Scientific Discoveries
What is gravity?
Objects fall to the ground because of an invisible pulling force.
What is a program?
Set of instructions that tells a computer what to do.
What is the Red Planet?
Mars
What is the brain?
The organ that controls your thoughts, movements, and senses.
What is a solid?
This is the state of matter that has a definite shape and volume.
What is natural selection?
How species change over time to adapt to their environment.
Name three web browsers.
Web browsers include Google Chrome, Safari, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Brave, and Vivaldi. Other notable browsers are Arc, Tor, and Maxthon.
What are Stars?
Huge balls of gas that give off light and heat.
What is the immune system?
The system in your body that fights off illness and infection.
What is water made of?
Two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom
What are plate tectonics?
Earth's outer layer is broken into pieces that move and cause earthquakes and volcanoes.
What is the CPU (central processing unit)?
This is the “brain” of the computer that processes information and performs tasks.
What is an orbit?
This is the path a planet takes as it moves around the Sun / Star.
What are cells?
Tiny building blocks make up all living things.
What is a chemical change?
This type of change creates a new substance, like when baking a cake.
What is atomic theory?
Everything is made of tiny particles too small to see.
Protecting computers and data from hackers, viruses, and other threats.
What is the event horizon?
The boundary around a black hole beyond which nothing can escape.
What is a vaccine?
Type of medicine that uses weakened germs to train your body to fight off disease.
What are elements?
These are the basic substances that everything is made of, found on the periodic table.
What is heredity?
How traits are passed from parents to offspring using genes.
What is machine learning?
Ability of a machine or program to learn from experience and improve over time without being reprogrammed.
Name all 8 planets in order from the sun (closest to farthest).
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
What is DNA?
This molecule carries the genetic instructions used in growth, development, and functioning.
What is oxygen?
This gas is released during photosynthesis and is essential for humans to breathe.