He is the Principal of Melrose
Who is Mr Vaughan?
This is when the Earth's shadow is cast onto the moon
What is a lunar eclipse?
Carrots belong to this kingdom
What is plantae?
Something that is useful and found in nature
What is a natural resource?
When a substance "disappears" when mixed with a solvent - eg salt in water
What is dissolving
This is a large lake North of Canberra on the way to Goulburn
What is lake George?
It moves about 140,000 km/h
How fast does the Earth move as it orbits the sun?
Something that describes the feeding relationships between organisms in an area
What is a foodweb?
Something that is not found in nature but is made from resources that are found in nature.
What is a synthetic resource?
It is the lightest element
What is hydrogen?
These are 3 of the rivers flowing through the ACT
What are the Cotter, Murrumbidgee, Molonglo and Queanbeyan rivers?
It is a satellite that orbits the earth
What is the moon?
An animal that has hair and produces milk for its young
What is a mammal?
Something that has a replacement time of less than 1 human lifetime
What is a renewable resource?
It is a way of separating a solid suspended in a liquid
What is filtration?
This is the capital of France
What is Paris?
It results in four seasons experienced on Earth
What effect does the tilt of Earth's axis have on earth?
These are the 5 kingdoms of life
What are Monera, Protista, Animalia, Plantae and Fungi?
It is a resource made from the remains of animals buried hundreds of millions of years ago
What is oil / natural gas?
A mixture that consists of a solvent and a solute
What is a solution
This is the most Northern capital city in Australia
What is Darwin?
It is one of the causes of cyclones and typhoons
What is the coriolis effect?
These are the organisms that pass energy from the sun into ecosystems
What are primary producers?
This is the word used to describe how one form of energy changes into another form
What is "transform"?
A method to separate two liquids that have different boiling points
What is distillation