Astronomy
Chemistry
Chemistry Terms
People in Astronomy
Entomology/Geology
100

Known for its rings.

What is Saturn.

100

Anything that takes up space and has mass.

What is matter.

100

A measure of the pull of gravity on an object.

What is weight?

100

The first man to travel in space.

Who is Yuri Gagarin?

100

The ability of crustaceans to grow back lost body parts.

What is regeneration?

200

The morning star.

What is Venus?

200

The amount of matter in one unit of volume.

What is density?

200

The name given to the number of protons in an element.

What is atomic number?

200

The first American to orbit the earth.

Who is John Glenn?

200

Spiders belong to this class.

What is arachnid?

300

The speediest planet.

What is Mercury?

300

A substance composed of only one type of atom.

What is element?

300

Lacking an electrical charge.

What is neutral?

300

The first man to set foot on the moon.

Who is Neil Armstrong?

300

Rock that is formed formed by sand and mineral particles pressed together.

What is sedimentary?

400

Discovered by the Herschels.

What is Uranus?

400

A tiny group of two or more atoms that are bonded tightly together.

What is molecule?

400

Formed by electrons that are in orbit at about the same distance from the nucleus.

What is shell  (electron shell)?

400

The man who discovered that white light is a combination of many colors.

Who is Isaac Newton?

400

Magma that has reached the earth’s surface.

What is lava?

500

Jupiter’s largest moon.

What is Ganymede?

500

Substances that are composed of more than one type of atom bonded together.

What are compounds?

500

The chemical reaction that occurs when a substance reacts rapidly with oxygen.

What is combustion?

500

The man known as the “Father of Modern Rocketry.”

Who is Robert Goddard?

500

A scientist who studies the structure of the earth.

What is geologist?

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