Weather Forecasting
Earth's Changing Surface
Electricity and Magnetism
Body Systems
General Science
100
The instrument that measures wind speed.
What is an anemometer?
100
The main cause of erosion is ____________.
What is water?
100
A material in which electric charge (electricity) can easily flow is referred to as a ______________.
What is a conductor?
100
The dome-shaped muscle that separates your chest from your stomach area. It is a muscle that helps you breathe.
What is the Diaphragm?
100
The name of the star closest to planet Earth.
What is the Sun?
200
The two main gases in the Earth's atmosphere.
What are Oxygen and Nitrogen?
200
The outermost layer of the Earth's surface. It is approximately 40 kilometers deep and represents about 1% of the Earth's mass. It is mostly covered by water.
What is the crust of the Earth? (accept lithosphere)
200
A CLOSED path that allows electrical energy to flow is called a(n) _______________.
What is a circuit?
200
The tube that carries food to your stomach after swallowing.
What is the esophagus?
200
The longest living animal on planet Earth.
What are Whales? (Bowhead Whale)
300
The type of cloud that usually brings a thunderstorm.
What is cumulonimbus?
300
Molten rock that flows onto the Earth's surface is called _________.
What is lava?
300
What could you detect using a magnet and iron filings?
A. Electricity
B. Gravity
C. Magnetic field
D. Nuclear radiation
What is C. Magnetic field?
300
The name of the body system that consists of the blood vessels that carry blood away from and towards the heart.
What is the Circulatory System?
300
A stream of electrically charged particles flowing from the sun is called
A. Van Allen belt
B. The magnetosphere
C. Solar wind
D. Magnetic field
What is C. Solar wind?
400
Scientists who study the weather and the atmosphere are called _____________.
What is meteorologist?
400
Molten rock below the Earth's surface is called __________.
What is magma?
400
The __________ pole of one magnet will attract the South pole of another magnet.
What is North?
400
The component of blood which helps blood to clot.
What are Platelets?
400
How many bones are there in the Human Body?
What is 206?
500
Clouds found at high altitudes that appear wispy with white strands. They are made of ice crystals.
What are sirrus clouds?
500
The formation of sand dunes by wind is an example of __________.
What is deposition?
500
The type of magnet in which the magnetic field is produced by an electric current.
What is an electromagnet?
500
The thin tube that is joined to the large intestine.
What is the Appendix?
500
The concept of gravity was discovered by which famous scientist?
Who is Sir Isaac Newton (Newton)?