Rock Types
What are the three main types of rock?
Igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic.
What is the process called when rock is broken down into smaller pieces by wind, water, ice or other forces?
Weathering
What are the two types of Energy?
Potential and Kinetic
What is an energy transformation?
When energy changes from one form to another.
Name three things that are usually found in a school science classroom.
Any three reasonable answers (teacher discretion)
Which type of rock forms when magma or lava cools and hardens?
Igneous rock.
What is the name for the movement of broken pieces of rock from one place to another?
Erosion
Name the 3 types of Potential Energy a student can test relatively safely?
Chemical, Elastic, Gravitational
A toaster changes electrical energy mainly into what type of energy?
Thermal energy.
You have 10 seconds to name five animals.
Various Answers
Which type of rock is often made from layers of sediment that have been compacted and cemented together?
Sedimentary rock.
What happens when layers of sediment are squeezed together over time?
Compaction
What is energy transfer?
When energy moves from one object or place to another.
What energy transformation happens when you eat food and then run?
Chemical energy → kinetic/mechanical energy.
What is the capital city of Australia?
Canberra.
A rock is buried deep underground. Heat and pressure change the rock into a new type of rock. What type of rock has formed?
Metamorphic rock.
Put these processes in the correct order:
weathering → deposition → erosion
Weathering → erosion → deposition.
A hot cup of Milo warms your hands when you hold it. Has energy been transferred? If so, from where to where?
Yes. Thermal energy transfers from the hot cup/drink to your hands.
A battery-powered torch is switched on. What is the main energy transformation?
Chemical energy → electrical energy → radiant/light energy.
Everyone on your team has to make the sound of a dinosaur.
Teacher's judgement. 😂
I am a rock with visible layers and may contain fossils. What type of rock am I? Explain how you know.
Sedimentary rock — layers and fossils are clues.
A rock is deep underground. It does not melt, but it is exposed to lots of heat and pressure for a very long time. What type of rock could it become, and what process has caused the change?
A metamorphic rock. Heat and pressure have changed the existing rock.
A person kicks a soccer ball. Energy is transferred from the person's body to the ball. What happens to the ball?
It starts moving / gains kinetic energy.
A ball is dropped from a height and then bounces. Name two different energy changes or transfers that happen during the bounce.
Potential/mechanical energy → kinetic energy; some energy is transferred to the surroundings as thermal energy and sound.
Everyone in your team must stand up. You have 10 seconds to create a human statue showing a volcano erupting.
Teacher's judgement. 😂