Rocky Planets
BMS Trivia
Vocabulary
Spheres
Surface of Mars
100

What planet is the second planet from the sun and most similar to Earth in size?

What is Venus?

100

This is the name of our assistant principal.

Who is Mr. Aleckson.

100

What is an example of a model we used in this unit?

What is a stream table?

100

Made up of a mixture of gases, mainly nitrogen and oxygen, but also small amounts of other gases that include crabon dioxide.

What is atmosphere?

100

The __________ steepness (elevation) of a channel, the deeper the channel.

What is higher?

200

This planet is most similar to Earth in geosphere. It is the fourth planet from the sun and appears red.

What is Mars?

200

What is the number of fish needed to reach the sunfish level?

What is 700.

200

Having the conditions necessary to support life

what is habitable?

200

All the waters on the earth's surface, such as lakes and seas, and sometimes including water over the earth's surface, such as clouds.

What is the Hydrosphere?

200

What landform have we been studying on the surface of Mars?

What is a channel?
300

What is the biggest difference between a rocky planet and a gas giant?

What is a solid surface?

300

What are the names of the eight sixth grade teachers?

Who are Graske, Schreifels, Yoerg, Pudlick, Bengtson, Payne, Baune, Fox.

300

A set of interacting parts forming a complex whole.

What is a system?

300

All the living things on a planet.

What is the biosphere?

300

What NASA rover photographed rocks on the bottom of Gale Crater?

What is rover Curiosity?

400

What is the raised-dome landform on the surface of Venus called?

What is a novae?

400

Name the opponent for tonight's Becker Bulldog football game?

Who is Hutchinson.

400

What are the three parts to a scientific argument?

What are claim, evidence, and reasoning?

400

 The solid part of a rocky planet.

What is the geosphere?

400

What are two reasons humans haven't travelled to Mars?

What are distance and fuel (food, conditions, tech., etc...)?

500

What rocky planets have ice on their surfaces?

What are Mercury, Earth, and Mars?

500

What is the nickname for the amazing prize(s) that a student can pick out of the "Lucky Bucket"?

What is "Teacher Gold".

500

True or false: Landforms cause geologic processes to occur.

What is false?

500

Name the different types of spheres in the system.

Geosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere

500

What is the correct name of the rock that was found at the bottom of the channel?

What is a conglomerate rock?