Reach for the Stars
Disease Detectives
pH Factor
Name that Scientist
Do the Wave
100
A group of stars that looks like a particular thing and is given a name.
What is a constellation?
100
These disease-causing organisms need a host to live, grow and reproduce.
What are Viruses?
100
Substances with a pH greater than 7 are called this.
What are bases / alkalis?
100
E = mc2 is the famous equation put forth in his Theory of Special Relativity.
Who is Albert Einstein?
100
Type of EM radiation that is used to heat food.
What are Microwaves / Infrared Waves?
200
This 9th “planet” of our solar system has been reclassified as a “dwarf planet” in 2006.
What is Pluto?
200
The transmission of Malaria by mosquitoes, is an example of this mode of transmission.
What is Vector-borne?
200
An easy way to measure the pH of a liquid is to use this.
What is a Litmus Strip or Universal Indicator Strip?
200
Radium and Polonium were discovered by this female scientist who received Nobel Prizes in both Physics and Chemistry.
Who is Marie Curie?
200
The distance between 2 consecutive crests or troughs of a wave is called its …
What is Wavelength?
300
The explosion of giant stars at the end of their lifecycle which can result in the formation of black holes.
What is a Supernova?
300
An outbreak of disease that spreads across multiple countries or continents.
What is a Pandemic?
300
For every +1 change in the pH of a substance, the acidity/alkalinity changes by this much.
What is ten times (10x)?
300
This British naturalist traveled to the Galapagos islands and chronicled his discoveries about evolution in the book, “On the Origin of Species”.
Who is Charles Darwin?
300
These low frequency waves are often used for communication in television, cell phones, Wifi and remote-controlled toys.
What are Radio waves?
400
This is the region of space around a star which is neither too hot nor too cold and where water can exist in liquid form.
What is the Goldilocks Zone / Circumstellar Habitable Zone?
400
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The process by which resistance to disease is acquired or induced, such as through vaccination.
What is Immunization?
400
The pH of normal human blood is around…
What is 7? (About 7.4)
400
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This scientist discovered electrons and proposed the “plum pudding model” of an atom.
Who is J. J. Thomson?
400
The phenomenon when 2 waves combine by adding their displacements together.
What is Wave Interference?
500
The doughnut shaped ring of icy objects extending just beyond the orbit of Neptune.
What is the Kuiper Belt?
500
The study of transmission and control of diseases.
What is Epidemiology?
500
In an acidic solution, you can expect to find a lot more of these.
What are Hydrogen (H+) Ions?
500
This Austrian monk, famous for his breeding of pea plants, was known as the father of modern genetics.
Who is Gregor Mendel?
500
These types of waves cannot travel through vacuum and need a medium to propagate. Examples include sound, ripples in water, seismic waves.
What are Mechanical waves?