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the study of the earth and what it's made of
What is geology?
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All matter is made up of the chemical elements, which are distinguished from each other by the numbers of protons they possess.
How do we tell different elements apart?
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Matter and Energy
Name one of the two things that make up the entire universe
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The mitochondria
What organelle is the powerhouse of a cell?
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Zoology is the study of the animals of the world, or what is scientifically known as the animal kingdom.
What is zoology?
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70%
What percentage of the earth's surface is covered in water?
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Hydrogen!
What is the first element on the periodic table?
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Physics can be defined as a branch of science that includes the study of different forces and their impacts on the environment. It is an experimental science in which the matter, energy and their interaction is studied. The word physics has been derived from a Greek word that means ‘knowledge of nature’.
Define physics
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A, B, AB, O
What are two of the four blood types in humans?
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To see in the dark better
Why do cats have vertical pupils?
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Molten Iron! It creates the magnetic field that surrounds our planet
Earth's core is made of what?
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Gold and Copper!
Although you may consider gold to be rare, there is enough gold in the Earth's crust to cover the land surface of the planet knee-deep.
Only two naturally occurring metals are not silver or grayish in color. Name one
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Sir Isaac Newton described the movement of objects scientifically by introducing Laws of Motion.
Which famous person introduced the Laws of Motion?
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Vision, Hearing, Smell, Taste, Touch, Balance, Temperature, Proprioception (spatial body awareness, aka why you can touch your nose with your eyes shut), Pain
There are 9 senses most of us experience. Name 5
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It's a sloth. To change body temperature, they move in and out of shade created by trees.
Most mammals can regulate their body temperature. Name the slow moving mammal that can't.
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24,901 miles (40,075 kilometers). Bonus fact: At the equator, you would weigh less than if standing at one of the poles.
What is the circumference of the earth at the equator?
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-190°C or -310°F
Under normal atmospheric pressure, air has to be cooled to -200°C and under high pressure (typically 200 atmospheres) to -141°C to convert into liquid. Liquid air is used commercially for freezing other substances and especially as an intermediate step in the production of nitrogen, oxygen, and argon and the other inert gases.
At what temperature would our air become liquid?
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Sound travels at a speed of around 767 miles per hour (1,230 kilometres per hour).
What is the speed of sound?
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Animals that eat plants as their primary food source are known as herbivores.
What is an herbivore?
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there are almost 900 thousand species of insects are present in this world?
Insects are animals and there are a lot of them. How many species of insects are there?
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According to researchers, Earth is estimated to be 4,540,000,000 years old.
How old is the earth?
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almost 78% of the atmosphere is Nitrogen!
What is the most common element found in Earth's atmosphere?
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Gravity!
If Sarah were to trip one of you, what force would cause you to fall to the ground?
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Charles Darwin developed the idea of natural selection, sometimes called survival of the fittest. It is a process that involves living things with favorable traits being more likely to reproduce, passing on their favorable traits to future generations.
Who developed the idea of natural selection?
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kingdom animalia and proceeding through phyla, classes, orders, families, genera and species.
Using the Linnaeus method, how are animal species classified?
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