Blast Off Science Jeopardy

Human Body Science

100

How many bones does an adult have?

206

200

Name all five of your senses.

Touch, hearing, taste, smell, sight

300

Name the two places on your body you can feel your pulse.

Wrist & neck

400

This is the muscular pipe that connects your throat directly to your stomach.

Esophagus

500

You track your pulse using...

Beats Per Minute (BPM)

Water, Weather & Climate

100

This giant, spinning tropical storm forms over warm ocean waters and brings heavy rain and strong winds.

Hurricane

200

This is the largest and deepest ocean on the planet Earth.

Pacific Ocean

300

What is the chemical symbol for water?

H₂O

400

This step of the water cycle happens when water vapor cools down and turns back into liquid water droplets, forming clouds.

Condensation

500

Rain, snow, sleet, and hail are all examples of water falling from the sky, which is called this.

Precipitation

Physics

100

This simple machine uses a wheel with a grooved rim and a rope to lift heavy loads up high.

Pulley

200

This simple machine uses a stiff bar resting on a pivot point, called a fulcrum, to help lift heavy loads.

Lever

300

Because the Moon is smaller than Earth, it has much less of this force, which allows astronauts to jump incredibly high.

Gravity

400

How do balloon rockets work?

Newton’s Third Law of Motion, which states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. 

• Action: Compressed air rushes backward out of the balloon opening.
• Reaction: The balloon is pushed forward with equal force in the opposite direction.
• Thrust: The forward force created by the escaping air that moves the rocket.
• Propellant: The air trapped inside the inflated balloon acts as the fuel.

500

Besides slowing things down, friction always produces this other form of physical output when two objects rub together tightly.

Heat

Chemistry

100

Scientists use this tool to measure the exact weight or mass of a chemical.

Digital Scale

200

This yellow, sour fruit is a famous everyday example of a strong natural acid.

Lemon

300

What happens when you mix baking soda and vinegar?

A chemical reaction happens that instantly creates a fizzing, bubbling foam.

400

This chart lists all the known elements in the universe, arranged by their atomic numbers.

Periodic Table of Elements

500

Name the four states of matter.

Solids, Liquids, Gases, and Plasma

Earth Science

100

This is a fast-spinning funnel of air that drops down from a thunderstorm to touch the ground.

Tornado

200

This section of a map explains what all the tiny symbols, colors, and lines on the map stand for.

Map Key

300

This imaginary line circles the exact middle of the Earth, dividing it into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.

Equator

400

Name all eight planets in our solar system in order from the sun.

1. Mercury 2. Venus 3. Earth 4. Mars 5. Jupiter 6. Saturn 7. Uranus 8. Neptune

500

Name all the layers of the Earth.

Hint: There are four primary layers.

The crust, the mantle, the outer core, and the inner core.