Space
What is the only planet in our solar system that rotates horizontally?
Uranus
What is the only bird that does not have hollow bones?
Loon
What is the system of measurement that is used in the scientific community?
Metric System
What direction does heat travel?
Up
60 percent of the world’s population lives on what continent?
Asia
Olympus Mons is a shield volcano that is the tallest mountain in the solar system. What planet is it on?
Mars
These playful mammals can stay underwater for up to 8 minutes.
Otter
This describes the amount of matter in an object.
Mass
This form of heat transfer happens through circulating air or water.
Convection
The coldest temperature ever recorded on Earth was -128.6°F in Vostok, which is on which continent?
Antarctica
A black hole has gravity so strong that not even this can escape.
Light
A town in northern Maine was named after this animal that became eradicated from the state in the early 1900s.
Caribou
What is the downward force on an object caused by gravity?
Weight
If you use a metal rod to roast a marshmallow, you may burn your hand as a result of this type of heat transfer.
Conduction
Lake Baikal, which is the world’s deepest lake and goes down 2,442 feet, is located in which country?
Russia
Polaris, also known as the North Star, is a part of what constellation?
Ursa Minor, aka the Little Dipper
This animal’s name comes from the Algonquin word for “eater of twigs.”
Moose
This is an idea or prediction that you test during an experiment.
Hypothesis
This is the only form of heat transfer that can travel through the vacuum of space.
Radiation
Measuring nearly 7 miles deep, the Mariana Trench can be found in which ocean?
Pacific Ocean
Neil Armstrong was the first astronaut to walk on the moon. Who was the second?
Buzz Aldrin
It is believed that the fisher was introduced to Maine in order to prey upon this well armored animal.
Porcupine
This branch of science studies living organisms.
Biology
What is the only metal that is a liquid at room temperature?
Mercury
Averaging about 26 feet of snow each year, Aomori City is the snowiest place in the world and is located in what country?
Japan