LIFE SCIENCE
EARTH SCIENCE
PHYSICAL AND SPACE SCIENCE
HUMAN BODY
FUN SCIENCE FACTS
100

What do plants need from the Sun to make food?

Sun

100

What season comes after spring?

Summer

100

What force keeps your feet on the ground?

Gravity

100

How many senses do humans traditionally have?

5

100

What animal is known as the "King of the Jungle"?

Lion

200

What is the name of the process plants use to make food?

Photosynthesis

200

What is molten rock called after it reaches the Earth's surface?

Lava

200

What is the closest star to Earth?

Sun

200

What organ pumps blood through the body?

The heart

200

If you mix red and blue light together, what color do you get?

Purple

300

What animal group includes frogs and salamanders?

Amphibians

300

What natural event can make your bedroom shake?

Earthquake

300

What are the three states of matter?

Solid, liquid and gas

300

Which body system, helps you breathe?

Respiratory system

300

Which has more bones: an adult human or a baby?

A baby

(adults have 206 bones; babies have about 270)

400

What is the basic unit of all living things?

A cell

400

What are the three main types of rocks?

Igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic

400

What simple machine is a ramp an example of?

What is an inclined plane?

400

What is the largest organ in the human body?

The skin

400

Which Bird is famous for not being able to fly but can swim?

Penguin

500

In a food chain, what do we call an organism that makes its own food?

A producer

500

What is the name of the supercontinent that existed millions of years ago?

Pangaea

500

What force keeps planets orbiting the sun?

Gravity

500

What body system sends messages throughout the body using nerves?

The Nervous system

500

What do bees collect from flowers to make honey?

Nectar