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Big round (ages 12 and up): Planet Earth · Space · Plants and trees · Weather. Pages: the ten question cards, two answer sheets to a page (print one page per two teams), and the key on the last page, to fold back.
1. As Earth spins, which layer's motion creates Earth's magnetic field?
- A. the liquid outer core
- B. the solid inner core
- C. the crust
2. What was the name of the Apollo 11 lunar module that landed on the Moon?
- A. Falcon
- B. Eagle
- C. Columbia
3. In autumn, what does a tree send to its leaves to take apart chlorophyll?
- A. a spark of electricity
- B. rainwater
- C. an enzyme
4. Hurricanes north of the equator spin in which direction?
- A. counterclockwise
- B. clockwise
- C. back and forth
5. The Hawaiian Islands formed as the Pacific Plate moved over what?
- A. a hotspot in the mantle
- B. a plate boundary
- C. a deep ocean trench
6. What does a light-year measure?
- A. a brightness
- B. a distance
- C. a length of time
7. Pollination moves pollen from a flower's anther to which part?
- A. the root
- B. the sepal
- C. the stigma
8. Which earthquake waves usually arrive first at a faraway place?
- A. P waves
- B. S waves
- C. surface waves
9. What is the name of Pluto's largest moon?
- A. Charon
- B. Titan
- C. Triton
10. Of the world's roughly 1,400 crop plants, about what share need animals to pollinate them?
- A. almost 80%
- B. about 5%
- C. about 25%
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The key (for the host: fold this page back)
- A: the liquid outer core. The outer core is liquid metal, while the inner core is solid.
- B: Eagle. It set down in a flat, dark plain called the Sea of Tranquility.
- C: an enzyme. Once the green is gone, yellow and orange pigments that were hidden show through.
- A: counterclockwise. South of the equator they spin the other way, because of Earth's rotation.
- A: a hotspot in the mantle. The islands get older and more worn down the farther they are from the hotspot.
- B: a distance. One light-year is about 6 trillion miles, how far light goes in a year.
- C: the stigma. The anther is the male part that makes pollen; the stigma is the female part that receives it.
- A: P waves. P stands for primary; the slower S, or secondary, waves arrive later.
- A: Charon. Charon is about half the size of Pluto, so the pair is often called a double planet.
- A: almost 80%. Visits from bees and other pollinators also give bigger, tastier fruit.
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