Metabolism
Disasters
Energy
TSUNAMI
Potpourri
100

Does every human have the same exact metabolic needs?

NOOOOO! Different humans will require different amounts of different nutrients to mee their metabolic needs.

100

The Loma Prieta Earthquake happened in this metro area

San Francisco / The Bay Area

100

This is what energy is

The ability to make things move or change

100

A very large and destructive tsunami struck this island nation in 2011

Japan

100

This is the capital of Burkina Faso

Ouagadougou

200

The body produces energy inside these bodies located within the cell.

Mitochondria 

200

Hurricane Andrew devastated Florida in this year

1992

200

Can energy be created?

NOOOOOO! The amount of energy that is in the universe will not change, it only moves from place to place and form to form

200

Unlinke tsunami, normal ocean waves get most of their energy from this.

Wind

200

His first song ever released was "That's All Right" in 1954. Thank you, thank you very much.

Elvis Presley 

300

Another name for the starches we eat the break down into glucose.

(complex) Carbohydrate

300

This was the first earthquake Mr. T remembers. It happened in 1987 in a town not to far from here.

Whittier-Narrows Earthquake

300

Electrical energy is made in this.

A generator!

300

This is why it's a bad idea for a warning system to give a lot of false alarms.

They will ignore them

300

Exactly this many elements have been named after people

19

400

A measure of a carbohydrates ability to break down into glucsoe

Glycemic Index

400

Last year's 5th graders learned about this mostly human caused disaster that happened in the mid western US during the 1930's.

The Dust Bowl

400

This type of nuclear energy is created by splitting atoms.

Nuclear fission

400

This is the root cause of most tsunami

Sudden shift in the sea floor caused by an earthquake

400

This supercar company made tractors for farms first. When the owner had trouble buying a Ferrari, he started making his own super cars.

Lamborghini 

500

This is the chemical formula for glucose

C6H12O6

500

Floods in 1931 killed more than 4,000,000 in this country.

China

500

This type of nuclear energy production could generate unlimited clean energy. Just like the sun.

Nuclear fussion

500

Tsunami means this in Japanese

Harbo Wave

500

Daytime evaporation of seawater and its eventual condensation over the Los Angeles basin creates this springtime seasonal over cast condition.

June Gloom / May Gray