Reach for the Stars
pH Factor
The Air Up There
Ologies
Name that Scientist
100
A group of stars that looks like a particular thing and is given a name.
What is a constellation?
100
Substances with a pH greater than 7 are called...
What are alkaline / basic?
100
Short-lived funnel shaped storms, less than half a mile in diameter, that originate on land.
What are Tornadoes?
100
A Zoologist studies these.
What are animals?
100
E = mc2 is the famous equation put forth in his Theory of Special Relativity.
Who is Albert Einstein?
200
This 9th “planet” of our solar system has been reclassified as a “dwarf planet” in 2006.
What is Pluto?
200
An easy way to measure the pH of a liquid is to use this.
What is a Litmus Strip/Paper?
200
This gas absorbs the harmful UV radiation from the sun.
What is Ozone?
200
This the scientific study of ancient life, such as dinosaurs, that uses evidence from fossils, dig sites and radiocarbon dating.
What is Paleontology?
200
Radium and Polonium were discovered by this female scientist who received Nobel Prizes in both Physics and Chemistry.
Who is Marie Curie?
300
The explosion of giant stars at the end of their lifecycle which can result in the formation of black holes.
What is a Supernova?
300
For every +1 change in the pH of a substance, the acidity/alkalinity changes by this much.
What is ten times (10x)?
300
Winds blow from regions of high ____ to regions of low ____.
What is pressure?
300
A Herpetologist must be careful when he studies these venomous creatures.
What are snakes?
300
This British naturalist traveled to the Galapagos islands and chronicles his discoveries about evolution in the book, “On the Origin of Species”.
Who is Charles Darwin?
400
This is the region of space around a star which is neither too hot nor too cold and where water can exist in liquid form.
What is the Goldilocks Zone / Circumstellar Habitable Zone?
400
The pH of normal human blood is around…
What is 7? (About 7.4)
400
The lowest level of the atmosphere closest to the earth’s surface where almost all weather occurs.
What is the Troposphere?
400
This is the kind of doctor you would see for a skin disease.
What is a dermatologist?
400
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This scientist discovered electrons and proposed the “plum pudding model” of an atom.
Who is J. J. Thomson?
500
The doughnut shaped ring of icy objects extending just beyond the orbit of Neptune.
What is the Kuiper Belt?
500
In an acidic solution, you can expect to find a lot more of these.
What are Hydrogen Ions?
500
The SI unit for measurement of atmospheric pressure, named after a French mathematician, physician and philosopher.
What is Pascal?
500
The study of Mushrooms is called...
What is Mycology?
500
This Austrian monk, famous for his breeding of pea plants, was known as the father of modern genetics.
Who is Gregor Mendel?