Astronomy
What is Astronomy?
the branch of science which deals with celestial objects, space, and the physical universe as a whole.
What is the study of biology?
Biology is a natural science that studies life and living organisms.
What is the study of chemistry?
Natural science involved with elements and compounds composed of atoms, molecules, and ions their composition, structure, properties, behavior and the changes they undergo during a reaction with other substances.
What is the study of ecology?
the branch of biology which studies the interactions among organisms and their environment
What is the study of geology?
an earth science concerned with the solid Earth, the rocks of which it is composed.
How many times larger is the sun than the moon?
400 times.
Animals that eat plants as their primary food source are known as _____?
Herbivores
What are the only two non-silvery medals?
Cooper & Gold.
Who started ecology?
Arthur Tansley.
Who first used the word geology?
Ulisse Aldrovandi
A single day on Venus is longer than an entire ____ on Earth?
Year.
Born on July 5th, 1996, ______ the sheep was the first mammal to be cloned from an adult cell.
Dolly
Water ______ when freezes, unlike other substances
Expands.
The term ecology was first coined by _____ in 1866.
Ernst Haeckel
Name three things geologists study?
rocks, minerals, fossils, landforms and the layers of the Earth’s surface.
How many Earth's can fit inside of the Sun?
One million.
Who developed the idea of Natural Selection?
Charles Darwin.
Glass is actually a _____, it just flows very, very slowly
Liquid.
________ and Aristotle was among the first recorded scientists to write down their observations on what would be considered ecology.
Hippocrates
What type of layers in the Earth's Surface do Geologists study?
Different.
On what date did Neil Armstrong first walk on the moon?
July 20, 1969.
Bacteria are extremely small and are made up of just ____ cell.
One
What defies gravity and climbs on walls?
Superfluid Helium.
__________ recorded observations on the topics like balance in nature and regulation
Herodotus
Name four tools geologists use when working?
handpicks, brushes, pointed bricklayer’s trowel, hand shovel, dustpan, whisk broom, stakes, string, cameras, notebooks, and pencils. Sometimes they even use a bulldozer.