Biology
Which gas in Earth's atmosphere do most living animals need to breathe?
Oxygen
The 3 most common states of matter are solid, liquid, and __________.
Gas
What is the largest planet in our solar system?
Jupiter
The remains of a long dead creature like a dinosaur preserved in rock are called a
Fossil
What is the name of the attractive force between all objects with mass. Hint: it makes what goes up, come back down.
Gravity
Animals that eat both plants and meat are called what?
Omnivores
________________ is a measure of the amount of space that an object takes up. You can also calculate this mathematically!
Volume
What is the planet closest to the Sun in our solar system?
Mercury
The outermost, rocky layer of the Earth is called the
Crust
Two magnets with opposite poles facing will ________________ one another.
Attract
The genetic material found within each cell of living things is called __________.
DNA
What is the boiling point of water in Celsius?
100 degrees
What is the name of the Galaxy our solar system belongs to?
The Milky Way
_____________ is the name of the process that slowly breaks rocks down into sediment over time due to exposure to conditions like wind and rain.
Erosion
What is the name of the British physicist given credit for developing 3 Laws of Motion and a Theory of Gravity?
Isaac Newton
What is the name of the British naturalist given credit for developing the Theory of Evolution?
Charles Darwin
Which part of an atom has an negative charge?
Electron
Stars like the sun are made mostly of two elements: ______________ and Helium.
Hydrogen
This type of rock forms when other types are exposed to intense heat and pressure.
Metamorphic
Which type of light has the most energy on the electromagnetic spectrum?
Gamma rays
The human heart has 4 chambers - 2 atria and 2 _________________.
What is a Geiger counter used to measure?
Radiation
Supermassive stars can explode violently at the end of their life cycle. This event is called a
Supernova
This type of convergent tectonic plate boundary occurs when an oceanic plate is pushed beneath a continental plate, resulting in the formation of volcanoes and possible earthquakes and tsunamis.
Subduction zone.
Temperature is actually a measure of the average ______________ energy in a substance, or how fast the particles in it are moving.
Kinetic