Transcript Welcome to the Jeopardy Game Template

T. Trimpe 2006 htp://sciencespot.net
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Forget...
Although they give
answers in the form of
questions on the TV show,
you do not need to do this.
Plate
Tectonics
Sea-Floor
Spreading
Vocabulary
Weather &
Erosion
Contour
Maps
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Plate Tectonics for $100
A divergent boundary is
where the plates move
______________ from each
other.
Away
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A plate boundary where the
plates move together or
crust is destroyed as one
plate dives under is called
a(n) ________________
boundary.
Convergent
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Plate Tectonics for $300
Plate boundaries that slide
against each other often
form faults are called a(n)
_________ boundary.
Transform
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When two continental
plates collide or converge
_____________ are
formed.
Mountains
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What causes the plates
motion and where does
this happen?
Convection currents in the
upper mantle cause the
plates to move.
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Sea-Floor Spreading for $100
The process in which molten
material adds new oceanic
crust to the sea floor.
Sea-floor
spreading
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Sea-Floor Spreading for $200
What are the two types of
crust?
Oceanic
and
Continental
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Which crust is the most
dense?
Oceanic
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What occurs when
continental and ocean crust
collide? (what is the process
called?)
Subduction
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What are the three
ways plates interact?
Transform,
Divergent,
Convergent
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Vocabulary for $100
What are the remains of
once living organisms
called?
Fossils 
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Vocabulary for $200
A person who studies
fossils is a….
Paleontologist
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Vocabularyfor $300
The name of the single
land mass that broke
apart 225 million years
ago into what is now
our continents.
Pangaea
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Vocabulary for $400
The large pieces that
the Earth’s lithosphere
is broken into are
called…
Plates
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Vocabulary for $500
A break or crack in the
earths lithosphere
along which rocks
move is a….
Fault
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Weather and Erosion for $100
The cycle which has
caused the continents
to change shape is
what cycle?
W-W-W
Weathering
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What are the three
steps in the weathering
cycle?
Weathering
Erosion
Deposition
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Weather and Erosion for $300
The process by which
water, wind, ice or
gravity moves
fragments of rock and
soil is….
Erosion
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Weather & Erosion for $400
Give an entire example of the
weathering cycle.
Many possible
answers…
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What were the last two
continents to break
apart?
South America
And
Africa
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Contour Maps for $100
What do contour maps
tell us about
landforms?
Their Elevation
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Contour Maps for $200
When lines are really
close together, what
does it mean?
The area is steep.
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What color are
highways on a contour
map?
Red
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On this
map what
can the
highest
elevation
be?
349
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What is
the
contour
interval
on the
map?
10
How much do you
want to risk?
Who theorized the idea
of plate tectonic?
Alfred
Wegener
Which team won?