Life Science
What set of horizontal bones protect your lungs and heart?
Ribs
The highest point on Earth is the peak of Mt. Everest. What mountain is the tallest from its base to its summit?
Mauna Loa (in Hawaii)
If you stood on the moon during the daytime, what color would the sky be?
Black
Mass x Acceleration = ____________
Force (Newtons)
A document issued by the government that protects the rights of an inventor to his/her invention.
Patent
Ring worm is a skin disorder. It's not actually a worm but this type of infection.
Fungus
There are about 9 million cubic miles of ice on Earth. Where is most of it located?
Antarctica
Picture the moon passing through the Earth's shadow. What are you seeing?
Lunar Eclipse
Radio waves travel at the speed of __________.
Light (all electromagnetic waves travel at the same speed)
The Wright Brothers build the first practical plane in 1903. What kind of plane did they build?
Biplane (2 wing structures, one above the other)
Of the two bones in your lower leg, this one is larger.
Tibia
What is the name of the scientist who proposed the Theory of Continental Drift?
Alfred Wegener
What does a light-year measure?
DISTANCE light travels in one Earth year.
Chain Reaction
Which country launched the first primitive rockets which were propelled by gunpowder?
China, in the 9th century.
Double the points!!
Your hearts has two types of chambers. Name them!
Atria (collect incoming blood) & Ventricles (pump blood out of the heart)
What do you call formations hanging tightly to the ceiling of a cave?
Stalactites
Earth moves around the sun in a _________ orbit.
Elliptical (oval)
In Einstein's famous theory of E=mc2, what does the c stand for?
Speed of Light
E = energy
m = mass
What is the term that describes the moon gets it gets larger during the lunar cycle?
Waxing
This special system is part of the immune system and helps your body fight disease.
Over time, bacteria and other small organisms enrich the soil by forming this five-letter substance.
Humus
New stars from in huge clouds of gas & dust called_________.
Nebulae
What do you call the fixed point on which a lever turns?
Fulcrum
These are the powerful tail fins of the whale.
Fluke