| #8790, aired 2023-01-20 | 2-WORD SCIENCE TERMS $400: For actinium, it's 89 atomic number |
| #8790, aired 2023-01-20 | 2-WORD SCIENCE TERMS $800: It's the more common Latin name for the lesser bear constellation Ursa Minor |
| #8790, aired 2023-01-20 | 2-WORD SCIENCE TERMS $1200: This 2-word compound is the main component of both limestone & coral reefs calcium carbonate |
| #8790, aired 2023-01-20 | 2-WORD SCIENCE TERMS $1600: It says that the volume of a gas varies inversely with the pressure on it at constant temperature Boyle's law |
| #8790, aired 2023-01-20 | 2-WORD SCIENCE TERMS $2000: Copperheads belong to this group of snakes named for the heat-sensitive depressions on each side of the head pit viper |
| #8270, aired 2020-10-30 | 2-WORD SCIENCE TERMS $200: Found in almost every living cell, DNA stands for this deoxyribonucleic acid |
| #8270, aired 2020-10-30 | 2-WORD SCIENCE TERMS $400: Famous ones of these include the Perseids in July or August & the Leonids in November meteor showers |
| #8270, aired 2020-10-30 | 2-WORD SCIENCE TERMS $600: Coal & natural gas are types of this alliterative stuff formed in the earth from plant or animal remains, & used as a source of energy fossil fuels |
| #8270, aired 2020-10-30 | 2-WORD SCIENCE TERMS $800: It's about 5 feet long & includes the cecum & the colon the large intestine |
| #8270, aired 2020-10-30 | 2-WORD SCIENCE TERMS $1000: It's equal to -459.67 degrees Fahrenheit absolute zero |
| #7546, aired 2017-06-05 | SCIENCE TERMS $800: It's the 2-word name for the spiral geometric structure of a DNA molecule a double helix |
| #6749, aired 2014-01-09 | 2-WORD SCIENCE TERMS $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows an atomic animation on the monitor.) Absorbing a neutron causes fission in one atom, leading to fission in more and more atoms, creating this process that's usually controlled by nuclear reactors chain reaction |
| #6749, aired 2014-01-09 | 2-WORD SCIENCE TERMS $800: A deficiency of an intestinal enzyme usually causes this problem digesting dairy products lactose intolerance |
| #6749, aired 2014-01-09 | 2-WORD SCIENCE TERMS $1200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew demonstrates with a magnet.) Science teachers love to use these, tiny bits of a certain metal, to demonstrate magnetism iron filings |
| #6749, aired 2014-01-09 | 2-WORD SCIENCE TERMS $1600: This theory formulated in the 1960s says earth's outer layer is broken up into shifting pieces of dinnerware plate tectonics |
| #6749, aired 2014-01-09 | 2-WORD SCIENCE TERMS $2000: When all the frequencies in the visible spectrum combine, they produce this white light |
| #5984, aired 2010-09-23 | 2-WORD SCIENCE TERMS $200: The "SS" in ISS: Skylab & Russia's Salyut were early ones a space station |
| #5984, aired 2010-09-23 | 2-WORD SCIENCE TERMS $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows parallel lines on the monitor.) These two lines are identical in length, but when opposing arrowheads are added, the bottom line appears to be longer in a classic example of this type of eye trick an optical illusion |
| #5984, aired 2010-09-23 | 2-WORD SCIENCE TERMS $600: This can build up after a good hair brushing, & when you remove a wool hat, it can make your hair stand on end static electricity |
| #5984, aired 2010-09-23 | 2-WORD SCIENCE TERMS $800: It occurs around June 21 when the sun is at its northernmost position summer solstice |
| #5984, aired 2010-09-23 | 2-WORD SCIENCE TERMS $1,600 (Daily Double): Easily seen below the equator, the constellation Crux is popularly known by this name the Southern Cross |
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