Ms. Poynot
This is where Ms. Poynot is from.
What is Maryland?
These are the two types of tectonic plates.
What are oceanic and continental?
These are the three soil particle sizes.
What are sand, silt and clay?
The tilt of the Earth on its axis causes these three things.
What is the angle of insolation, the length of day and the seasons?
This is where Mrs. da Cruz is from.
Where is Maryland?
This is Ms. Poynot's favorite food.
What is Indian food?
This is formed where one plate goes under another plate.
What is a convergent boundary that forms mountains, island arcs, earthquakes and volcanoes?
This is the top layer of soil, that is rich in organic matter and darkest in color.
What is the O Horizon?
What is rising air in low pressure and sinking air in high pressure?
This is Mrs. da Cruz's favorite food.
What is avocado?
This is Ms. Poynot's favorite music.
What is alternative rock?
This is formed when two plates slide past each other.
What is a transform boundary and earthquakes?
This is under the O Horizon and is also known as topsoil, it has the most biological activity.
What is the A-Horizon?
This is the effect that impacts air movement due to the rotation of the Earth.
What is the Coriolis Effect?
This is Mrs. da Cruz's favorite music.
What is reggae or samba?
This is where Ms. Poynot works when she is not at Northwood.
Where is Starbucks?
This is formed when two plates move away from each other.
What is a divergent boundary and mid-ocean ridges, volcanoes, seafloor spreading and rift valleys on land?
What is O, A, B, C?
These are the layers of the atmosphere from lowest to highest.
What is troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere?
These are sports Mrs. da Cruz did in High School.
What is swimming, field hockey, softball and dance?
This is the name of Ms. Poynot's dog.
What is Chewie?
This is a pattern of volcanoes that are around the pacific plate.
This is the type of soil found at 30% clay, and 10% sand.
What is silty clay loam?
This event happens when equatorial winds are weakened, and warm water flows eastward in the Pacific.
What is El Nino?
These are the pets that live at Mrs. da Cruz's house.
Who is a cat, 5 chickens, 5 fish, and a crested gecko lizard.