SPARKLING SUDOKU
Can you fill in the grid with these super stones? Each row, column and box must contain one different gemstone.
QUICK EARTH SCIENCE QUIZ
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Who or what is LUCA?
A A new domestic robot to take your Italian cookery to the next level
B Lonely Unicorn Catchers Anonymous
C Last Universal Common Ancestor
What makes up the soil triangle?
A Clay, silt and sand
B Oxygen, heat and fuel
C Oxygen, water and insects
When Earth’ s air was full of methane, what colour was the sky? A B C
Green Red Turquoise
What was the Cambrian explosion?
A The most intense fireworks display seen from space
B The most intense burst of evolution ever known
C The most intense fart ever recorded
True or false? Compounds made by soil bacteria are responsible for 70 per cent of antibiotics.
What are giant ancient mushrooms called? A B C
Prokaryotes Prototaxites Protoplast
Which of these are names of erupting hot springs? A B C
Diamond Geyser Fly Geyser Splendid Geyser
How long does the seven-hour flower bloom for? A B C
Eight hours 540 minutes 25,200 seconds
What do earthworms breathe through?
A A scuba tank
B Their noses
C Their skin
True or false? Soil is the same as dirt. word MORPHS
Change ROCK to LIFE in four moves or fewer by changing one letter at a time. Each word must be a proper word so ROCK to SOCK is OK but not ROCK to ZOCK. Then try SOIL to BOOT.
Can you work out which of the following are names of rocks and which are aliens from Dr Who?
R O C K _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ L I F E
ROCK
S O I L _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ B O O T
Sensorite Ood Diorite Gneiss Sontaran Gabbro Carrionite Gelth Breccia Sovite
F I R E _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ S N O W
ALIEN