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What are the building blocks of rocks called?

Minerals

100

A ______ is an idea of something that cannot be fully known or seen.

Model

100

_________ is the process of sediments being deposited, usually at the bottom of oceans, lakes, and rivers.

Sedimentation

100

A ______ is a moving mass of ice and snow

Glacier

100

What identity document is required to travel to different countries around the world?

Passport

200

True or false: Rocks are pure substances

FALSE

200

What is magma called when it reaches the earths surface?

Lava

200

_________ is the process of these materials being laid down or deposited by wind, water, and ice.

Deposition

200

How are metamorphic rocks formed?

HEAT AND PRESSURE

200

What is the longest day of the year called?

Summer solstice

300

What is the largest layer of the earth called?

Mantle

300

As rivers flow, they carry a load of silt, sand, mud, and gravel, called ________. 

Sediment.

300

____________ refers to the mechanical and chemical process that breaks down rocks by means of water, glacial ice, wind, and waves.

Weathering

300

How are igneous rocks formed?

Lava cooling down

300

Which rappers real name is Aubrey?

Drake

400

Throughout the weathering/deposition process, material is not gained or _______ —it simply changes form

Lost

400

Is the outer core solid or liquid?

Liquid

400

Name the 3 types of weathering we have talked about.

Mechanical, chemical, biological

400

Landforms that are created by running water are known as _________. 

Fluvial landforms.

400

How many hours does it take the Earth to make one complete spin?

24

500

The first place the rock breaks below the surface is called what during an earthquake?

Focus

500

____ are tremblings or vibrations of the ground.

Earthquakes

500

________ occurs when the products of weathering are transported from place to place.

Erosion

500

What measures the hardness of a mineral?

Mohs scale of hardness

500

Which country is also a continent?

Australia

600

Name the 4 layers of the earth IN ORDER (outside to inside)

Crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

600

Where is the epicentre located?

The point ON the surface directly above the focus

600

Waves of energy from earthquakes are called what?

Seismic waves

600

Name the 6 properties of minerals we have talked about.

colour, lustre, streak, cleavage, fracture, hardness

600

What is the largest bone in the human body?

Femur

700

A ___________ is a device that detects the waves of energy that spread through Earth from the focus of an earthquake.

Seismograph

700

What is molten rock called when it is beneath the earths surface?

Magma

700

What do scientists use to determine the size/magnitude of earthquakes?

Richter Scale

700

What are the 3 types of rocks we have discussed?

Sedimentary, igneous, metamorphic

700

This actress played the character named "Eleven" on Stranger Things.

Millie Bobby Brown

800

Lava either flows from the vent down the volcano’s sides or shoots violently into the air as a cloud of rock fragments and_______.

Ash

800

Why is the inner core solid?

Weight /pressure of the other layers on top of it

800

What is an opening in the earths crust through which solid and molten rock, ash and gases escape?

Volcano

800

How are sedimentary rocks formed?

Sediments turn to rock on PRESSURE

800

Who sings this song?

 "I can buy myself flowers
Write my name in the sand
Talk to myself for hours
Say things you don't understand
I can take myself dancing
And I can hold my own hand
Yeah, I can love me better than you can"?

Miley Cyrus

900

Name the 5 minerals that combine to form the majority of rocks.

Calcite, Feldspar, Quart, Hornblende, Mica


900

The upper mantle and crust together are called the

Lithosphere

900

How much stronger is an earthquake with a magnitude of 6 then one with a magnitude of 3?

1000 (10x10x10)

900

What are the 4 tools and techniques to find mineral ore bodies. 

Remote sensing, geochemical prospecting, geophysical prospecting, exploration

900

If you tell me a joke (SCHOOL appropriate) and I smile/laugh, gain 1000 points. If I don't smile/laugh, lose 1000 points

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