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Famous Dragons
8th Grade Earth Science - August 2025 Regents
Music
Trashology
100

What gives brown sugar its color?

Molasses.

100

In Dragon Ball, what is the name of the dragon that grants you a wish if you assemble all seven dragon balls?

Shenron.

100

What is the name of the scale used to rank the hardness of minerals based on scratch resistance?

Mohs scale.

100

A genre of music that speeds up the source material and also raises the pitch. MUST have an anime girl on the cover of the YouTube video.

Nightcore.

100

Where is trash accumulated and repackaged before being sent to a landfill?

Transfer station.

200

What is the ideal temperature for blooming yeast in water?

100 - 110 F.

200

What is the name of the dragon in J.R.R. Tolkien's classic, The Hobbit.

Smaug.

200

The direction of swing of a Foucault pendulum appears to change due to Earth’s what?

Rotation.

200

This instrument has a history in black heritage but is now associated with a particularly white, rural musical form. 

Banjo.

200

What is the resin code (number) for polypropylene (PP)?

#5.

300

What is a type of low gluten flower?

Cake flour or pastry flour.

300

What is the dragon that gnaws at the roots of Yggdrasil in Norse mythology?

Nidhogg.

300

Earth’s rate of revolution around the Sun is approximately what number of degree(s) per day?

1 degree/day.

300

A form of singing which involves repeated and rapid changes of pitch between the low-pitch chest register (or "chest voice") and the high-pitch head register or falsetto.

Yodeling.

300

By percent, how much of New York's current waste is food?

Around 20-25%.

400

What is the process of creating thin layers of dough and fat through repeated rolling and folding? Often a technique used in croissants.

Lamination.

400

What culture does the etymology of dragon come from? Bonus if you can identify the meaning of the word. 

Greek word -  'Drakon.' Means serpent. 

400

Absorption of ultraviolet radiation by ozone gas, mainly found at altitudes between 15 and 30 kilometers, is responsible for warming which layer of Earth’s atmosphere?

Stratosphere.

400

A type of music that is described as a relaxed style of samba developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s in Rio de Janeiro.

Bossa Nova.

400

Landfills emit what greenhouse gas?

Methane.

500

What technique is used to help melted chocolate crystallize during the tempering process?

Seeding.

500

What country has a dragon on its flag besides Wales?

Bhutan.

500

Rock breakage caused by tree growth is an example of what?

Physical weathering.

500

A style of singing, the main technique of which is known as khoomei. The performer hums a fundamental pitch and—simultaneously—manipulates the overtones that belong to that fundamental pitch, creating a melody

Mongolian throat singing.

500

What is the single greatest driver of costs regarding waste management?

Transportation/Collection.