People and Living Things
Non -living things
Events!
Vocabulary
Scientific Method
100

This dinosaur lived on the island of Madagascar 65 million years ago

What is the Majungasaurus?

100

The item that separated Mr. G's classroom from the 6 students who traveled back in time to the time of dinosaurs

What is a plastic sheet?

100

An event that triggers the dying off of any amount of species

What is an extinction?

100

Another word that describes bubble gum exploding

What is popping?

100

Another word for an educated guess, or theory that hasn't yet been tested.   

What is a hypothesis?

200

The species of animal that almost got Zara (or was it her bubble gum?).  Luckily, Tansy came to the rescue!

What is the devil frog?

200

The items that students use to study key words to become Earth scholars.

What are flashcards? 

200

When a handful of species die off at a time, over a long course of Earth's history.

What is a background extinction?

200

A word that means to use facts to show something is true

What is prove?

200

The first step of the scientific method  (What caused the K-T Extinction) 

What is asking a question?

300

The boy who's dad is a research scientist.  Also known as the "dino guy"

Who is Max?

300

The twisting phenomenon that took the kids from the classroom back in time to 66 million years in the past. 

What is a vortex?

300

An event that happened nearly 65 million years ago and involved a massive asteroid striking Earth near current day Mexico, triggering the mass extinction of dinosaur species and nearly 75% of plant and animal species

What is the K-T Extinction? 

300

A word that describes a landform that has its own government.  There are 195 of these across our world.

What is a country? 

300

Scientists have to do this over and over again (repeatedly) to make sure they have enough information to form a conclusion.  (Walter Alvarez and team looked closely at samples of earth and discovered metal found in asteroids) 

What is test?

400

The thing that crashed into Earth and triggered the K-T Extinction 

What is an asteroid?

400

Africa, Europe, Asia, Antarctica, and North America are examples of these.

What are continents?

400

The important day, or event that is happening when The Parallel Universe story begins 

What is the first day of school? 

400
Another name for a vast body of salt water

What is an ocean? 

400

The final step in the scientific method ( The K-T extinction was triggered by a massive asteroid striking earth)

What is drawing a conclusion?

500

The scientist who discovered metal found in asteroids deep in the Earth.  This discovery helped confirm the theory that an asteroid had struck Earth.    

Who is Walter Alvarez?

500

The island off the east coast of Africa. Where our story is set.

What is Madagascar?

500
The year our story is set (the story with the characters--Domingo, Jeet, Zara, Tansy, Max,and Jazzy )

What is 2100?

500

A word that describes the "kinds" or "types" of living things.  For example: cats, bear, fish

What is a species?