Rocks
Plants
Light
Magnets and Force
Animals
100
How are igneous rocks formed? Two answers.
(Hint: don't step in the _______)
Bonus: Can you describe what igneous rocks look like?
Igneous rocks are formed when lava cools quickly or magma (lava inside the earth) cools slowly.
extrusive igneous rock: smooth, shiny, little to no crystals
intrusive igneous rock: big crystals
100
What do plants need to grow?
They need light, water, nutrients, air and space/room to grow.
100
How does light travel?
Light travels in straight lines.
100
Every magnet has a north ______ and a south _______.
Every magnet has a north pole and a south pole.
100
What do animals need to survive?
Animals need food, air, and water to survive.
200
How are sedimentary rocks formed? Think- what do they have?
Bonus: what can sedimentary rocks look like?
Sedimentary rocks are formed when sediment (small pieces of rock), dead plants and animals and dirt are pressed together.
Bonus: layers, pieces of rocks or fossils
200
What happens inside leaves?
Leaves collect sunlight to make food. Leaves suck in carbon dioxide (to make food) and turn it into Oxygen, which humans need to survive. Yay!
200
Name two light sources.
Bonus: What is the definition of a light source.
Examples: Sun, Phone, Torch, Stars, Computer Screen, etc...
200
When two different poles are near, they ________.
Bonus: what is this called?
When two like poles are near, they attract.
Bonus: attraction
200
What does it mean if an animal is a vertebrate? Give two examples.
If an animal is a vertebrate, it has a skeleton on the inside of its body (endoskeleton). Examples can be horse, rabbit, shark, human, etc.
300
How are metamorphic rocks formed? (hint: h____ and p______)
Bonus: How can metamorphic rocks look like?
Over time, rocks are buried deeper and deeper into earth. Then heat and pressure change the rocks.
Bonus: They can have wavy lines and crystals and beautiful colours.
300
What is the importance of the roots? (can you use the word "absorb" and "soil")
The hold the plant in place. They absorb nutrients and water from the soil.
300
What word describes an object that allows some light to pass through it.
Bonus: What are the other two names to describe objects that allow NO light and that allow ALL light.
Translucent
Bonus: Opaque, Transparent
300
When two like poles are near, they _______.
Bonus: what is this called?
When two like poles are near, they repel.
Bonus: repulsion
300
What does it mean if an animal is a invertebrate? Give two examples.
If an animal is invertebrate, the animal does not have a skeleton on the inside of its body. Many have their skeleton on the outside (exoskeleton).
Examples: bees, butterflies, crabs, shrimp, spiders, etc
400
Can you describe how a dinosaur becomes a fossil?
Bonus: What is the name of a person who studies fossils?
First, the dinosaur dies. It decomposes or decays (eaten by other animals or rots away) and/or the dinosaur is buried in rock or ice. Then the remains(bones) fossilize -- minerals turn the remains into rock. This takes a VERY LONG TIME. Last, the fossil is discovered when the rock errodes or someone digs it up!
Bonus: Fossilisation
Bonus: Paleontologist
400
Describe animal dispersal and give one example.
Bonus: What are the names of other types of dispersal?
SUPER BONUS: Why is seed dispersal important?
Animal dispersal is when animals carry seeds from one place to another. An example is when a rabbit hops next to plant. The seed from the plant attaches to its fur and the rabbit hops away. The seed drops from the fur in a new location.
Bonus: wind dispersal and dropping
SUPER BONUS: Seeds need space to grow into new plants, but plants and seeds can't walk to new and bigger spaces, so they need to be carried in different ways.
400
Describe what's happening in this picture. Use the words: shadow, sun
The sun is low in the sky. This makes the cat's shadow long and thin.
400
What does it mean if a material is magnetic? What metals are magnetic? (3)
Magnetic materials are attracted to magnets.
Iron, cobalt and nickel
400
What is the difference between amphibians and reptiles.
Amphibians have wet, smooth skin.
Reptiles have dry, scaly skin.
Amphibians have eggs that are soft. They lay them in water.
Reptiles have eggs that are hard. They lay them on land.
Amphibians don't look like their parents. They change. Metamorphosis.
Reptiles look like their parents.
Amphibians have gills when they are young and can breathe through their skin.
Reptiles breath using their lungs.
500
What is soil made of?
Bonus: On earth, where do we find soil? Can we find soil deep inside the earth?
Rock parts, air, water, minerals and dead or decaying plants and animals.
Bonus: We find soil on the most top part of the earth. We do not find soil deep in earth because the pressure and heat turn it into rock.
500
What are two purposes of a flower?
1. It makes seeds for new plants.
2. It attracts pollinators like bees and butterflies to carry pollen to other flowers. (pollination)
500
What happens if we bring the dinosaur closer to the torch?
Bonus: Objects closer to a __________ ________ have a __________ shadow. Objects farther from a _________ _________ have a _________ shadow.
The dinosaur's shadow will be bigger.
Bonus: Objects closer to a light source have a bigger shadow. Objects farther from a light source have a smaller shadow.
500
What is friction?
When two objects move across each other, there is a force. This force can slow the objects.
500
What is happening here? Who is the predator, producer and prey?
Bonus: Where does this process really start? What does the energy really begin?
This is a food chain.
Producer is the grass.
Prey is the fox, deer and rodent.
Predator is the wildcat, fox and bird.
Bonus: The sun is the original source of energy.