Geologic Time Scale
Evolution
Geometry
Trivia
Upcoming Topics
100
What era of time is known as the "Age of the Dinosaurs"?
Mesozoic Era
100
What does DNA stand for?
Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid
100
What rigid transformation allows you to move a shape up, down, left, and right?
Translation
100
What is the largest organ in the human body?
Skin
100
Carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide are all examples of:
Greenhouse Gases
200
What is the largest unit of geologic time?
Eon
200
DNA is held in the ______ of a cell
Nucleus / Nucleolus
200
This quadrilateral has one pair of parallel sides.
Trapezoid
200
This is a force of attraction between all objects with mass.
Gravity
200
a2 + b2 = c2
is the formula for what theorem of mathematics?
Pythagorean Theorem
300
This supercontinent existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic era.
Pangaea
300
This is the process of an organism evolving physical and behavioral traits to better survive and reproduce in the environment they live in. (Hint: not evolution)
Adaptation
300
How many sides does a square-based pyramid have?
Five
300
This defining equation of physics relates energy to mass and the speed of light.
E = mc2
300
Frequency is measured in these units:
Hertz (Hz)
400
What is the largest extinction event in Earth's history?
Permian-Triassic or End Permian, also known as "the Great Dying"
400
What is the name of the island archipelago where Charles Darwin first observed the beaks of different birds?
Galápagos Islands
400
What kind of geometrical transformation has taken place here?
Reflection
400
This amendment to the Constitution means that the government cannot re-prosecute a person for a crime for which they have already been acquitted.
The 5th Amendment
400
The longest side of a right triangle is called the __________
Hypotenuse
500
The Precambrian Era makes up what percent of all time in Earth's history
88%
500
What is the term for a random change in an organism's DNA that can lead to genetic variation? An example is when a brown bear's fur became white, which eventually lead to polar bears being born.
Mutation
500
This polygon has 9 sides
Nonagon
500
How many elements are currently in the periodic table?
118
500
More than half the energy from the Sun comes from this form of invisible light. (Hint: not ultraviolet)
Infrared