Rocks
Weather
Heat Transfer
Planet Trivia
Scientific Method
100
At high temperatures inside the middle of the earth, melted rock is called this.
What is magma. (Half points for lava, which is melted rock above the surface of the Earth)
100
Name the four seasons.
Winter Spring Summer Autumn/Fall
100
What happens to the speed of molecules as they begin to heat up?
They go faster
100
This is the farthest planet from our Sun.
What is Neptune
100
The first step of the scientific method
Ask a Question
200
Rocks that are formed by very small sediments cementing together.
What is sedimentary rock?
200
How long does each season last?
3 Months
200
Heat that transfers in the form of RAYS (usually from the Sun) is called this.
What is Radiation
200
This planet appears to rotate the opposite way
What is Venus
200
An educated guess in an experiment
What is a hypothesis?
300
Rocks formed by two other rocks going through heat and pressure.
What is metamorphic rock?
300
Name two types of severe weather
Hurricane, Tornado, Thunderstorm, Blizzard
300
Heat transfer by the contact of two or more objects is called
Conduction
300
This planet has the most moons
What is Jupiter
300
This type of graph is used to compare data in different categories.
What is a bar graph
400
Rocks formed by melted down rock cooling back down
What is igneous rock?
400
On two days of the year, we have equal hours of day and night. What are these days called?
The Solstices
400
This type of heat transfer explains the movement of heat molecules due to their density.
What is convection.
400
When traveling from the Sun, this is the first planet you will see that has a Moon.
What is Earth
400
Name four steps of the scientific method in order
Ask a Question, Formulate a Hypothesis, Conduct an Experiment, Collect Data, Analyze Data, Formulate a Conclusion
500
The process by which rocks are changed and sediments are formed
What is weathering and erosion?
500
True or False: An earthquake is a type of severe weather.
False!! An earthquake is due to the shifting tectonic plates.
500
FILL IN THE BLANK: As molecules warm up they become..................... As molecules cool down they become...................
As molecules warm up they become less dense As molecules cool down they become denser.
500
Name at least two rocky planets and two gas giants
Rocky Planets: Mercury, Mars, Venus, Earth Gas Giants: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
500
A type of graph used to compare data that changes over time
What is a line graph
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