Astronomy
Astronomy is the study of ______
Space, celestial bodies, the universe
Chemistry is the study of ____
How substances combine and interact
(accept other variations that make sense)
Botany is the study of ___
Plants
Zoology is the study of ____
Animals
True or false: A magnet can attract or repel different types of metals.
True
Name 3 planets in our solar system
Earth, Jupiter, Mercury, Mars, Saturn, Venus, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto
Which of these people is a famous chemist: Alice Augusta Ball, Neil Degrasse Tyson, Taylor Swift
Alice Augusta Ball
True or false: The corn that we have today is the same corn that Pilgrims and Native Americans ate in the 1600s
False! Our modern day sweet corn has been genetically engineered to taste better and grow easier.
How many types of zoologists are there: 10, 200, 64, thousands
Thousands! Zoologists can specialize in one or more types of animals
True or false: Magnets attract all types of metals.
False, they attract 3 types of metals.
This constellation has a 'little sibling' by the same name: Big ___ and Little ___
Big Dipper, Little Dipper
If you were to mix sugar and water, which of the following would happen: the sugar would turn into little crystals, the water would dry up, the sugar would dissolve
The sugar would dissolve
True or false: Evergreen trees change color in the fall
False! Evergreen trees do not change at all, hence their name, 'evergreen'
Which of the following people was a famous primatologist: Kanye West, Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey
Jane Goodall
Can magnets attract and repel objects through paper?
Yes
Who were the first people to step foot on the moon?
Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong
True or false: You don't do chemistry everyday
False! You do chemistry simply by breathing in oxygen and breathing out carbon dioxide
What is photosynthesis?
The process by which plants take in sunlight and turn it into food and make energy.
(accept answers that make sense)
Which of the following scientists made many discoveries in the field of zoology: George Washington Carver, Charles Darwin, Ms. Anglin
Charles Darwin
Magnets have two poles: north, east, south, west
North, south
Is there life in space?
Who knows!
Are cooking and baking forms of chemistry?
Yes! As you combine foods they change and that's chemistry
Are genetics related to plants?
Yes! Gregor Mendel made many discoveries in the field of genetics through working with plants
This famous Australian zoologist even had his own show before passing away in 2006 from a manta ray sting
Steve Irwin
Which metals do magnets attract?
Cobalt, iron, steel, nickel