Space Mission
Mammoth for Dinner
Iceland's Volcano
Bird Flu in a Cow
Colorful Auroras
100

NASA sent a rocket carrying what into space on October 14?

Europa Clipper

100

How old were the human remains that were found?

13,000 years old

100

What was happening a lot before lava poured from the Earth?

earthquakes

100

What is the name of the strain of flu (letters and numbers)?

H5N1

100

In May, the most dramatic geomagnetic storm occurred in more than how many years?

20 years

200

The rocket was heading to the 4th largest moon of what planet?

Jupiter

200

Who was Anzick-1?

18 month old boy

200

Iceland experiences at least one eruption every how many years?

5

200

Avian flu started in what animal?

birds

200

The source of the northern lights can be traced to the _____.

sun

300

What does the moon have that may harbor life?

subsurface ocean

300

What fraction of Anzick-1’s diet was woolly mammoth?

1/3

300

Lava is molten (melted ) ________.

rock

300

In what animal did they find the virus in 2024?

dairy cows

300

The magnetic field of the Sun charges molecules of what?

gas

400

What question does NASA want to answer?

if there is life out in space

400

What does the study suggest could have caused the mammoth to go extinct?

too much hunting for food

400

Why do scientists think the volcanoes are connected below Iceland?  

the lava has the same chemicals

400

What kills the virus in milk?

pasteurization

400

The colors result from a release of __________.

excess energy released

500

What is the 4th largest moon called?

Europa

500

What do scientists have to do to prove that people followed and hunted mammoths?

find more human remains

500

What is being threatened by the lava?

Iceland's Blue Lagoon

500

What are there no plans for even though some humans have gotten avian flu?

vaccine

500

In October, what was the only US state not able to see the Northern LIghts?

Hawaii