What disturbed the initial cloud of gas that formed the solar system?
What is a supernova?
100
The first eon of Earth, characterized by extreme heat, and no atmosphere.
What is the Hadean eon?
100
Who discovered the Archean branch?
DOUBLE OR NOTHING!
What college is now famous for hosting his experiments?
Who is Carl Woese?
DOUBLE OR NOTHING!
What is the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign?
100
What is a nebula?
What is a cloud of gas and dust in outer space, visible in the night sky either as an indistinct bright patch or as a dark silhouette against other luminous matter?
100
What does Ms. Jones have a Ph.D in?
What is Applied and Environmental Microbiology?
200
What did the compressing waves from the supernova form?
What is a solar nebula?
200
Why didn't was there not a solid surface on Hadean Earth?
Multiple collisions with other planetoids did not allow any rock to solidify. Any rock that did solidify was pulled to the core by convection currents.
200
Before 1970, how was life classified?
What is a plant or an animal?
200
What is accretion?
What is the coming together and cohesion of matter under the influence of gravitation to form larger bodies?
200
What date was Yellowstone National Park established?
What is March 1, 1872
300
How old is the solar system?
What is 4.6 billion years?
300
The defining factor of the Archean eon.
What is the emergence of life?
300
The broad classification for all plants, animals, fungi, and protists.
What is Eukarya?
300
What does the Greek root Hadean mean?
What is the underworld inhabited by human souls?
300
How many Rangers work in Yellowstone on a yearly average?
What is 330?
400
The solar nebula began to ________ as the wave pressure increased.
What is collapsed?
400
In what eon did the biggest and most infamous ice age occur?
What is the Proterozoic Eon?
400
Describe the cell structure of a bacteria?
What is a prokaryotic cell?
400
What does the Greek root Bakteria mean?
What is "little sick"?
400
When did Mr. Baer start at Gardiner?
What is June 27, 2013
500
The first celestial body to take shape.
What is the sun?
500
What allowed for the complex development of organisms in the Phanerozoic eon?
What is the beginning of photosynthesis?
500
What are the five sub-kingdoms in the tree of life?
What are: bacteria, plants, animals, fungi, and protists?
500
What is kernel or nut?
What does Greek Eukarya mean?
500
Which NFL team has won the most Superbowls?
BONUS +500!
How many have the Cowboys won?
Who are the Pittsburgh Steelers?
BONUS +500!
What is 5?