Rocks and Soil
Energy
Solar System
Celestial phenomena
Wild card
100
In which type of rock do we commonly find fossils?
Sedimentary
100
This type of energy is essential to life on earth
Solar
100
What force makes planets in our solar system revolve around the Sun?
Gravity
100
This is a chunk of rock and ice that orbits the Sun
Comet
100
What was my favourite subject in high school?
Be specific
Biology
200
Basalt is a rock that forms when magma cools down very quickly. What type of rock is basalt?
Igneous
200
Why doesn't wind travel in a straight line?
Because of the Earth's rotation
200
Which 4 planets are considered rocky planets?
Mercury, Earth, Mars, Venus
200
What do we call the particles that move toward Earth from the Sun?
Solar wind
200
How many Wonders of the Ancient World are there? (It's an official list)
7
300
This type of soil is good for growing plants because it retains water well
Hummus
300
What type of energy is stored in air masses, and is it renewable?
Wind energy, and yes
300
What mnemonic device (memory trick) can we use to remember the order of the planets?
My Very Educated Mother Just Showed Us Nine Planets
(other options valid as long as they work)
300
What happens when solar wind interacts with the Earth's atmosphere?
Polar auroras
300
What song includes the lines:
"Thunderbolts and lightning
Very very frightening me!
Galileo! Galileo! Galileo! Galileo! Galileo figaro Magnifico"?
Bohemian Rhapsody
400
Limestone (a sedimentary rock) is subjected to immense amounts of pressure over millions of years. What type of rock does it become?
Metamorphic
400
This energy comes from the movement of the tides. What is it called, and is it renewable?
Hydraulic energy (or tidal energy) and yes
400
Name all 8 planets in order from the Sun
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
400
What do we call the impact site of a meteorite?
Crater or astrobleme
400
After Ms. Reason, which teacher has been teaching at St. Michael's for the most years?
Mr. Boudreau (Mr. B)
500
What process formed the shape of the rocks below?
Erosion
500
What do we call the energy harnessed from the Earth's internal heat, and is it renewable?
Geothermal, and yes
500
What are Newton's two Laws of Universal Gravitation?
1. The bigger the object, the greater the attraction
2. The farther the object, the lesser the attraction
500
What do we call the shield that protects Earth from solar wind?
The magnetosphere
500
Name 5 artists on Ms Palaisy's car playlist
Answers vary