Savage Plants
Prehistoric
Way out There
Science Dudes
Weird Critters
100

This plant is capable of growing taller than a football field standing on its end.  Typically found in California.

What is a Giant Sequoia (redwood)?

100

A flying reptile that wreaked havoc from the sky in the Jurassic.

What is a pterodactyl?

100

These objects are icy and rocky that have long orbits around the Sun.  They are known for their mysterious behavior and long tails of ions or dust.  A couple are known as Hale-Bopp and Halley's.

What are comets?

100

A real science dude that figured out the Laws of Motion and how things move below light speed.

Who is Sir Isaac Newton?

100

This weird critter is the only mammal with venomous claws.  It lives in the land down under and lays eggs.

What is a Duckbill Platypus?

200

This savage plant is capable of ejecting chemicals that cause irritated nerves for those who come into contact with it.

What is poison ivy, oak, or sumac?

200

A species of human that mysteriously died out.  Arose during the Pleistocene and are noted for their short stature and large noses that were used to warm and humidify air supplying oxygen to their muscular bodies.  Noted for not being very smart and being called one today is an intended insult.

What is a Neanderthal?

200

This object is rocky and way out between Mars and Jupiter in a belt.  Some cross Earth's orbit while others move in front and behind Jupiter in its journey around the Sun.  It can be made of carbon or silicate materials.

What are asteroids?

200

A science dude that figured out how organisms change with a changing environment resulting in defining evolution by natural selection.

Who is Charles Darwin?

200

This weird critter has the highest heart rate of all animals.  It is a bird capable of hovering and lays eggs the size of a green pea.  It migrates from the USA to central America for the winter.

What is a Hummingbird?

300

This savage plant lives in the ocean and provides a forest-like environment underwater for sea otter and sea urchins among other things.  Larger predators like sharks can also stealthily move among its long stems called stipes.

What is Kelp (seaweed)?

300

A massive mammal with a dexterous nose capable of picking up food.  This enormous creature had thick hair and tusks as it roamed the North American continent but is best known for inhabiting very cold places like today's Siberia and Alaska during the Cenozoic. 

What is a Wooly Mammoth?

300

This major planet is way out there and is blue in color due to Methane in its atmosphere.  It has occasional hurricanes that were identified by Voyager II as it passed by in the 1980's. It is named for the Roman god of the sea.

What is Neptune?

300

Science dude that figured out how things move at light speed and described how a black hole would look before they were ever imaged with a telescope.

Who is Albert Einstein?

300

This weird critter has the highest blood pressure of all animals.  Its kick is capable of killing an African Lion.

What is a giraffe?

400

This savage plant is the tree of the desert and the largest of its kind.  It has spines to protect the water that it stores inside it.  Birds burrow holes in its body for homes to protect against the extreme heat.

What is a Saguaro cactus?

400

This prehistoric creature, about the size of a rabbit in the Cenozoic, is valuable today and first arose in North America.  It then went extinct there only to be reintroduced by the Spanish explorers riding them.

What is a horse?

400

The most way out there object that is a minor planet.  It didn't used to be that way, but recently changed to that identifier.  It is located in a belt of icy objects known as the Kuiper Belt and has its own moons.  It is named for the Roman god of the underworld.

What is Pluto?

400

A science dude that is best known for his experiment with a feather and hammer dropped from the Leaning Tower of Pisa, but also found evidence that proved that the Sun was the center of the Solar System.

Who is Galileo?

400

This weird critter is long and snakelike that lives in freshwater streams.  It stuns its prey by electric shock so it can catch it and kill it.

What is an electric eel?

500

This savage plant was genetically engineered from maize and is responsible for a food staple used around the world.  It is in the logo for the FFA.

What is corn?

500

At the end of the Mesozoic and into the Cenozoic, large animals went extinct in mass numbers.  Some examples would Giant Sloths, the notorious Smilodon, and the American Lion.  A reason could be

What is drastic climate change or cosmic object impacts?

500

This object is actually way out there from Earth at 8 light minutes away which is actually 144,000,000 kilometers away.  It has storms on its surface and is the source of the solar wind.  It produces gamma and x-rays along with radio waves among others.

What is the Sun?

500

A serious science "dudette" that first discovered that large amounts of energy would be released by breaking the strong nuclear force resulting in the development of nuclear weapons.

Who is Lise Meitner?

500

This weird critter seems jolly but is actually one of the most aggressive in Africa.  It attacks boater from below.

What is a hippo?