Science Couples
Flower Scramble
Animals in love
Name the scientist who loves________
Memes
100

Elsa Einstein was married to her cousin __________________ for 17 years. 

Albert Einstein

100

These flowers are possibly one of the oldest species. There are fossils of this flower that date back 35 million years. The oldest living ******* is 1,000 years old, and it lives on the wall of the Cathedral of Hildesheim in Germany!


SEOR

ROSE

100

These animals who have the scientific name  Crocodylinae may not seem so loving to you, but they are oh so romantic with each other. Males dance for their intended mates. Better yet, a male will rub a female’s back and swim in circles around her as a show of affection.

Crocodiles

100

This electric car because it is named after him

Nikola Tesla

100

Earth to the Sun: 

My whole world R________________ around you. 

revolves

200

Science couple Pierre and Marie Curie discovered two new elements- Radium and Polonium.  What area of science did they study? 

Biology

Chemistry

Astronomy

Genetics

Chemistry

200

These flowers are symbolic. As a flower, ****** symbolizes innocence, purity, loyalty, patience, and simplicity.

YDSIA 

DAISY

200

The male king ________________ (Aptenodytes patagonicus) stands on the iceberg and stretches his head towards the sky to find love. Once he’s found her, they bow deeply to each other.  Their arctic romance lasts as long as they live.

penguin

200

The formula E=MC2

Albert Einstein

200

This Valentine's is about ______________

Newton's First Law

300

Friends Watson and Crick realized that ___ ___ __ was made up of two chains of nucleotide pairs that encode the genetic information for all living things.

 

DNA

300

Hans-Peter Schiffer from the town of Karst in Germany holds the record for the world's tallest ************, which grew to an incredible 30 feet 1 inch (9.17 metres) plant.

FSLUONRWE 

SUNFLOWER

300

These sly old dogs are not as independent as you might think. Lone *******  stereotypes aside, most ******** "families" consist of a male, a female, and their pups. Just like a loving human family.

Name the animal

wolves

300

The lightbulb (because he is credited with inventing it)

Thomas Edison

300

Name one of the elements that are part of this meme

Copper or Tellurium

400

This astronaut was born in Mexico, met his wife Adela in high school, and got married after dating for two years. Their love story continued to bloom as they welcomed five children into their lives: Julio, Karina, Vanessa, Marisol, and Antonio.  She was the one who encouraged him to keep applying to NASA, where he became the first migrant worker to be on board the ISS.

Jose Hernandez

400

In Turkish culture, red ****** are said to represent perfect love. Legend has it that a prince fell in love with a maiden, and when she died, her blood transformed into a red ********. The prince believed that the ****** represented his perfect love for her.

LPIUT

TULIP

400

When one thinks of faithful animal couples, one doesn't usually call to mind these insects that can destroy houses,   but that's just what they are. Unlike ants, where the queen mates once with a male or several males before their death, ******** queens mate with one "king" throughout their lives. Thus, entire ******** colonies are really just a mom and dad and thousands of their offspring. Awww..

 

termite

400

The Periodic Table of Elements (because he organized our modern version)

Dmitri Mendeleev

400

This is about what Earth Science phenomenon? 

PANGEA or CONTINENTAL DRFIT

500


Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson were three friends who played a vital role in advancing NASA's missions. These African American women computer programmers helped John Glen become the first American Astronaut to _________________.

land on the moon

orbit the earth

land on Mars

orbit the earth

500

These flowers grow almost everywhere: only Antarctica, some desert countries, and a handful of very isolated islands don’t have any native ********** species. They have diversified to grow in a huge variety of habitats, from arctic tundra to tropical rainforest, and from swamps to mountaintops and desert-like environments.

DROHIC 

ORCHID

500

Take this _______________, for example, who, according to The Daily Mail, was rescued from Neilingding Island in China after his mother abandoned him and left him for dead: His recovery was dragging until he made friends with this _____________, and now the two are rarely apart.

macaque and pigeon

baboon and dove

chimpanzee and egret

macaque and pigeon

500

The telephone (because he patented the first prototype)

hint:  AGB

Alexander Graham Bell

500

What organelle is this Valentine's Card referring to ?

Mitochondria