Heat Energy
Solar Radiation
Rock Types
Cycles
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100
What type of heat energy is the sun an example of?
Radiation
100
The thermal energy (heat) that you feel when you place your hand on hot pavement originates from where?
The sun
100
This rock type forms from the accumulation, compaction, and cementation of sediments.
Sedimentary rocks
100
What does number 1 represent in the Nitrogen cycle? 
Plants
100
This type of rock has been changed from its original form by immense heat or pressure.
Metamorphic rock
200
What type of heat energy is a microwave an example of?
Radiation
200
Why does sunshine feel warmer in the middle of the day in July?
Earth's surface faces the sun more directly.
200
This rock type forms from the cooling and solidification of molten rock, either magma underground or lava on the Earth's surface.
Igneous Rock
200
What does number 2 represent in the Nitrogen cycle? 
Decomposers
200
Compaction & cementation occur when this rock type is formed.
Sedimentary rock
300
What type of heat energy occurs when you touch a hot pan right out of the oven?
Conduction
300
True or False: Considering how latitude on Earth impacts the amount of solar radiation reaches the Earth, the closer you are to the equator, the more radiation reaches Earth's surface.
True
300
This orientation of mica crystals in this rock is evidence for compression from the east and west.
Schist (metamorphic rock)
300
When heat and pressure are applied to igneous rock, what type of rock is formed?
Metamorphic rock
300
List one solution to help fix the Urban Heat Island problem.
Cool roofs to reflect more sunlight, green roofs covered with trees and plants, OR planting large areas with trees/vegetation
400
What type of heat energy occurs when you boil water on the stove?
Convection
400
True or False: On a sunny day, solar radiation is decreased and the surface of the Earth gets cooler.
False
400
When this rock formed, this area had a hot, dry climate.
Layer of rock salt (sedimentary)
400
Phosphorus is returned to the soil by...
Decomposers
400
What role do bacteria play in the Nitrogen cycle?
Bacteria "fix" Nitrogen so that it is usable by the plants.
500
What type of heat energy occurs when warm fluids rise and cool fluids fall?
Convection
500
What are cool roofs (roofs that are covered in a reflective material with a high Albedo) designed to do?
Help cool houses in the summer and decrease the heat in a city
500
This rock crystallized several kilometers underground, but is at the surface now. Several kilometers of rock must have been eroded.
Granite batholith (igneous rock)
500
The largest reservoir of carbon on Earth is in....
The deep ocean
500
An element has a half life of 10 days. If you start with 100 grams, how long will it take for you to have less than 10 grams of the element left?
40 days