Christmas
This 1843 novella by Charles Dickens helped shape modern ideas about Christmas generosity.
What is A Christmas Carol?
This ideology supports a strong government role in the economy.
What is Liberalism?
This process maintains stable internal conditions despite external changes.
What is homeostasis?
This process breaks rock into smaller pieces without moving it.
What is weathering?
This animal sleeps for up to 20 hours a day.
What is a cat?
This plant became associated with Christmas traditions because it stays green year-round.
What is an evergreen?
This amendment protects against unreasonable searches.
What is the Fourth Amendment?
This chemical messenger affects mood and emotion in the brain.
What is a neurotransmitter?
This natural process moves water from plants into the atmosphere.
What is transpiration?
This everyday item was once used to treat headaches.
What is chewing gum?
This famous Christmas song was originally written for Thanksgiving.
What is Jingle Bells?
This phenomenon occurs when district lines are drawn to favor one political party.
What is gerrymandering?
This part of the brain is responsible for decision-making and impulse control.
What is the prefrontal cortex?
This layer of the Sun is visible during a solar eclipse.
What is the corona?
This happens when you walk into a room and forget why you went there.
What is the doorway effect?
This country is credited with starting the tradition of decorating Christmas trees.
What is Germany?
This concept explains why factions are inevitable.
What is pluralism?
This condition occurs when the immune system attacks the body.
What is an autoimmune disease?
This layer of the atmosphere contains most weather events.
What is the troposphere?
This material was once more valuable than gold.
What is salt?
In many Christmas carols, this word refers to the 12-day period that starts on December 25 and ends on January 5.
What is “Christmastide”?
This clause has been used to justify much of Congress’s expansion of power over time.
What is the Necessary and Proper Clause?
This part of the brain regulates breathing and heart rate.
What is the brainstem?
This phenomenon occurs when heat is trapped in Earth’s atmosphere.
What is the greenhouse effect?
This food was once considered medicine.
What is chocolate?