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Big round (ages 12 and up): Space · Planet Earth · Your body · Word meanings. 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. Which planet has the shortest day in the solar system?
- A. Mercury
- B. Saturn
- C. Jupiter
2. As Earth spins, which layer's motion creates Earth's magnetic field?
- A. the solid inner core
- B. the crust
- C. the liquid outer core
3. What is the snail-shaped, fluid-filled part of the inner ear called?
- A. the cornea
- B. the cochlea
- C. the larynx
4. What does the word “invincible” mean?
- A. too strong to be beaten
- B. make less harsh or painful
- C. likely to change suddenly
5. What does a light-year measure?
- A. a length of time
- B. a distance
- C. a brightness
6. Rock changed by great heat and pressure deep underground, without melting, is called what?
- A. igneous rock
- B. metamorphic rock
- C. sedimentary rock
7. Which protein in red blood cells carries oxygen?
- A. keratin
- B. insulin
- C. hemoglobin
8. What was the name of the Apollo 11 lunar module that landed on the Moon?
- A. Eagle
- B. Columbia
- C. Falcon
9. Which earthquake waves usually arrive first at a faraway place?
- A. P waves
- B. surface waves
- C. S waves
10. What tough cords hold skeletal muscles to bones?
- A. ligaments
- B. capillaries
- C. tendons
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The key (for the host: fold this page back)
- C: Jupiter. Jupiter spins around once in only about 9.9 hours.
- C: the liquid outer core. The outer core is liquid metal, while the inner core is solid.
- B: the cochlea. Tiny hair cells inside it help turn sound into electrical signals for the brain.
- A: too strong to be beaten. The team felt invincible after ten wins.
- B: a distance. One light-year is about 6 trillion miles, how far light goes in a year.
- B: metamorphic rock. Schist and gneiss are metamorphic rocks, often with stripes or bands.
- C: hemoglobin. Blood turns bright red when hemoglobin picks up oxygen in the lungs.
- A: Eagle. It set down in a flat, dark plain called the Sea of Tranquility.
- A: P waves. P stands for primary; the slower S, or secondary, waves arrive later.
- C: tendons. When a muscle pulls, its tendon and the bone move along with it.
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