Famous Explorers
This man discovered America thinking that it was India.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
This is the base unit for measuring substance.
What is a mole?
The person _____ in size as they got older.
What is grew? G-R-E-W.
This is the first president of the United States of America.
Who is George Washington?
This noble gas is commonly used in balloons.
What is helium?
This was the first European explorer to circumnavigate the globe.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
This is the SI base unit of length.
What is a meter?
As soon as the ________ left the classroom, the students started to exchange answers.
What is teacher? T-E-A-C-H-E-R
The first black president, was sworn into office in 2008.
Who is Barack Obama?
The strongest metal on Earth, it's atomic number is 74.
What is tungsten?
This was the second person to circumnavigate the globe.
Who is Sir Francis Drake?
This SI unit is used to measure thermodynamic temperature.
What is a kelvin?
A ________ is a period of 1,000 years.
What is a millennium? M-I-L-L-E-N-N-I-U-M
This is the first U.S president to serve the U.S without being elected.
Who is John Tyler?
This chemical element was discovered by Marie Curie and Pierre Curie. It's known as Ra.
What is Radium?
This explorer is known as 'The Father of New France' and founded Quebec.
Who is Samuel de Champlain?
This is used to measure the electrical current in a electrical conductor.
What is an ampere?
The man visited the _________ to see his parent's grave.
What is cemetery? C-E-M-E-T-E-R-Y
This is the 34th U.S president who was sworn into office during 1953.
Who is Dwight. D. Eisenhower?
This chemical element has a density lower than other common metals and is the 13th element on the periodic table
What is aluminum?
This was the first European explorer to set foot in what we now know as Florida.
Who is Juan Ponce de Leon?
This is the SI base unit for measuring visual intensity of light.
What is a candela?
The idea brought a __________ smile to the boy's face.
What is Mischievous? M-I-S-C-H-I-E-V-O-U-S
This a person who was a senator and the 36th vice president before becoming president.
Who is Richard Nixon?
This is a oxidizing agent that is number 8 on the periodic table.
What is Oxygen? (O not O2)