Unit 1-3 Review

Mars Facts

100

Are there rings around Mars?

No

200

How many hours is one day in Mars?

What is a little over 24 hours. (24.6 hrs) 

300

In the order of the planets, which number is Mars from the sun.

What is fourth.

400

How long is a year in Martian time? (if no exact answer, closest answer wins) 

What is 687 Earth days.

500

Why is Mars known as the "red planet"?

What is iron minerals in the soil rust and the dusty atmosphere look red.

Plate Motion

100

This is the type of boundary where 2 plates move towards each other. 

Convergent

200

This is the type of boundary where 2 plates move away from each other. 

Divergent

300

At which boundary type would you find a ridge?

Divergent

400

At which boundary type would you find a trench?

Convergent

500

California used to be on a convergent plate boundary. What type of plate boundary is California on now? 

Transform

Mr. Lee Facts

100

What is the name of Mr. Lee's cat? 

Miso or miso soup

200

Which do you think is Mr. Lee's favorite ice cream flavor? Choose 1: Chocolate, mint chocolate, Strawberry

Mint chocolate

300

Do you think Mr. Lee snowboards or skis?

Skis

400

What college did Mr. Lee go to? (3 options) 

UC Irvine, University of Idaho, Cal Poly Pomona

500

What is Mr. Lee's favorite subject?

Science or math

Random Science Facts

100

This is the first part of the scientific method. 

What is asking a question?

200

These are some things that Albert Einstein discovered (not invented)  

Discovering the photoelectric effect, general theory of relativity, space-time description of gravity, e=mc^2, etc. 

300

These are the 2 axes on a graph. (you must name both) 

What is the x and y axes (or independent, dependent axes) 

400

This is the process that plants use to produce energy for themselves. 

What is photosynthesis?

500

How many planets are there in our solar system? (not including dwarf planets) 

8 planets

Rock Facts

100

How does igneous rock form? (2 steps) 

Melting and cooling. 

200

How does sedimentary rock form? (2 steps) 

Weather/erosion and then compaction/cementation.

300

DOUBLE POINT OPPORTUNITY: This is the rock type that you would describe as having large grains. (Get double points if you can name one of the rock types) 

What is igneous rock. Bonus points if you said: granite, gabbro, diorite, peridotite, or pegmatite 

400

Name 1 of the types of igneous rock that we have seen in class. 

What is obsidian, basalt, mantle rock, granite, rhyolite, or gabbro. 

500

From what rock type can you begin the rock cycle? 

Any type!