Earth
This layer of Earth is where we live.
What is the crust?
This is the largest ocean on Earth.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
This is the closest star to Earth.
The Sun.
This is what we call frozen rain that falls as ice pellets.
What is hail?
This animal can change its color to blend into its surroundings.
What is a chameleon?
This is the process where tectonic plates move and interact.
What is plate tectonics?
This ocean is the smallest of the five.
What is the Arctic Ocean?
This is the name of our galaxy.
What is the Milky Way?
This weather term means the amount of water vapor in the air.
What is humidity?
This term describes animals that are active at night.
What are nocturnal animals?
This scale measures the strength of earthquakes.
What is the Richter scale?
This ocean phenomenon causes glowing waves at night due to tiny organisms.
What is bioluminescence?
This telescope, launched in 2021, studies deep space in infrared.
What is the James Webb Space Telescope?
This type of storm forms over warm ocean water and has a rotating center.
What is a hurricane?
This animal can regenerate lost arms and lives in the ocean.
What is a starfish (sea star)?
This type of rock forms from cooled lava or magma.
What is igneous rock?
This famous reef off the coast of Australia is the largest coral reef system in the world.
What is the Great Barrier Reef?
This NASA mission, planned for the mid-2020s, will send astronauts around the Moon but not land.
What is Artemis II?
This is what we call water that falls from clouds, like rain, snow, or hail.
What is precipitation?
This animal is known for playing dead as a defense.
What is an opossum?
This fault line in California is famous for earthquakes and always being “due” for the next big one.
What is the San Andreas Fault?
This is the deepest known point in the ocean.
What is the Mariana Trench?
This cartoon became a NASA safety mascot and even has an award named after him.
Who is Snoopy?
This climate pattern causes warming of ocean waters in the Pacific and affects global weather.
What is El Niño?
This bird cannot fly but is the fastest runner on two legs.
What is an ostrich?