General Science (Rare)

Question 1

Acid Rain

Answer 1

Precipitation with a low pH thats harmful to life and infrastructure

Question 2

Amber

Answer 2

Fossilized tree resin

Question 3

Andromeda galaxy

Answer 3

Galaxy closest to the Milky Way

Question 4

Asteroid

Answer 4

Small body that orbits the sun

Question 5

Astronomy

Answer 5

Study of celestial objects (stars, planets, galaxies, and so on)

Question 6

Comet

Answer 6

Small icy body that shows a coma and tail when close to the sun

Question 7

Constellation

Answer 7

Pattern of stars in the sky

Question 8

Distillation

Answer 8

Way of separating the parts of a liquid mixture

Question 9

Energy

Answer 9

Ability to do work

Question 10

Galaxy

Answer 10

System of at least 10 million stars held together by gravity

Question 11

Gravitation

Answer 11

Gravity, bodies attract each other based on their masses

Question 12

Greenhouse effect

Answer 12

Heat is absorbed by atmospheric gases and redirected back to earth

Question 13

Half-life

Answer 13

Time for a quantity to reach half of its starting value

Question 14

Heliocentric

Answer 14

Model in which the planets revolve around the sun

Question 15

Igenous rock

Answer 15

Rock formed from cooled lava

Question 16

Light- year

Answer 16

Unit of length; distance light travels in a year; about 6 trillion miles

Question 17

Lunar eclipse

Answer 17

The moon covered by earth’s shadow

Question 18

Metamorphic rock

Answer 18

An igneous or sedimentary rock exposed to heat and pressure

Question 19

Meteor

Answer 19

Visible path of a meteoroid in the atmosphere

Question 20

Meteorite

Answer 20

Meteoroid that survives impact on the surface

Question 21

Meteoroid

Answer 21

Small body in the solar system; smaller than asteroid

Question 22

Milky Way

Answer 22

Home galaxy

Question 23

Orbit

Answer 23

Curved path around an object around another object

Question 24

Plate tectonics

Answer 24

Theory that describes the motions of Earth’s crust

Question 25

Pulsar

Answer 25

A rotating, magnetized neutron star

Question 26

Quasar

Answer 26

Very bright nucleus of a distant galaxy

Question 27

Satellite

Answer 27

A natural or artificial object that orbits another object

Question 28

Sedimentary Rock

Answer 28

Rock formed by deposits in bodies of water

Question 29

Seismometer

Answer 29

Instrument that measures the motion of the ground

Question 30

Solar eclipse

Answer 30

The moon passing in front of the sun

Question 31

Solar system

Answer 31

The sun and all objects

Question 32

Sunspot

Answer 32

Dark, relatively cool areas on the sun's surface

Question 33

Thermodynamics

Answer 33

Study of heat on other forms of energy