Earth and Space
The closest planet to the sun is...
Mercury
How many legs does an insect have?
Six
The first law of motion says that an object at rest stays...
at rest (unless acted upon by an unbalanced force).
A substance that cannot be broken down into simpler substances
She lived with chimpanzees and learned about them
Jane Goodall
Name all four gas giants.
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Mushrooms aren't plants. What are they?
Fungi
Why does a compass point north?
Because of the Earth's magnetic field.
What is the chemical symbol for Helium?
He
He developed the Laws of Motion and Law of Gravity, invented calculus, and taught us that the rainbow is just white light broken into its component wavelengths.
Issac Newton
What is the name of our star (sun)?
Sol.
Name 3 characteristics shared by all living things.
Made of at least one cell, respond to stimuli, reproduce, grow/develop, etc.
A push or a pull
How many atoms are in one water molecule?
Three (2 H and 1 O)
He came up with famous equation E=MC2
Albert Einstein
How old is the Earth?
4.5 billion years
What is one difference between plant cells and animal cells?
Chloroplasts, cell wall, permanent vacuoles, lysosomes
What causes the moon to orbit the Earth?
Gravity
A chemical reaction that gets cold is called...
endothermic
She invented the technology behind wifi and bluetooth
Hedy Lamarr
Why isn't Pluto a planet anymore?
It was reclassified as a dwarf planet because it hasn't cleared its orbit around the sun (it shares that path with debris)
Who produced the first theory of evolution by natural selection?
Charles Darwin
What causes gravity?
Heavy objects bend space
A chemical reaction that gets hot is called
Exothermic
She discovered Radium and Polonium.
Marie Curie