Skip to main content

Quiz

1. In 1998, NASA sent the Lunar Prospector to orbit the moon, and it found evidence of something important on the moon's surface. What was it?

2. One of the biggest newsmakers of 1997 was named Dolly. Who is Dolly, and what is her claim to fame?

3. The Joneses have built a rectangular house with southern exposures on all four sides. Where is the house?

4. Smoke jumpers parachute into dangerous places to fight fires. They fall faster than ordinary parachutists. Why?

5. On a hot, sunny day around sunset, there is a thunderstorm that cools things off. That evening, you notice fog that rises off the road. Why?

1. In 1998, NASA sent the Lunar Prospector to orbit the moon, and it found evidence of something important on the moon's surface. What was it?
A spacecraft detected evidence that the moon is not entirely dry, but has some frozen water on some areas of its surface.

2. One of the biggest newsmakers of 1997 was named Dolly. Who is Dolly, and what is her claim to fame?
Dolly is a cloned sheep.

3. The Joneses have built a rectangular house with southern exposures on all four sides. Where is the house?
It's at the North Pole.

4. Smoke jumpers parachute into dangerous places to fight fires. They fall faster than ordinary parachutists. Why?
The hot air near a large fire is thinner and offers less resistance.

5. On a hot, sunny day around sunset, there is a thunderstorm that cools things off. That evening, you notice fog that rises off the road. Why?
Water evaporates from the road because it is warmer than the air. Then the water vapor condenses in the cooler air above it.

60% Complete

Join the Family

Your partner in parenting from baby name inspiration to college planning.

Subscribe