States and Capitals
Boston is the capital of what state?
Massachusetts
This biome can be hot or cold, and it receives less than 25 centimeters of precipitation each year.
Desert
Many European sailors believed there must be a faster route to Asia than sailing all the way around South America. What is the name of the shortcut through North America they were looking for?
The Northwest Passage
What explorer believed sailing west across the Atlantic Ocean would be a quicker route to Asia?
Christopher Columbus
What percentage of the Earth's surface is covered by water?
75%
What is the capital of Georgia?
Atlanta
An energy pyramid is a diagram that shows the amounts of energy that flow through each level of a food chain. As you move up the energy pyramid, does the energy increase or decrease?
Energy decreases as you move to the top of the pyramid.
When John White returned to this colony with supplies in 1590, he found it deserted with only the word "CROATOAN" carved into a tree. It is now know as the "Lost Colony" of what?
Roanoke
This explorer sailed for the Dutch and the English and has more water named after him than any other explorer in history. We don't know what happened to him though as his crew mutinied and sent him adrift in the bay that now bears his name.
Henry Hudson
The process of changing a liquid into a gas.
Evaporation
Salem is the capital of what state?
Oregon
What biome is home to more plant, animal, and insect diversity than any other on Earth?
Tropical Rain Forest
What was the first successful permanent English settlement in North America?
Jamestown
This Spanish conquistador explored present-day Mexico and conquered the Aztecs.
Hernan Cortes
The process of changing a gas into a liquid.
Condensation
What is the capital of Kansas?
Topeka
The creatures in this biome have to deal with cold, darkness, and very high water pressure. It also doesn't get any sunlight.
The Deep Sea
This group of people sailed across the Atlantic on the Mayflower so they could establish a colony where they could freely practice their beliefs.
The Pilgrims
This Spanish conquistador traveled throughout the southwest looking for cities of gold. He's also credited with discovering the Grand Canyon.
Hint: There's a high school about 2 miles from Shirley Barber ES that's named after him.
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
Water leaving clouds as rain, sleet, snow, or hail.
Precipitation
Little Rock is the capital of what state?
Arkansas
Food chains and food webs both model how energy moves in an ecosystem. Which one better represents the different connections that could be found in an ecosystem?
Food Webs
When the English sailed into the harbor to take over this Dutch settlement in 1664, the settlers there refused to fight. It was later renamed New York after the Duke of York.
New Amsterdam.
This explorer named the Pacific Ocean, and his crew became the first to circumnavigate the world, proving that Columbus's theory was correct.
Ferdinand Magellan
What is the process called when ice turns into water vapor without first melting?
Sublimation