Animals
Space
Weather
Water
Misc.
100
What is the largest mammal?
The blue whale
100
Name 2 gas giants in our solar system
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune
100
A long period of time when there is little or no rain
a drought
100
What is the largest ocean on Earth?
The Pacific Ocean
100
Name a deciduous tree
Extra points, what is the opposite?
Oak, ash, willow, birch, elm
evergreen
200
What is the fastest land animal?
Cheetah
200
What two planets in the solar system start with "M"?
Mars and Mercury
200
Stratus, cirrus, cumulus and nimbus are types of what?
Clouds
200
What is the longest river on Earth?
The Nile River
200
Bronze is an alloy of which two metals?
Copper and Tin
300
The deer family:
Name the male (young and adult), the female and baby
Buck, stag, doe, fawn
300
How many planets are in the solar system?
8
300
A person who studies weather is called a _____
Meteorologist
300
What is the smallest ocean in the world?
The Arctic Ocean
300
Where can you find a quokka?
In Australia
400
What do we call the animal at the top of the food chain?
The apex predator
400
What is the closest star to Earth?
The sun
400
What are clouds made out of?
Water vapor
400
A mass of ice that moves slowly across land?
A glacier
400
What is the fastest growing plant in the world?
Bamboo
500
Flighess parrot found in New Zealand
kakapo
500
A person who studies the stars is called....
An astronomer
500
During a thunderstorm, which comes first: lightning or thunder?
Both. They occur at approximately the same time. However, if we’re at a distance from a storm, we see lightning before we hear thunder because light travels much faster than sound.
speed of sound 340m per second
speed of light 300,000 km per second
500
What do we call it when water changes from a liquid to a gas.
Evaporation
500
A herbivorous aquatic mammal with paddlelike front flippers and a horizontally flattened tail and found in warm coastal waters of Florida, northern South America, West Africa, and the Caribbean.