Food Chains
Earth's Spheres
Layers of the Earth
The Rock Cycle
Wild Card
100

What is the role of a producer in a food chain?

Makes its own food 

100

Which sphere includes all living things?

Biosphere

100

What layer of the Earth do we live on?

Crust

100

What type of rock forms from cooled lava?

Igneous

100

I stay closed for most of the school day,
but once I move, everyone notices immediately.

I separate one place from another,
yet hundreds of students pass through me every single day.

Sometimes I slam loudly,
sometimes I creak slowly,
but I always know when someone is arriving or leaving.

Classroom Door

200

What is the difference between a producer and a consumer?

Producer makes food; consumer eats others

200

Which sphere includes water like oceans and rivers?

Hydrosphere

200

Which layer is the thickest?

Mantle

200

What type of rock forms from heat and pressure?

Metamorphic

200

I stand silently in the classroom,
missing pieces most people would rather keep inside.

To understand me,
you must take me apart layer by layer
and place everything back where it belongs.

If one piece is missing,
the whole system feels wrong.

What am I?

Human Anatomy Model / Mannequin / Figure / Puzzle

300

What type of consumer eats only plants?

Herbivore 

300

Which sphere includes air and gases?

Atmosphere

300

Which layer is made of liquid metal?

Outer Core

300

What type of rock forms from compacted sediments?

Sedimentary

300

I may seem boring at first,
but I’ve been through more than you think.

Heat, pressure, weathering, and time
can change me into something new.

You might step on me, skip me across water,
or study me in science class.

ROCK / ROCK CYCLE

400

What happens to energy as it moves through a food chain?

Energy decreases

400

Which sphere includes rocks and land?

Geosphere

400

What is the hottest layer of the Earth?

Inner Core

400

What process turns rock into sediment?

Weathering & erosion

400

I’m small, green, and very quiet,
with giant ears and big eyes.

I travel across the galaxy in a floating pod,
always protected by a warrior in silver armor.
Though I have a real name,
most people still call me by another one.

Baby Yoda / Grogu

500

How would removing a predator affect a food chain?

Prey increases, imbalance

500

How do two spheres interact during rainfall?

Atmosphere and Hydrosphere 

500

Which layer of the Earth is compared to a steel ball?

Inner Core

500

Explain how one rock type can change into another.

Any valid explanation of cycle

500

I’m not new, but I look complete.
I rise when the Sun is leaving,
and I glow like a circle watching over the night.

Earth stands between me and the Sun,
yet I still shine the brightest.

Full Moon