The Rock Cycle
What are the three types of rocks?
Igneous, Sedimentary, Metamorphic
The part of the Rock Cycle / Starburst Lab when you cut up the starburst into smaller pieces was called ...
Weathering
What is the driving force of the Water Cycle?
The sun
What word best defines the Hydrosphere?
Hydrosphere - water
What is Brighton Academy's Mascot?
Wolves
Metamorphic Rocks form through extreme _______ and _______.
Heat and Pressure
When Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic rocks go under weathering and eroding they become....
Sediments
Name the different forms of precipitation.
Rain, Snow, Sleet, Hail
What is the Geosphere?
Geosphere - Land/rock/non living things
What does HOWLs stand for?
Habits of Work and Learning
The final two process that turn sediments into Sedimentary Rock are __________ and ___________.
Compaction and Cementation
What is the definition of Erosion?
The process of moving material/rock from one place to another by water, wind, gravity, or ice.
When warm water meets a cold surface and turns back into a liquid, what process in the water cycle is occurring?
Condensation
Most of the Earth's Hydrosphere is found in the
Ocean
What year was Brighton Academy founded?
2019
This type of rock forms specifically from the rock being exposed to the atmosphere where weathering, erosion, and deposition occurs.
Sedimentary Rock
What is the definition of Deposition?
Dropping sediment into a new place.
What is the name of the process where water evaporates from plants/trees?
Transpiration
Name an example of how the Hydrosphere interacts with the Biosphere.
Answers may vary
Humans/animals/plants using water
What are the names of our three Dean of Students?
Mrs. Coleman
Mr. Gregory
Mr. Goodrich
The oldest rocks on Earth are found in what layer of the rock?
The bottom layer
What does Erosion do to the surface of the Earth?
Shapes and forms different structure rocks
Other than clouds, name an example of condensation that we can observe in our daily lives.
Answers may vary.
- Fog
- Water droplets on shower door/bathroom mirror
- Water droplets on lid/top of pot/boiling water
Name an example of how the Hydrosphere interacts with the Geosphere.
Water moving/breaking Rock
Weathering, Erosion, Deposition
Answers may vary
What are the past two school names that came before Brighton Academy?
Danforth & Roosevelt