Rock Identification
A rock found on the edge of a volcano
What is an igneous rock?
The two factors required to create a metamorphic rock
What is heat and pressure?
Energy produced from the sun
What is solar power?
The season where the sun will appear to be the highest in the sky
What is summer?
The name of the closest star to Earth
What is the Sun?
The type of rock found with fossils in it
What is a sedimentary rock?
The process of small rock parts being transported away and broken down
What is erosion?
Energy resource that will not run out
What is a renewable resource?
The phenomena when the moon appears to block the sun
What is a solar eclipse?
The seventh planet from the sun
What is Uranus?
The type of rock created from cooled molten rock with small crystals
What are extrusive igneous rocks?
The process that a mole digging is an example of
What is biological weathering?
Energy resource created from dead plant material compressed underground for millions of years
What is coal?
The orbit period of the moon
What is 28 days?
The pattern of distance from the sun and year length
What is the further the distance the longer the year?
A rock that gains in mass after being dipped in water
What is a sedimentary rock?
The physical weathering found in areas of low temperatures
What is freeze-thaw ?
Energy resource created using dams to build up and release water
What is hydroelectric power?
The lunar phase where more than 1/2 of the left side of the moon can be seen
What is a waning gibbous?
A ball of ice and gas that travels through the solar system
What is a comet?
Identify this rock!
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+300 type of rock
+500 name of rock
The pollutant other than sulphur dioxide responsible for acid rain
What is nitrogen oxide?
A method of preventing acid rain from burning fossil fuels
What is:
Removing Impurities?/ Filtering emissions?
Daily Double!
Nominate a player from each team
Describe how differences between systems occur, best description wins
The number of moons of jupiter
(closest wins!)