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Plates 101
Biomes and beyond
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100

What are the four main layers of the earth

Inner core, outer core, mantle, crust

100

Define and create a simple food chain

A link showing the transfer of energy from producers to consumers. Producer --> primary consumer --> secondary consumer

100

How many major plates are there

12

100

What does the term 'ecological niche' refer to

refers to a species’ role in an ecosystem and is determined by the biotic and abiotic factors

100

Which team just lost 100 points

The team who picked this :)

200

What is the main difference between the inner and outer core

inner is solid while the outer is liquid

200

Define biomass

The amount of mass that a certain living creature or species has

200

What are plates made of

lithosphere (crust and upper mantle)

200

What is the difference between an autotroph and a heterotroph? Provide an example of each

Autotrophs produce food whereas heterotroph consume others for energy

200

What did I have for breakfast this morning

*Recall what I had*

300

What layer of the earth is most thin

The crust

300

How much energy is transferred per level in a food web and why

An average of 10% as most energy is lost through metabolic processes

300

What are the three different plate boundaries

divergent, convergent and transform

300

What is a biome

a type of ecosystem that is found in various regions throughout the world determined by abiotic factors

300

What do these have in common: Smash Bro's Brawl, Mario Party, Mario Kart and Donkey Kong Country Returns

All games for the wii

400

Who created the theory of continental drift and what is one piece of evidence they used

Wegner created the theory. Evidence can include continents fitting together, fossil evidence and geological structures

400

What are three effects of removing grasshoppers from this food web

(Insert answers here)

400

What might you expect to see at a convergent boundary

mountains or plate bending down to deep seafloor trench

400

What is the relationship between two living organisms where one benefits and the other is neither harmed nor helped

Commensalism

400

Which one is different: Killer whales, Beluga whales, blue whales, Narwhals

Killer whales because they are actually dolphins 

500

Name 3 things that make the lower mantle

iron, oxygen, silicon, magnesium and aluminium

500

Construct a food web for the following: Lizards consume grasshoppers. Grasshoppers compete with mice and rabbits for grass. Hawks also eat grasshoppers, rabbits and mice.

Show picture

500

Explain what rifting is

plates move apart, molten can rise leading to volcanic activity

500

Birds and mammals eat the fruit of a plant therefore spreading the plants seeds. This is an example of?

Mutualism

500

What is this song and who is it by?

Thriller by Michael Jackson

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