Vocabulary A
Vocabulary B
Important facts
Weird Science
Disney
100
The ability to make things move or change
energy
100
One of the very large sections of hard, solid rock that make up Earth's outer layer
plate
100
true or false.
Rocks can form in different ways.
True
100
you lose bones as you grow. True or false
True.
Infants are typically born with around 270 bones, which fuse together to form the adult skeleton. Bones are made of connective tissue, calcium, and specialized bone cells. They provide the structure for the body and differ in size, shape, and strength depending on their function.
The average human adult skeleton has 206 bones.
100
Mickey Mouse's first words to talk
Mickey was also the first animated character to talk. His first words, in 1929 cartoon The Karnival Kid, were 'Hot dog!'
200
the process by which all the rock formations of a region are pushed up due to plate motion
uplift
200
the process by which rock material moves under Earth's outer layer and into the mantle due to plate motion
subduction
200
true or false. When magma cools, it hardens to form metamorphic rock
false. When magma cools, it hardens to form igneous rock
200
the planet that spins backwards
Venus spins backwards
Venus rotates backwards compared to the other planets in our solar system. It also spins very slowly and is tilted over 177 degrees relative to its orbit around the sun
200
the person Wall-e was named after
Walter Elias Disney (Walt Disney)
300
The process of sediment being glued together is called
cementation
300
How is a metamorphic rock formed?
heat and pressure
300
What key concept helps you understand that something can change but it's the same thing.
6. Matter gets transformed by energy, but the same matter is still present.
300
The part of the human body can dissolve razor blades
(DO NOT DO/TRY THIS AT HOME)
The human stomach can dissolve razor blades. thickened back of a single-edged blade” dissolved after two hours of immersion in stomach acid. Stomach acids are so strong they can dissolve razor blades. The pH level of human stomach acid is typically between 1.5 and 3.5.
300
the three Disney princesses who wear gloves (you either get them all correct or no points).
Tiana, Cinderella, Belle. Opera gloves are a type of formal glove that extends past the elbow. For these princesses, the gloves symbolize that they married into royalty.
400
The movement of sediment from one place to another, often caused by wind or flowing water is called
erosion
400
The process of rock breaking down into smaller pieces due to wind or moving water is called ______________.
weathering
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What rock material is made by a process driven by energy from Earth’s interior.
Magma
400
fruit that is partially radioactive
Bananas are radioactive because they contain a radioactive form of potassium. However, you would need to eat ten million bananas at once to get a fatal dose.
400
the first Disney animated feature to be released on videocassette
Dumbo
500
A region of rock that formed together as a single rock type is called a ___________________.
rock formation
500
______________ is one of the many different types of matter that make up rocks.
minerals
500
How are Rocks classified?
how the rock forms
500
the organism that has ears in their bellies
Grasshoppers
On each side of the first abdominal segment, tucked under the wings, you'll find membranes that vibrate in response to sound waves. This simple eardrum, called a tympana, allows the grasshopper to hear the songs of its fellow grasshoppers.
500
the name of the bird that became extinct at Disney World. (ex. dodo bird, ivory-billed woodpecker, dusky seaside sparrow, or laughing owl)
Disney World’s ‘Discovery Island’ became home to the last of a now extinct species, the Dusky Seaside Sparrow. The last definite known individual died on Walt Disney World's Discovery Island in 1987. As a result, the subspecies was officially declared extinct in December 1990. The story of the last Dusky seaside sparrow and Disney began in 1983, when the group tried to save the last living birds of the species.
The Dusky Seaside Sparrow primarily inhabited the salt marshes of Merritt Island in Florida, which were heavily impacted by development, leading to a drastic decline in their population.
Conservation efforts:As the population dwindled, the remaining few birds were brought to Disney's Discovery Island to attempt breeding and conservation efforts. Extinction:Sadly, despite these efforts, the last known Dusky Seaside Sparrow died on Discovery Island, officially declaring the species extinct