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

When is our Unit 5 Exam?

May 5th (Tuesday)

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 am not alive, but I can move when the atmosphere pushes me.
I hang in the classroom and remind you that even invisible air can cause motion. I'm red, white and... What am I? 

United States Flag

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 might have planets… I might have doodles…
I might have something completely random.
There’s no food chain here—but there is creativity.
And if you made it, I might be holding it. What am I?

Classroom Art Wall

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

In the middle of learning about food chains or the rock cycle,I suddenly break the silence. I’m not part of the lesson… but somehow everyone knows me...
Other voices join in before I even finish asking my question—
“Do you hear me calling…?”   What am I?

Mr. Tamez's ringtone!

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 can make fire grow bigger,
but I am not fire. I am found in water and in rocks,
and I am all around you—even if you can’t see me. Living things need me to survive,
but most people don’t think about me. What am I? (Be specific)

Oxygen?