Nebraska Science
This Nebraska landmark is known for its unique sand dunes.
Sandhills
The closest planet to the Sun.
Mercury
The layer of the Earth where weather occurs.
Troposphere
The process plants use to make food from sunlight.
Photosynthesis
Scientists in Tokyo announced a new material that can store sunlight for months. Name it.
Solara
Name the state fossil of Nebraska.
Mammoth Fossil
The largest planet in our solar system.
Jupiter
This gas makes up about 78% of Earth's atmosphere.
Nitrogen
Humans have this many chromosomes.
46
In Antarctica, researchers discovered bacteria that survive in temperatures below this Celsius degree.
-20°C
Nebraska's Platte River is famous for these migrating birds.
Sandhill Cranes
This phenomenon occurs when the Moon blocks the Sun.
Solar Eclipse
A violent shaking of the ground is called this.
Earthquake
This part of the cell contains genetic material.
Nucleus
A spacecraft sent photos of a massive storm on this fictional exoplanet.
Zyphera
The Sandhills region covers roughly this fraction of Nebraska.
3/4
This type of galaxy has a spiral shape with arms.
Spiral Galaxy
These plates float on the Earth's mantle.
Tectonic Plates
The largest organ in the human body.
Skin
Nebraska engineers unveiled a self-driving farm robot that can do this crop task.
Planting
Nebraska has geothermal activity concentrated mostly around this city.
Omaha
A star’s brightness as seen from Earth is called this.
Apparent Magnitude
The supercontinent that existed 300 million years ago is called this.
Pangaea
These tiny structures in cells produce energy.
Mitochondria
A new pumpkin-like plant was genetically modified to glow this color for Halloween.
Green Glow