Periodic Table
AT HOME IT’S USED TO FILL PARTY BALLOONS. AT THE MAGLAB ITS USED TO KEEP THE SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS AT A COOL -269 F
What is helium?
SHE WAS A TA AT STANFORD IN 1978, COMPLETED HER NASA TRAINING IN 1979 AND MADE HISTORY ABOARD CHALLENGER IN 1983
Who was Sally Ride
IT IS THE LARGEST OCEAN BASIN IN THE WORLD
What is the Pacific Ocean?
LACK OF HUMIDITY IN THE AIR DECREASES OUR ABILITY TO SMELL FOOD, WHICH EXPLAINS WHY FOOD TASTES SO BLAND WHEN EATEN ON THIS MODE OF TRANSPORTATION
What is a plane?
The creator of this toy was inspired by the character Gary Lockwood who had a starring role on a TV show produced by Gene Roddenberry
What is GI Joe?
THE EARTH'S INNER CORE IS A SOLID SPHERE OF THIS METAL, GIVING RISE TO ITS MAGNETIC FIELD
SHE WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO WIN A NOBEL PRIZE IN TWO SCIENTIFIC FIELDS, PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY, FOR HER WORK IN RADIOACTIVITY AND CREATED THE FIRST MOBILE X-RAY MACHINE FOR USE IN FIELD HOSPITALS DURING WWI
Who was Marie Curie?
IT IS THE CURRENT THAT CARRIES WARM WATER FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO ACROSS THE ATLANTIC OCEAN
What is the Gulf Stream?
KALE, CABBAGE, BROCCOLI, CAULIFLOWER, AND BRUSSELS SPROUTS ARE ALL VARIANTS OF THESE PLANTS
What are mustard greens?
While watching some kids play with pencils, sticks and empty spools of thread, Charles Pajeau was inspired to create this toy.
What is tinker toys?
IT IS THE MOST COMMON ELEMENT IN THE HUMAN BODY
What is oxygen?
SHE RECEIVED HER BACHELOR’S IN BIO FROM PENN COLLEGE FOR WOMEN IN 1929 AND WENT ON TO PUBLISH “SILENT SPRING” IN 1962, WHICH DOCUMENTED THE ENVIRONMENTAL HARM CAUSED BY INDISCRIMINATE USE OF PESTICIDES
Who was Rachel Carson?
ANOTHER NAME FOR SEISMIC SEA WAVES CAUSED BY EARTHQUAKES
What is a tsunami?
WHILE WILD CAUGHT VARIETIES ARE NATURALLY PINK DUE TO THE LARGE AMOUNT OF SHRIMP IN THEIR DIET, FARMERS OF THIS WHITE FISH MUST ADD CAROTENOIDS (PLANT PIGMENTS) TO THEIR FISH FEED TO MIMIC THEIR NATURAL HUE
What is salmon?
John Lloyd Wright, son of famed Architect Frank Lloyd Wright, was inspired by the earthquake-proof construction of Tokyo's Imperial Hotel, which used a system of interlocking timber beams, when he created this construction toy.
What are Lincoln logs?
ARCHEOLOGISTS ARE SCARED TO OPEN THE TOMB OF CHINA’S FIRST EMPEROR DUE, IN PART, TO ACCOUNTS SUGGESTING IT IS ENCIRCLED WITH RIVERS OF THIS TOXIC LIQUID METAL
What is mercury?
THIS AMERICAN MATHEMATICIAN’S CALCULATIONS OF ORBITAL MECHANICS AS A NASA EMPLOYEE WERE CRITICAL TO THE SUCCESS OF THE FIRST AND SUBSEQUENT U.S. CREWED SPACEFLIGHTS.
Who is Catherine Johnson?
IT IS THE DEEPEST LOCATION ON EARTH AT APPROXIMATELY 36,000 FEET (~7 MI) DEEP
What is the Mariana Trench?
THIS TASTE WAS OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED 10 YEARS AGO AND IS DERIVED FROM GLUTAMIC ACID, NATURALLY FOUND IN MEAT, PARMESAN, MUSHROOMS, AND SOY SAUCE
What is umami?
This toy was initially made popular by the Ziegfeld Follies girls in 1920, when they performed a theatrical jumping wedding ceremony.
What is the Pogo Stick?
ONE OF THE TWO LETTERS THAT DOES NOT APPEAR ON THE PERIODIC TABLE
What is “J” or “Q”?
IN 1953, THIS CHEMIST USED X-RAY DIFFRACTION TO CREATE THE FAMOUS “PHOTO 51”, WHICH DEMONSTRATED THE DOUBLE-HELIX STRUCTURE OF DNA
Who was Rosalind Franklin?
THIS COLORFUL PHENOMENON OCCURS WHEN MICROSCOPIC ALGAE GROW OUT OF CONTROL AND PRODUCE TOXINS THAT KILL MARINE LIFE
What is a "red tide"?
BIRDS CANNOT TASTE THIS CHEMICAL THAT GIVES CHILI PEPPERS THEIR KICK
What is capsaicin?
This character from Disney's Toy Story trilogy was inspired director John Lasseter's own childhood pull-string Casper the ghost doll.
What is Woody?