Geography
What mountain range is in the East of the United States?
The Appalachian Mountains
True or False: Your tongue has different areas that are more sensitive to different flavors.
False
What is the name of a prevailing ecosystem constituted by similar biotic and abiotic factors present in one or more regions of the planet?
Biome
What is an ancient shark that lurked in the depths of the ocean millions of years ago?
The Megalodon
In which city did COVID-19 originate?
Wuhan, China
What is the longest river in the world?
The Nile
What is the shape of DNA known as?
A double helix
What is the name of the trees that lose their leaves in a period of the year.
Deciduous trees
In what city did Mount Vesuvius erupt during circa 79 A.D.
Pompeii
What is the smallest general taxonomic level? (MC)
a. Order, b. Family, c. Genus, d. Species
Species
What is the Capital of Canada
Ottawa
What is another name for your voice box
Larynx
What is the name for the set of all of the ecosystems of the planet.
Biosphere
In Shanxi, China there are thousands of ancient artifacts made out of terracotta. What was their shape?
Humans or Warriors or Soldiers
What is one of the two planets in the solar system without moons?
Mercury or Venus
Which river flows through the Grand Canyon?
The Colorado River
What is the most flexible muscle in the human body?
Tongue
What is the word that describes non-living, physical features of the environment, including air, water, sunlight, soil, temperature, and climate.
Abiotic
"Carbon-14" is used by archaeologists for what purpose?
To date the age of archaeological discoveries
What are two of the three types of rock?
Igneous, Sedimentary, Metamorphic--any two
Which Country is East of Finland?
Russia
What is the largest organ in the human body?
Skin
Who is the father of ecology?
Eugene Odum
In what century was the first dinosaur bone discovered?
17th century
This virus has five types: A, B, C, D, E
Hepatitis