Rock Layers
Rock Cycle
Blast from the past
Things you should know about C4
Hydrosphere
100

How are rock layers ordered in terms of age? 

Oldest layer on the bottom and newest on the top.

100

What are the three main types of rocks?

Sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic

100

Name the three types of subatomic particles in elements

Proton, neutron, and electron

100

Who taught C4 math and science before Ms. Wicker?

Mr. Kerber + Mr. Fields

100

Where is most of earth's water?

The ocean

200

What is the name of the law that says intrusions like magma are younger than the layers already there? 

Law of crosscutting

200

Give one piece of evidence for Pangea

Fossils found on continents separated too far for them to have swam across the ocean, mountain ranges with same type of rock on different continents, magnetization underneath earth's surface, and the fit of the continents coastlines like a puzzle

200

What is the atomic mass of this element?


10.8

200

Name 10 8th graders from last year

200

What type of water seeps into the ground through porous layers?

Groundwater


300

What is the law of ordering the layers in terms of age?

Law of superposition

300

Who proposed the continental drift theory?

Alfred Wegener 

300

What is the atomic number of this element?


10

300

What sport did Ms. Wicker do growing up? What sport does she do now?

Figure Skating, rock climbing


300

What type of aquifer has no impermeable layer above them? 

Unconfined aquifers

400

What is the best choice for an index fossil? 

Ammonite 

400

What type of rock can fossils be found in?

Sedimentary

400

What do elements in the same groups have in common?

Same number of valence electrons and reactivity 

400

What club did both Mr. Knight and Ms. Wicker do in high school?

Drama/theatre (but Mr. Knight did it for much longer and more seriously)



400

What area is where freshwater meets the ocean resulting in what type of water? 

Estuaries, brackish water

500

Order the layers in terms of age: oldest to youngest

E, C, B, D, A

500

Identify this type of rock and your reasoning


Igneous, porous/holes 

500

Draw a bohr model for this element



500

What is Ms. Wicker's nephew's name? Double points in if you know my niece's name. 

Dean (aka bean) 

500

Describe how the salinity of water leads to ocean currents?

High salinity causes water to sink, low leads to water rising, creating circulation.