Summer Survival
Astronomy
Fun and Games
Olympians
Vocabulary
100
You should swim this direction if caught in a rip current.
What is "parallel to the shore"?
100
The largest planet in our solar system.
What is Jupiter?
100
Alex de Voogt learned this game in Zanzibar.
What is mancala?
100
Usain Bolt is an Olympic gold medalist from this country.
What is Jamaica?
100
Grass-cutting ants grow this in their underground chambers.
What is fungus?
200
Humans can only live without this for three to four days.
What is fresh water?
200
It is now considered to be a dwarf planet.
What is Pluto?
200
It originated in China in the 1840's.
What is mahjong?
200
Hossein Rezazadeh, the weight lifter, is from this country.
What is Iran?
200
They let fresh air into the underground mounds of grass-cutting ants.
What are turrets?
300
Don't waste time writing SOS. This is the universal distress signal.
What are three triangles?
300
He is known as the "Pluto Killer."
Who is Mike Brown?
300
Humans have played board games since this date.
What is 3000 B.C.?
300
They can jump over 23 times their own height.
What are fleas?
300
They are the two types of damaging ultra violet radiation.
What are UVA and UVB?
400
This tool will help you remove a tick from your skin.
What are tweezers?
400
A space rock that can be as small as a pebble or as large as Texas.
What is an asteroid?
400
This game was developed in India.
What is Parcheesi?
400
Javier Sotomeyer from Cuba won a record for this Olympic event
What is the high jump?
400
The amount of resistance caused by air or water.
What is drag?
500
This is the best liquid for deactivating the stingers of of a jellyfish.
What is vinegar?
500
It was launched in 2006 to explore the Kuiper (COY-pur) Belt.
What is the New Horizons spacecraft?
500
This game was played in ancient Egypt.
What is Senet?
500
Sailfish can travel through water at this speed.
What is 34.5 mph or 55.5 kph?
500
A small space rock that burns up as it enters Earth's atmosphere.
What is "meteor"?