Cardigan
What is the Cardigan mascot?
Cougar
What is the action called where one tectonic plate slides underneath another?
Subduction
How many personal plants does Mr. Cabot own?
48
What is the start of the rock cycle?
Lava/Magma
What do you call an animal that eats both plants and other animals?
Omnivore or Omnivorous
Cardigan offers a program that only one other school in the country has the ability to offer. What is that?
GATES
An animal that does not have an internal skeleton and backbone is known as a ________________.
Invertebrate
What is the Capital of Wyoming?
Cheyenne
The Earth's crust is made of about _______________% igneous rock.
95%
What famous female scientist is known for not only discovering but also later dying from radiation?
Dr. Marie Curie
What dorm is named after the first headmaster of Cardigan?
Brewster
What is the lithosphere?
A combination of the crust and a small amount of the mantle.
What bird did Benjamin Franklin argue should be the National Bird of the United States instead of the Bald Eagle?
He chose the turkey because it was courageous. (This is famously known as a joke, not something he actually advocated for)
What is the process called that turns metamorphic or igneous rock into lava/magma?
Melting
What is the process that turned the Statue of Liberty a greenish color?
Oxidation or Oxidize
What dorm is named after the founders of Cardigan?
Hinman
Choose the correct vocab words to complete the sentence.
Amphibians are (Cold/Warm) blooded and lay their eggs (On Land/In The Water).
Cold, In The Water.
How many bones are in the human body?
206
Why is it important that the doesn't melt during a metamorphism?
Then it would be forming igneous rock.
What is the primary way to tell the difference between an African and an Asian elephant?
Their ears. African elephants have much larger ears.
Where did the dining hall used to be before the Commons was built?
Hayward
The entire process of weathering a rock into sediment and then compacting that sediment back together into another rock is known as __________________.
Sedimentation
What man-made body of water connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans?
Provide two examples of metamorphic rock and the rocks they started as.
Shale to slate. Limestone to marble. Sandstone to quartz.
What 3 colors mixed together make black?
Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow.