Fossils
Rocks & Minerals
Heat
GA Geography
Pollution
100
What are fossils?
Fossils are the preserved remains of plants or animals.
100
The hardest known mineral.
Diamond
100
Our primary source of heat.
Sun
100
We live which region?
Blue Ridge Mountains
100
What are the three R's?
reuse recycle reduce
200
True or False. Trace fossil examples are footprints and nests.
True
200
Three BEST ways to identify a mineral
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
streak; hardness; color
200
Heat transfer is from a ________ object to a ________ object.
warmer object to a cooler object
200
This region is where Atlanta is located?
Piedmont
200
What is being released into the air?
smog
300
What is a person called who studies/finds fossils?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
paleontologist
300
Lava Rock
Igneous
300
True of False. The sun is a star.
True
300
These creatures are found in this region.
Coastal Plains
300
Write a caption for this picture on the board.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
Answers vary. Must capitalize and punctuate to get points.
400
This fly is fossilized in:
Tree sap
400
This topsoil is best used for growing crops/plants/flowers
loam or humus
400
I can warm my hands by rubbing them together causing ______________.
Friction
400
What are three activities a family can do in the Blue Ridge Mountains?
Camp, hike, look for fossils, have a picnic, etc.
400
Three different types of pollution
air water land
500
How is it possible for fossilized fish to be found in the desert?
This means at one time, there was a lake or other body of water that has since dried up.
500
This hardness scale gives a scale for you to tell how a rock/mineral is categorized by how hard it is.
Moh's
500
In order for things to warm up, molecules move _________ (slowly, normal rate, quickly) and bounce/rub off one another to create energy.
quickly
500
Write a caption for this picture on the board.
Answers vary but you must have the sentence capitalized and punctuated.
500
What are the three MAIN things we recycle.
Plastic, paper, glass