Dinosaurs
The name "dinosaur" comes from a Greek word meaning...
terrifying lizard
Name the farthest planet from the sun.
Neptune
Name one of the strongest minerals, gems or metals on Earth.
Diamond, quartz or tungsten.
Name one of the stories we read last week.
Rings or The Selfish Giant
Name of all three instructors and their favourite colours.
Tiffany = blue
Christina = pink
Roxanne = purple
When were the first dinosaur fossils found?
In the early 1800s
Where is the equator on Tiffany's globe AND what happens when you live closer to it?
The equator is the red line that runs horizontally across the globe. If you live closer to the line, the climate is warmer.
What is the first ingredient in making an opal?
Water.
Name a movie and show we watched last week.
Zootopia and Avatar the Last Airbender
List two colours of rings that Tiffany wore last week.
Black, clear and pink
How long ago were dinosaurs alive?
65.5 million years ago.
Name all seven continents.
Antarctica, North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Australia and Africa
How tall does Mount Everest grow each year (I didn't have enough space to fit this in the Earth section)
1 cm.
OLDER STUDENTS ONLY
Name all the accents and their names.
List at least three of the class rules.
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How are fossils created?
Water enters the organic materials, then evaporates, leaving behind minerals which then transforms the organic material into a fossil.
What causes earthquakes and tsunamis?
The tectonic plates that shift cause seismic activity.
What is erosion and what can we do to prevent it?
Erosion is the gradual or sudden destruction or diminishment of rock, or earth. We can plant trees to prevent this.
Name (the full name) of all the elements that make up the majority of the minerals on Earth. The pronunciation must be PRECISE.
Oxygène, silicium, aluminium, fer, calcium, sodium, potassium et magnesium
What is Tiffany's LEAST favourite vegetable?
Onions (there are other acceptable answers)
What classification of dinosaurs has bird-shaped hips? The pronunciation must be precise.
Ornithischian
What is the name of the spacecraft that has a gold disk? Hint: in an effort to transmit messages to other possible life forms, NASA built...
The Voyager.
What is the difference between igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rock?
Igneous = made from cooled down lava
Sedimentary = made from organic material
Metamorphic = changed igneous and sedimentary rock
Read the first paragraph on your French worksheet. Your pronunciation MUST be precise. Each team can have two tries, with one try per person.
Tiffany will read it ONCE for you.
La géologie c'est les sciences de la terre. C'est l'étude et l'identification des roches et des minéraux, et beaucoup plus! Il inclut la chimie, la physique, l'hydrologie, l'environnement, la paléontologie, etc. L'exploration c'est le travail fait sur le terrain.
List at least FIVE answers from today's Jeopardy game.
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