Without electricity the people in the 1800's lit up their houses this way.
What are candles?
100
This is the first and last name of the main character of this story.
Who is Kepler Masterman?
100
These people were at the highest level of society in the Ancient Egyptian culture.
What are Pharaohs?
200
These are the building blocks of planets.
What are disks of gas and dust.
200
This meat eating dinosaur was about the size of the dog and was the main focus of this story.
What is Coelophysis?
200
This was the time of year when the farmers picked the crops.
What is harvest time?
200
The main character of the story's father held this title.
What is Governer of the Moon?
200
These people wrote letters and government documents and recorded the pharaoh's decrees.
What are Scribes?
300
This is what stars are called when they get older, cool off, swell up 100 times larger, and turn red.
What are Red Giants?
300
What was name name of the place where the discovery in this story took place and what state was it located in.
What is Ghost Ranch in New Mexico?
300
This person had one of the busiest shops in town, in the 1800's.
Who is a blacksmith?
300
This was the main character's female friend who he tells he will write to and he hopes she doesn't laugh at him..
Who is Ann?
300
Most people of this time period lived in houses that were made out of this.
What are mud bricks?
400
These come in a variety of shapes: from narrow jets of exploding gases to peanut-shaped clouds to bright globes surrounding stars.
What are planetary nebulas?
400
This is the name of the paleontologist that this story focuses on.
Who is Edwin Colbert?
400
This was the main source of transportation for most of the people of the 1800's.
What are horse and buggies?
400
This was the syndrome that Kepler got when going from the moon down to earth.
What is low-grav syndrome?
400
After death, Egyptians did this to the bodies to prevent from decaying and to ensure a safe journey into the afterlife.
What is mummification?
500
Since we now have the Hubble Space Telescope and other new methods for gathering information, scientists have given this era a name and have said we are just beginning it.
What is the Golden Age of Discovery.
500
The paleontologist that this story focuses studied prehistoric life here.
What is the American Museum of Natural History in New York City?
500
This tells the story of a true event or series of events.
What is Expository Non-Fiction?
500
This is how fast the silent, pollution free trains on moon went.
What is 500 miles an hour.
500
In 1995, this archaeologist discovered what may be the largest tomb in the valley of the kings.