St Joes
When is "Meet the Staff" night?
Thursday September 10th
This is the largest planet in our solar system, famous for its massive storm called the Great Red Spot.
Jupiter
In an ecosystem, living components like plants and animals are called biotic factors. What is the term for non-living components, such as sunlight, temperature, and water?
Abiotic factors
Capable of reaching speeds up to 100km in short bursts, this African cat is the fastest land animal on Earth.
Cheetah
Water is often called the "universal solvent" because of its polar molecule structure, which allows it to dissolve more substances than any other liquid. What chemical formula represents it?
H2O
Name 5 different 7/8 teachers at this school.
I'm not going to type all of them out.
What is the name of the Galaxy we live in?
The Milky Way
According to the Particle Theory of Matter, all matter is made up of tiny particles that are always doing this.
Moving
By total weight, leafcutter species in this insect family form the largest and most complex non-human societies on Earth, complete with underground fungus farming.
Ants
Located inside the nucleus of a cell, this double-helix molecule carries all the genetic instructions for the development and functioning of living organisms.
DNA
Are there under or over 850 7/8 students at St. Joes this year?
There are OVER 1000!!
This is a small, rocky and metallic body that orbits the sun but is too small to be a planet.
Asteroid
This geometric shape is widely used in bridge and roof truss design because it distributes weight evenly and does not easily deform under load.
Triangles
Chameleons don't just change skin color to blend into their surroundings; they primarily shift colors to regulate their body temperature and communicate this to other chameleons.
Mood or Emotional State
While oxygen is essential for human survival, this gas actually makes up the largest percentage (about 78%) of Earth's atmosphere.
Nitrogen
Who is the principal of St Joes?
Ms. Borland
The boundary surrounding a black hole beyond which nothing—not even light—can escape its gravitational pull is called this.
The Event Horizon
If a solution contains as much dissolved solute as it possibly can at a specific temperature, it is referred to by this term.
Saturated Solution
Bats and toothed whales navigate and hunt in total darkness by emitting high-frequency sound waves that bounce off objects, a process known as what?
Echolocation
This layer of Earth's stratosphere absorbs the majority of the Sun's harmful ultraviolet (UV) radiation, protecting life on the surface.
The Ozone Layer
What year was this school built? (Must be within 3 years to be correct)
2002
One Astronomical Unit (AU) is defined as the average distance between which two solar system objects?
The Earth and the Sun (roughly 150 million km)
When an object is heated, its particles move faster and spread farther apart, causing the object to slightly increase in size. What is this called?
Thermal Expansion
This species of Mexican salamander is famous in biology labs because it can fully regrow lost limbs, tail, spinal cord, and even parts of its heart and brain.
Axolotl
In biology and chemistry, this is the general term for a substance that speeds up a chemical reaction without being consumed or permanently altered in the process.
Catalyst