Branches of Science
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African-American Scientists
African-American Scientists
Aliens Among Us
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It's Your B-"Earth" Day
It's Your B-"Earth" Day
Mis"cell"aneous
100
There are this many main branches of Science
3
100
George Washington Carver invented hundreds of products involving several agricultural products like sweet potatoes and soybeans, and also promoted crop rotation, which increased crop output. But he is most famous with his work and inventions involving this product that grows in the ground
Peanuts
100
A UFO, or an ______________ flying object, is just any object that flies that we haven't been able to figure out the identity of
Unidentified
100
Charles Darwin collected and studied these objects found in the ground that helped him understand how species had changed over time
Fossils
100
This is the fundamental unit of all life
the cell
200
Biology is an example of this main type of Science
(Double the points if you can name another example besides Biology!)
Life Science
200
Katherine Johnson was a mathematician who helped do something called trajectory analysis, which means studying how different objects travel through space. She became highly sought after during the Space Race for her skilled math work for this government agency
NASA
200
This is a common three-word phrase used as code for "aliens" (although there's no evidence for this). A clue is found in the image below, which first appeared in a comic in the year 1951:
"little green men"
200
The Earth is between these two planets in the Solar System
Venus and Mars
200
Instead of being based on the Sun like our modern calendar, the traditional Chinese calendar is based on this celestial object
The Moon
300
Name an example of an Earth Science
[Geology
Oceanography
Seismology
Volcanology
Geography
Meteorology
Climatology]...
300
Neil DeGrasse Tyson is an astronomer and astrophysicist who has broken down complicated astronomy and physics concepts for the public. Among other things, he explains the concept of Spacetime, which looks at the ____ dimensions of space and time
4
300
Other alien life forms haven't been found yet, but scientists wonder if they could be silicon-based or even some other element.
But they could also be like us, based on this element
Carbon
(carbon-based)
300
April 22 was designated by the UN as "Earth Day" which highlights things people can do for this (another name for Mother Earth)
(Or, name the modern day movement)
The Environment
(Environmentalism)
300
Just like the Western zodiac, the Chinese zodiac has this many divisions, but it changes by the year, not the month
12
400
Chemistry is an example of this main branch of Science
Physical Science
400
Daniel Hale Williams (1856 - 1931) was the first doctor to perform an open heart surgery on the pericardium, which is the thin sac which encases the heart. Doctors who specialize in working on the heart study this branch of medicine
Cardiology
(Cardiologist)
400
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This long word meaning "alien life form" contains word roots meaning "beyond earth"... but don't phone home, we haven't discovered any yet
Extra-terrestrial
400
This word starting with an "H" is a place where a living thing tends to live, it's "natural" home
Habitat
400
In addition to having a cell membrane like all cells, plants, fungi, and bacteria usually have this additional layer for protection
Cell wall
500
The branches of Science are:
*Physical Science
*Earth Science
*Life Science
500
Dr. Marie Maynard Daly, with a PhD in Chemistry, was the first scientist to understand the link between hypertension / cholesterol and a disease called atherosclerosis, which is a buildup of plaque in these vessels which allow blood to travel out to the rest of the body from the heart.
Arteries
500
The Drake Equation, which looks like:
tries to provide a way to quantify the number of
Alien civilizations in this galaxy
the Milky Way
500
This root for the word "Earth" or "world" used in scientific words comes from the Greek word 'Gaia' originally meaning 'Earth goddess'
Geo-
(Geography. Geology. etc)
500
Plants have two different energy factories: one is this "solar power plant" and the other one makes energy for the plant also. Name them both
Chloroplast and Mitochondrion