Earth Day
Environment
WJ Science Teachers
Biology
Chemistry
100

This was the year of the first US Earth Day.

When was 1970?

100

The largest desert on earth.

What is the Antarctic Desert?

100

These two WJ Science teachers are married and have a 1st grader together.

Mr. Eastman and Ms. Leung

100

The counterpart of photosynthesis.

What is cellular respiration?

100

These elements do not accept electrons.

What are noble gases?

200

The type of renewable energy that produces the most energy worldwide.

What is hydropower?

200

One of the top three most littered items.

What are coffee cups, cigarette butts and chewing gum?

200

This teacher practiced law before becoming a WJ Science Teacher.

Who is Ms.  Krents

200

The oldest known living thing on earth.

What is a bristlecone pine (tree)?

200

Using Chemistry nomenclature, the name of C7H14.

What is heptane?

300

All 7 planets of our solar system in order of farthest from the sun to closest. 

What are Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Earth, Venus, Mercury?
300

This region of the Earth produces 20% of the planet’s oxygen.

What is the Amazon rainforest?

300

This teacher left the WJ Physics department to teach AP Literature.

Who is Mr. Zeitlin?

300

The two mammals that lay eggs.

What are the echidna and the platypus?

300

The most common isotope of carbon.

What is Carbon-12?

400

This US President created the Environmental Protection Agency, Clean Air Act, Endangered Species Act, National Environmental Policy Act, and had the first Earth Day during his term.

Who was Richard Nixon?

400

The atmospheric release of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides, primarily from burning fossil fuels, react with water in the air to form this percipitation.

What is acid rain?

400

The current 4 Honors Chemistry teachers.

Who are Ms. Leung, Ms. Deo, Mr. Bauer, and Ms. Krents?

400

The longest type of cell in the body. 

What is the nerve cell, a neuron?

400

This molecular shape is two pyramids put together.

What is trigonal bipyramid?

500

An international treaty adopted in 1997 to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions aiming for a 5% reduction below 1990 levels, generally obsolete because of the newer Paris Agreement.

What is the Kyoto Protocol?

500

This country contains a global seed vault as a secure backup facility for the world's crop diversity.

What is Norway?

500

This Science teacher is the same age as Ms. Deo

Who is Mr. Grimes?

500

The taxonomic categories from most broad to specific.

What are Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, and Species?

500

The most abundant element in the universe.

What is hydrogen?

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