KB General Science 2013 #4

Question 1

What were the dominant animals during the Mesozoic Era on earth?

Answer 1

dinosaurs

Question 2

What is the major organ of the circulatory system?

Answer 2

heart

Question 3

What is the major organ of the respiratory system?

Answer 3

lungs

Question 4

To what body system does the stomach belong?

Answer 4

digestive

Question 5

What do we call the liquid part of the blood?

Answer 5

plasma

Question 6

What is the largest artery in the body?

Answer 6

aorta

Question 7

What do we call a crack where two of the Earth’s plates move together?

Answer 7

fault

Question 8

What is the highest measurement on the Richter Scale?

Answer 8

10+

Question 9

What do we call the instrument used to measure earthquakes and volcanic activity?

Answer 9

seismograph

Question 10

What is the term given to the movement of the earth’s continents away from each other?

Answer 10

continental drift

Question 11

What is the most common mineral in the earth’s crust?

Answer 11

quartz

Question 12

What kind of rock is formed from cooled and hardened lava?

Answer 12

igneous

Question 13

What is the term given to the natural breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces?

Answer 13

weathering

Question 14

What is the term given to the movement of rocks and soil by water and wind?

Answer 14

erosion

Question 15

What do we call the sediment built up at the mouth of a river?

Answer 15

delta

Question 16

What are large sheets of ice and snow that move across the earth?

Answer 16

glaciers

Question 17

What is the layer of atmosphere closest to the earth?

Answer 17

troposphere

Question 18

What clouds are often called “mare’s tails”?

Answer 18

cirrus

Question 19

Any form of moisture that falls to the earth is known as ___.

Answer 19

precipitation

Question 20

What is the nickname given to a special kind of cumulus cloud that leads to violent thunderstorms with lighting and thunder?

Answer 20

thunderheads