The Human Body
Animal Kingdom
Bio/Chem
Earth & Space
Weird & Wacky Science
100

This organ pumps blood throughout the body, delivering oxygen and nutrients to tissues.

What is the heart?

100

Animals that eat only plants are called this.

What are herbivores?

100

This gas makes your voice sound like a squeaky chipmunk when inhaled.

What is Helium?

100

Tides are caused by this celestial body.

What is the moon?

100

Bananas are slightly radioactive because they contain this element also found in nuclear reactors.

What is potassium?

200

This is the largest and strongest bone in the human body.

What is the femur?

200

This structure is what fish use to breathe under water

What are gills?

200

This part of the cell contains DNA

What is The Nucleus?

200

We live on this layer of earth.

What is The Crust?

200

This surprising animal can survive for weeks without its head before eventually dying.

What is a cockroach?

300

This part of the brain controls balance, coordination, and fine motor movement.

What is the cerebellum?

300

This biological process allows some animals to blend in with their surroundings to avoid predators or sneak up on prey.

What is camouflage?

300

These elements, found on the far right of the Periodic Table, are known for being unreactive.

What are noble gases?

300
This planet is known as the Red planet.

What is Mars?

300

This chemical in hot peppers tricks your brain into thinking it’s burning even though there’s no actual heat.

What is capsaicin?

400

This dome-shaped muscle helps you breathe by contracting and relaxing to change lung volume.

What is the diaphragm?

400

This type of symbiotic relationship benefits both organisms involved — like bees pollinating flowers.

What is mutualism?

400

This organelle modifies, sorts, and ships proteins.

What the Golgi Apparatus?

400

This type of rock is formed from cooled lava.

What is Igneous rock?

400

This animal can survive being frozen and come back to life.

What is Tardigrade (Water Bear)?

500

The human skull is made up of this many bones fused together in adulthood.

What is 22?

500

This animal is known for spending 80% of its day sleeping. 

What is a koala?

500

This bond links amino acids together

What is peptide bond?

500

Hot springs form when groundwater is heated by this source deep within Earth.

What is geothermal energy (or heat from magma)?

500

This is the only letter that does not appear in any element on the periodic table.

What is a 'J'?