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Earth Science

100

What is the force that causes objects to fall to the ground?

Gravity

200

What is the name of a person who studies plants?

Botanist

300

At what degree Fahrenheit does liquid water begin to turn to ice at sea level?

32 degrees

400

What mineral is the hardest substance on the Moh's scale of hardness?

Diamond

500

What element composes a majority of the earth's atmosphere?

Nitrogen

U.S. Geography

100

What city is the White House located in?

Washington D.C.

200

True or False: Tallahassee, Florida is the southern most U.S. state capitol? 

False

300

 Which of the following cities are closest in distance? 

a) Boston, MA and San Diego, CA

b) Las Vegas, NV and Baltimore, MD

c) Austin, TX and Minneapolis, MN

c) Austin, TX and Minneapolis, MN

400

How many Great Lakes are there in the United States?

5: Michigan, Huron, Superior, Ontario, and Erie

500

Formed by the collapse of the volcano Mount Mazama, what is the deepest lake in the United States?

Crater Lake

Animal Science

100

What material are spider webs made out of?

Silk

200

Which of the following is a term for a baby koala?

a) Johnny 

b) Jimmy

c) Joey

c) Joey

300

An entomologist primarily studies what?

a) birds

b) fish

c) insects

c) insects

400

All living organisms can be divided into five kingdoms which include fungi, plants. protists, bacteria, and what other kingdom?

Animal kingdom

500

What species can live on both water and land?

Amphibians

U.S. History

100

The first thanksgiving was celebrated by Native Americans and what other people?

Pilgrims

200

What are the first ten amendments to the constitution called?

The Bill of Rights

300

Name the president on the half dollar coin who was assassinated in 1963?

John F. Kennedy

400

Now a national historic park, what site was headquarters for George Washington's army in the winter of 1777-78?

Valley Forge, Pennsylvania

500

Which of these men led the American Army to victory in the battle of New Orleans in the war of 1812?

a) Ulysses S. Grant

b) Alexander Hamilton

c) Andrew Jackson

 

c) Andrew Jackson

World Geography

100

What city is the capitol of Mexico?

Mexico City

200

Which continent is the least populated?

Antarctica

300

Where is the largest desert in the world located?

Northern Africa

400

The Suez Canal, completed in the 1800s connects the Mediterranean Sea with what other sea?

Red Sea

500

What is the name of the mountain range that includes Mount Everest?

The Himalayas