Elemental Essentials
Its a Matter of Matter
Newton's Playground
Earth and Beyond
Microscope Mysteries
100

The first element on the periodic table abbreviated with the letter H was identified in 1766 by Henry Cavendish.

What is Hydrogen

100

Anything that has mass and takes up space is called this. 

What is matter?

100

This force pulls objects toward the center of Earth.

What is gravity?

100

The Earth revolves around this giant star.

What is the sun?

100

This small item is the basic unit of life.

What is a cell?

200

This element is number 7 on the periodic table and is the most dominant gas in the atmosphere found at 78%.

What it Nitrogen?

200

The three most common states of matter are solid, liquid, and this.

What is gas?

200

An object in motion stays in motion unless acted on by another force.

What is Newtons first law or inertia?

200

This layer of Earth is made up of solid rock and tectonic plates.

What is the crust?

200

These tiny structures inside cells have jobs, like making energy or proteins.

What are organelles?

300

The atomic number of an element tells you how many of these particles are in the nucleus.

What is a proton?

300

This type of change, like melting or freezing, does not create a new substance.

What is a physical change?

300

A push or pull on an object is called this.

What is a force?

300

The spinning of Earth on its axis causes this daily phenomenon.

What is day and night?

300

These organelles are known as the “powerhouse of the cell.”

What are mitochondria?

400

An atom is comprised of three parts including this negatively charged part that bonds or gets shared with other elements. 

What is an electron? 

400

This form of matter has a definite shape and a definite volume. 

What is a solid?

400

For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.

What is Newtons third law?

400

The moons gravitational pull causes this phenomenon in the ocean.

What is low and high tide?

400

The scientist who discovered cells while looking at cork under a microscope.

Who is Robert Hooke?
500

This scientist is credited with creating the first widely accepted version of the periodic table.

Who is Dmitri Mendeleev?

500

When matter changes directly from a solid to a gas, skipping the liquid state, the process is called this.

What is sublimation

500

The formula F = m × a is from this law of motion.

What is Newtons second law?

500

The Earths tilt on its axis is responsible for this phenomenon.

What is the 4 seasons?

500

This part of a plant cell gives the plant its green look.

What is chloroplast?