Transcript Earth Quiz - Mr. White Online

Earth Science Edition
2008
Earth’s
Interior
Earth
Volcanoes Earthquakes
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Volcanoes
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Question: What is the outer
layer of the Earth called?
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Answer: Crust
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Question: The center of the
Earth is divided into how
many parts?
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Answer: 2
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Question: What does the
outer core of the Earth consist
of?
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Answer: Molten iron
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Question: What does the
inner core of the Earth consist
of?
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Answer: Solid iron
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Question: What keeps the
center of the Earth solid?
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Answer: Pressure
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Question: The Earth is not
made of a single rock.
Instead, it’s made up of many
what?
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Answer: Plates
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Question: How far can the
Earth’s crust move in a year?
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Answer: A few (cm), (in)
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Question: Name the three
ways in which the Earth’s
crust can collide?
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Topic 2 for $300
Answer: Push, pull, and
scrape past
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Question: What is Earth’s
highest land formation?
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Answer: Mountains
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Question: What land form can
appear when the Earth’s crust
folds, cracks, and bend due to
movement?
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Answer: Mountains
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Question: What is the molten
rock INSIDE a volcano called?
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Answer: Magma
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Question: What is the molten
rock OUTSIDE a volcano
called?
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Topic 3 for $200
Answer: Lava
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Question: About how many
active volcanoes are there on
Earth?
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Answer: 1500
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Question: What are the two
landforms that volcanoes can
produce?
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Answer: Mountains and
islands
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Question: What is the
temperature of the Earth’s
core?
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Answer: 10,000 F
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Question: What is released
when an earthquake
happens?
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Answer: Energy
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Question: How many
earthquakes happen each
year?
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Answer: Over a million
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Question: Where do most
earthquakes occur?
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Topic 4 for $300
Answer: At faults
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Question: What do we call the
center of an earthquake?
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Answer: The epicenter
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Question: Name the 3 types
of seismic waves.
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Answer: P-waves, S-waves,
Surface waves
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Question: In which direction
do seismic waves travel?
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Answer: All ways. Like the
ripples on a pond
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Question: The opening
through which molten rock,
and gases escape from a
volcano is called what?
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Answer: A vent
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Question: The bowl-like
opening of a volcano is called
what?
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Answer: A crater
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Question: What type of
volcano is made up of layers
of ash and lava?
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Answer: Composite volcano
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Question: What is the name of
the tube through which
molten rock flows.
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Answer: Conduit
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