Week 1:
Rock 'N Roll!
Rock 'N Roll!
What are the 3 types of rocks?
Sedimentary, Igneous, Metamorphic
Is there more land or more water on Earth?
Water! Water occupies 70%, land occupies 30%!
What do palaeontologists study?
Fossils and ancient life!
What is some gear you should bring/wear to explore a cave safely?
Helmet, gloves, kneepads, headlamp, sturdy boots, first aid, long sleeve shirts/long pants
What do whale sharks eat?
Phytoplankton, krill, the microscopic organisms!
What a beautiful day! The sun is shining bright and everyone is enjoying the warm weather. What is the name of the big fluffy clouds you may see in the sky?
Cumulus
Where are large sharks on the food chain? Bonus: what type of predators are they?
Top of the food chain, apex predators
What rocks can contain fossils?
Sedimentary
You and your friends go explore Lascaux Cave, a complex cave in France featuring over 600 cave paintings. You explore the depths of these caves trying to uncover what they all mean since there are no words. What are some things you can learn from a cave painting.
Moments in ancient history, communication using a universal "language", how human civilizations evolved, important subjects like animals
You are studying the hardness of different unknown rocks, gems, and minerals. You test a clear, shiny, glass-like material that just doesn't seem to scratch or dent now matter how hard you try. What is this material most likely to be?
Diamond!
What are clouds made of?
Water droplets and/or ice
What do elephants, cows, and squirrels share in terms of their food, and what is the name of this grouping?
Herbivore, plant eater
What is field work?
Collecting specimens and data outside the lab. Work in the field!
Archeologist
What colour is the sun? Think carefully!
White! The sun emits all the colours that our eyes can see, causing us to perceive it as white. Do not look at the sun, it will cause permanent damage to your eyes!
What can extreme pressure and temperature do to a sedimentary rock?
Transform it into metamorphic/change its physical properties
You walk into a rainforest and notice green plants covering the forest floor. What classification of organism is this? What is the name of their place on the food chain?
Autotrophs, primary producers
Name 2 remains you would expect to find when digging up an animal fossil?
Bones, shells, teeth
What are the names of long, sometimes sharp, columns that rise from the ceilings and floors of caves?
Stalagmites (from the floor), stalactites (from the ceiling)
Many organisms on Earth are visible to our naked eyes, from ants to whales. Some are tiny, and we need specialized equipment to see them individually. What is the smallest independently functioning unit of living organism? Hint: we are made of about 30 trillion of them (30,000,000,000,000)!
A cell (bacteria)
You walk along a rocky shore and see so many colourful rocks. What substance gives rocks their colours?
Minerals
Clownfish and sea anemones live together. The clownfish give the anemones food, and the anemones give the fish a home. What is this relationship called?
Symbiosis, specifically mutualism
You manage to go back time and make friends with a dinosaur. You notice that your new friend looks similar to a modern day animal group. Dinosaurs are the ancestors of what type of animal?
Reptiles (lizards, chameleons, birds, snakes)
What type of rock are most caves made of?
Limestone (often made of the shells of tiny sea creatures millions of years ago!)
What colour is a giraffe's tongue?
Purple/blue