Tis the Season
Chemistry Matters
Cell Parts
Earth Science
Ecology
100


Who is Santa?

100

This is the basic building block of matter.

What is an Atom?

100

This is the basic building block of life.

The Cell

100

This is the continuous, dynamic set of processes by which rocks are changed into other types of rock

What is the Rock Cycle?

100

This is a simplified model that shows a single path for energy flow in an ecosystem

What is a Food Chain?

200

Derived from Norse Mythology, these tiny mischievous beings are the helpers of Santa Claus

What are elves?

200

These form when two elements are fused together through covalent bonds

What is a Molecule

200

This part of the cell breaks down food into energy and is considered to be the powerhouse of the cell

What is the Mitochondria?

200

These are Intrusive or extrusive rocks formed from the cooling and crystallization of magma or lava

What are Igneous Rocks?

200

This is a model that shows many interconnected  food chains and pathways in which energy and matter flow through an ecosystem

What is a Food Web?

300

This is the traditional headquarters of Santa Claus

What is the North Pole?

300

This positively charged particle exists in the nucleus of an atom

What is a proton?

300

These are small structures inside the cell that have specific functions

What are Organelles?

300

These small pieces of rock are moved and deposited by water, wind, glaciers, and gravity.

What are sediments?

300

This symbiotic relationship occurs when one organisms benefits while the other is harmed

What is Parasitism?

400

This tradition is tied to the biblical story of the 3 Magi who visited Jesus after his birth

What is gift giving?

400

This negatively charged particle exists in a cloud surrounding the nucleus of an atom

What is an Electron?

400

This part of the cell controls many functions and contains the organism's DNA

What is the Nucleus?

400

This type of map is highly accurate for small areas, and is made by projecting points and line from a globe onto a cone

What is a conic projection?

400

This symbiotic relationship occurs when both organisms benefit from each other

What is Mutualism?

500

This natural resource is the "punishment" for children on the naughty list, instead of receiving presents.

What is Coal?

500

This neutral particle exists inside the nucleus of an atom

What is a neutron?

500

These tiny structures make proteins for the cells

What are Ribosomes?

500

This is the process by which a cooling gas changes into a liquid and releases thermal energy

What is condensation?

500

This is a group of organisms of the same species that occupy the same geographic place at the same time

What is a Population?
600

This reindeer made his first debut in 1939 on an unnaturally foggy Christmas Eve

Who is Rudolph?

600

This is an atom that gains or loses an electron causing it to have a positive or negative charge

What is an Ion

600

These are enzyme-containing cell parts that help digest food and break down old cell parts/invaders

What are Lysosomes?

600

This is the science of mapmaking

What is Cartography?

600

This primary energy source of every food chain/web on Earth is out of this world.

What is the Sun?

700

This plant was used by Celtic Druids long before it was hung as a Christmas Decoration.

What is Mistletoe?

700

This is an attractive force between two ions with opposite charges

What is an Ionic Bond?

700

These are the storage chambers in cells that are used to hold nutrients and wastes

What are vacuoles?

700

This is the removal and transport of weathered materials from one location to another by agents such as water, wind, glaciers, and gravity.

What is Erosion?

700

This is a treeless biome with permanently frozen soil under the surface and average yearly precipitation of 15-20 cm.

What is a Tundra?

800

Long before we hung ornaments on Christmas trees we hung these to dry them in order for them to be safe to eat

What are Mushrooms?
800

This is the number of protons located inside of the atom's nucleus

What is the atomic number?

800

This is the part of a plant cell where photosynthesis is carried out

What is the Chloroplast?

800

This is the imaginary line that lies at 0o latitude and circles Earth midway between the North and South poles, dividing Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemisphere

What is the Equator?

800

This Symbiotic Relationship occurs when one organism benefits while the other is unaffected

What is Commensalism?

900

This half-goat/Half-man is the counterpart to Santa Claus and in Bavarian Mythology visits the children who are on the naughty list

Who is Krampus?

900

This is an atom of an element that has a different mass number than the element but the same properties

 What is an Isotope?

900

This is a series of flattened sacs within a cell where materials are modified and distributed to other parts of the cell.

What is the Golgi Complex?

900

This is the imaginary line representing 0o longitude, running from the North pole through Greenwich, England, to the South Pole

What is the Prime Meridian?

900

This is the deepest and coldest area of a large lake with little light and limited biodiversity.

What is the profundal zone?

1000

This ancient roman holiday on December 17th inspired many of the holiday traditions of modern day

What is Saturnalia?

1000

This is a solution containing a substance that produces Hydrogen ions: H+ in water

What is an Acid?

1000

This is a network of folded membranes within the cell that manufactures and stores many chemicals

What is the Endoplasmic Reticulum?

1000

This kind of map is useful in planning long-distance trips by boat or plane, and is made by projecting points and lines from a globe onto a piece of paper that touches the globe at a single point

What is a gnomonic projection?

1000

This occurs when a community is established in an area of bare rock or bare sand, where no topsoil is present.

What is Primary Succession?