Science L6 Review of Term 2 | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

What is the rock called from a volcano that is hot and what is it called when it cools?

Lava to igneous rock

Where do we find the highest mountains in the world? China(Tibet) OR USA

China(Tibet)

How does a mountain form?

Plates collide driving the rock upwards

What are some agents of erosion?

wind, water, ice, glaciers, waves, gravity

What is biological weathering?

Plants and animals breaking up rock

Give a type of weathering

Onion skin, freeze thaw, chemical, biological, physical

What is the difference between erosion and deposition?

Erosion is the breaking down of the rock and deposition is the moving of the rock to be settled somewhere else

What did they find that strongly suggested that South America and Africa were joined together once before?

Fossils of the same origin on both continents even though now apart.

What is the theory of Pangaea?

One continent before it split up

Metamorphic rock is rock that has been melted and cooled. True OR false

False

What do we call rock that has settled into layers? Sedimentary rock OR igneous rock

Sedimentary rock

What are rocks made of? Minerals OR salts OR both

Both

Which part of the earths inner anatomy is made up of magma? Outer core or mantle

Outer core

How can we prevent floods?

Dams and river engineering

What can cause flooding?

River bursting banks, heavy rains

What is an avalanche?

Mass of snow moving fast, over 300kms/h down a mountain side

Mountaineers can suffer from __________________.

Frostbite, altitude sickness

What force affects the occurrence of landslides?

Gravity

What is the name of the area on earth where most tsunamis and earthquakes occur?

Ring of Fire

What can cause a tsunami?

Tectonic plates moving, earthquakes, icebergs, volcanoes

Name a type of fossil.

Cast, mold, body, amber, carbon, trace, true form