannot escape from it. 



Black hole


100


This unsustainable and nonrenewable fuel type is also what man-made plastics are derived from.



Oil, Petroleum, OR Fossil fuels


200


This animal is part of the Equus genus, and there are three different species of this animal. For 200 points, name this distinctive black and white vegetarian.


Zebra

200


What is the common name of the chemical KCN. A mixture of potassium, carbon, and nitrogen. It is a deadly poison that has an almond smell.


Cyanide

200


This part of a hurricane is where the rain and winds are the strongest, and surrounds the eye of the hurricane.


eyewall/wall

200


Saturn’s north pole has clouds in this shape, but the reason for this phenomenon has not yet been discovered.


Hexagon

200


This is what PE stands for in PET, HDPE, and LDPE, and in itself is the most common plastic produced (with the above mentioned plastics being varieties of it).


Polyethylene

300


This feline is found in Eastern Russia and Northeast China and less than 600 of them remain in the wild. They hunt elk, deer, etc. in snow covered forests.


Siberian Tiger

300


This is the common name for the only remaining living animal of the order Proboscidea which are known for their long proboscises.


Elephant

300


This layer of the Earth’s atmosphere is where most of the weather occurs and is the lowest layer of the atmosphere.


Troposphere

300


This moon of Jupiter is the most geologically active object in the Solar System and has hundreds of volcanoes scattered on its surface. Named after one of Zeus’s lovers from Greek mythology.


Io

300


This property of material is defined as the inability to conduct electricity well and plastics that show this characteristic are frequently used to coat electrical wires.



Electric Insulation or Insulation

400


These are large seabirds related to petrels. They have the longest wingspan of any living bird, 9.8 feet.


Albatross

400


What is the category which eros, philia, storge, and agape falls under?


Love

400


This occurs when a cold front pushes the warm air upwards, cutting it off from the ground. It is denoted by alternating purple half circles and triangles.


Occluded Front

400


What is the phase after the red giant phase called after it releases its planetary nebula. 


White Dwarf

400


This type of plastic is used to make CDs and has a density of around 1.2 g/cm^3.



PC/polycarbonate


500


This animal is known for its distinctly colored feet, which is a result of the nutrients from the fish they eat. They are marine and live off the Pacific coasts of the Americas.


Blue-footed booby

500


Polytetrafluoroethylene, which shortens to PTFE, is commonly known by this brand name which .


Teflon

500


This phenomenon occurs due to charged particles slamming into the Earth’s atmosphere and exciting them, which releases photons of light. 


Aurora Borealis

500


This is the heaviest element that a star can fuse. Beyond this the star will collapse. 


Iron/Fe

500


This was the first man-made plastic, and was used to create many appliances such as telephones, jewelry, and toys.



Bakelite


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