Earth Science
Deforestation can cause this effect on the Earth's surface.
Erosion
The conversion of a substance from the solid to the gaseous state without becoming a liquid.
Sublimation
How many permanent teeth does a typical adult human have?
32
Mass divided by volume.
Density
Which country is the largest in the world?
Russia
This can occur with the movement of tectonic plates along fault lines.
An earthquake
The phenomenon where your left appears as the right and vice versa in a mirror.
Lateral inversion
What is generally considered the basic unit of life?
The cell
This is the bending of waves as they pass through a different medium.
Refraction
What is the only food that can never go bad?
Honey
This is the solid outer part of the Earth, and includes the crust.
Lithosphere
What is the correct alignment of the Earth, Sun, and moon during a solar eclipse?
Earth - moon - Sun
What is the primary oxygen-carrying protein in red blood cells?
Hemoglobin
When a roller coaster reaches the top of a hill, it has its maximum of this type of energy.
Potential energy
What is the distance from Earth to the sun?
93 million miles
The region on Earth where water freezes into snow or ice (the sphere of the Earth which contains glaciers).
Cryosphere
This is caused by the moon's gravitational pull.
Tides
The passage of genetic instructions from one generation to another.
Heredity
The measure of the force of gravity on an object is called_____________.
Weight
According to Guinness World Records, what's the best-selling book of all time?
The Bible
Unlike weather, which can change daily, this is the average pattern of atmospheric conditions such as temperature.
Climate
How will the freezing point of water change if salt is added to it?
Freezing point decreases
The only part of the human body that gets oxygen directly from the air and not from the blood.
The cornea
Water boiling is an example of this kind of change.
Physical change
What is the fastest man-made object in existence?
The NASA Parker Solar Probe.
The NASA Parker Solar Probe has become the fastest human-made object ever recorded. On Sept. 27, 2023 the probe reached a speed of 394,736 mph (635,266 km/h) as it swooped close to the sun's surface. Theoretically, this is like circling the Earth about 16 times in an hour!