Solar System
What is the largest star in the Solar System?
The Sun
What is the largest bone in the human body?
The femur, also known as the thigh bone.
Which animal can change direction midair?
The cheetah. They are the only type of cat able to do so.
What is the smallest unit of matter?
An Atom.
How do scientists measure the severity of an earthquake?
Richter Scale. The measure has been in use since 1935.
Who was the first person to walk on the moon and in what year?
Neil Armstrong; Landed on July 20th, 1969.
What is the smallest bone in the human body?
The stapes bone, also known as the stirrup bone. It’s located inside your ear.
What can sharks sense that humans cannot?
Electricity. They do this using organs called ampullae of Lorenzini.
What is Isaac Newton known for?
Legend has it that Newton discovered gravity when he saw a falling apple while thinking about the forces of nature.
What was Earth’s supercontinent called?
Pangea. The area split into two landmasses some 135 million years ago due to a phenomenon known as “continental drift.”
Would you weigh more or less on Mars?
Less. A person who weighs 200 pounds on Earth would weigh just 76 pounds on Mars.
What kind of blood type is known as the universal donor?
Why do some tigers have white coats?
It’s a genetic mutation. White tigers carry a gene that inhibits the production of red and yellow pigments in white tigers, though it does not appear to alter black.
“For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction” is an example of one of these.
Newton’s Laws.
Which city in Italy is famous for its canals?
Venice. In total, the city contains 150 canals.
What color is the sunset on Mars?
Blue.
What is the largest organ in the human body?
The Skin.
How many sets of wings do bees have?
Two.
What is considered room temperature?
72 degrees Fahrenheit.
What metal is found at the center of the Earth?
Iron. This is very different from the Earth’s crust and mantle, which are rich in minerals.
What is the hottest planet in the Solar System?
Venus.
Mitosis is the process a single cell uses to divide into two new identical cells. What do we call each set of cells?
Parent cells and daughter cells.
What process do bats use to locate their prey?
Echolocation.
Electron pairs, when shared between two atoms, help create what kind of bond?
A covalent bond.
What is the tallest mountain in the world and how tall is it?
Mount Everest. The mountain peak reaches 29,029 feet at its summit.