Science
This term refers to the day-to-day state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, such as today's temperature or rainfall.
What is weather?
This supreme law of the land establishes the fundamental principles and precedents by which a nation or state is governed.
What is a constitution?
This measures how steep a line is on a graph, telling you how much the line goes up or down for every step it moves sideways.
What is slope?
What popular, colorful candy features the long-running tagline, "Taste the Rainbow"?
Skittles
Held in place by gravity, this blanket of gases surrounds a planet and protects life on Earth.
What is the atmosphere?
These refer to the freedoms you are allowed to have (like freedom of speech) paired with the duties you are expected to fulfill as a citizen.
What are rights & responsibilities?
This math sentence states that two things are exactly equal and always features an equal sign (=) right in the middle.
What is an equation?
Which soft, chewy candy boasts a short joke or riddle printed on the inside of every wrapper?
Laffy Taffy
Unlike daily weather, this measures the average atmospheric conditions in a region over a long period, typically 30 years or more.
What is climate?
Including language, food, music, clothing, beliefs, and traditions, this represents the total way of life for a group of people.
What is culture?
To find this type of average, you add up all the numbers in a set and divide the total by how many numbers there are.
What is the mean?
What iconic chocolate candy gets its name from the "smooching" sound made by the machine that drops the chocolate onto the conveyor belt during production?
Hershey's Kisses
This process describes the continuous movement of water on, above, and below Earth's surface.
What is the hydrologic cycle?
Running sideways around the globe like rungs on a ladder, these lines measure distance north or south from the Equator.
What is longitude?
This mathematical sentence shows that two quantities are not equal, using symbols like > or < to show which side is larger.
What is an inequality?
What candy features a small plastic stick with a hard candy top that you dip into flavored sour powder?
Fun Dip
Earthquakes and mountain building are explained by this geological theory, which states Earth's outer crust is broken into giant moving slabs.
What is plate tectonics?
This term describes an area of Earth grouped together because it shares common features, such as climate, landforms, or culture.
What is a region?
This is a placeholder for a number we don't know yet, usually represented by a letter like x or y.
What is a variable?
Candy corn was invented in the 1880s as a sweet treat for agrarian communities. What was its original market name before it became associated with Halloween?
Chicken Feed
This type of rock is created when molten lava cools and solidifies on Earth's surface or underground.
What is igneous rock?
To prevent any single branch from becoming too powerful, government authority is split into three main jobs known as this principle.
What is the separation of powers?
Unlike an equation, this math phrase contains numbers and variables but has no equal sign, meaning you can simplify it, but you can't solve it for a single number.
What is an expression?
What is the "Mystery Flavor" in a bag of Dum Dums lollipops made of?
The end of one flavor batch mixing with the beginning of the next flavor batch on the production line
Sandstone and limestone are examples of this rock type, which forms from compressed layers of deposited material.
What is sedimentary rock?
Running up and down like the sections of an orange peel, these lines measure distance east or west from the Prime Meridian.
What is latitude?
On a coordinate graph, this is the exact spot where a line crosses the vertical y-axis, representing the value of y when x is 0.
What is the y-intercept (or intercept)?
What small, oblong hard candies (found with the mints/gum) come in a tiny flip-top plastic container and are famously advertised as having only "2 calories"?
Tic Tacs
Existing rocks that undergo intense heat, pressure, or chemical alteration deep underground transform into this rock type.
What is metamorphic rock?
In this system of government, power is shared between the national government and state governments.
What is federalism?
In a set of data, this term refers to the number that appears most frequently.
What is the mode?
What chewy, long candy comes wrapped around a paper strip and gets its name from a measurement of length?
Bubble Tape (or Hubba Bubba Bubble Tape)
This term encompasses all the water on a planet, including oceans, rivers, glaciers, and groundwater.
What is the hydrosphere?
This is a way of running a country where citizens hold the power and vote to choose their leaders—often described as "rule by the people."
What is democracy?
If you line up a set of numbers from smallest to biggest, this is the number that sits directly in the middle.
What is the median?
Red M&M’s were removed from the color mix in 1976 and didn't return until 1987. What caused them to be pulled from production for over a decade?
Public fear over a red food dye health scare (Red Dye No. 2), even though M&M's didn't actually use that specific dye
This natural phenomenon occurs when atmospheric gases trap heat radiating from Earth's surface, keeping the planet warm enough to sustain life.
What is the greenhouse effect?
Building dams to modify nature or drinking clean water to survive are examples of this geographic theme that looks at how people and nature affect each other.
What is human-environment interaction?
Think of a vending machine: this rule dictates that for every single input you put in, you get only one specific matching output.
What is a function?
What popular candy bar's crunchy individual pieces are officially called "fingers" by the company that makes them?
Kit Kat