Transcript Jeopardy Earth`s Layers, Features, and Activity

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What are
Earth’s layers
made of?
Earth’s Plates
Earth’s
Features
Earthquakes
and Volcanoes
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What are Earth’s layers made of?
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This is a land formation that is an
area of raised, flat land.
What are Earth’s layers made of?
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This part of the Earth’s core is a very
dense liquid.
What are Earth’s layers made of?
for 600
These things are found floating on top of the
lower mantle.
What are Earth’s layers made of?
for 800
Most of Earth’s mass is found in this layer.
Earth’s Plates for 200
This is the name of the force that
moves Earth’s tectonic plates.
Earth’s Plates for 400
A trilobite is found on the eastern coast of
South America. This area is where identical
trilobites would need to be found in order to
support Wegener’s theory of continental drift.
Earth’s Plates for 600
The North American Plate and the
Eurasian Plate move away from each
other about _________ each year.
Earth’s Plates for 800
This is the name Alfred Wegener gave
to the one large continent he thought
existed many years ago.
Earth’s Features 200
According to the theory of plate
tectonics, these may form when
plates move together.
Earth’s Features 400
According to the theory of plate
tectonics, Earth’s lithosphere is
broken into about _______ plates.
Earth’s Features 600
This is the name for a break in the
Earth’s crust.
Earth’s Features 800
The Himalayan Mountains are formed
because the Eurasian Plate and the Indian
Plate are pushing against each other. This
is called a ___________ boundary.
Earthquakes and Volcanoes for
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Most major earthquakes in the United
States occur in California and Alaska.
These states are located on a
______________ ______________.
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This is where most volcanoes are
located.
Earthquakes and Volcanoes for
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This instrument measures ground
movement as it occurs.
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A fracture boundary, like the San
Andreas fault, cause ____________
when they slide past each other.
Class Questions for 200
This is the name for the innermost part
of the Earth.
Class Questions for 400
The temperature of the core is thought
to be about ______________.
Class Questions for 600
This is the name of the scale that
measures earthquakes.
Class Questions for 800
This is the percent of oxygen found in
the Earth’s crust.
Capture the Chapter for 200
This is made up of Earth’s crust and the
solid part of the mantle.
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This is the layer in which the
convection currents that move the
plates occurs.
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Pangea was a main part of Wegener’s
theory of ___________ _________.
Capture the Chapter for 800
As new crust forms on the ocean floor, it
pushes the plates further and further apart.
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is an example of
this movement called …
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What are
Earth’s
layers made
of?
Earth’s
Plates
Earth’s
Features
Earthquakes
and
Volcanoes
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What are Earth’s layers made of?
for 400
This is the innermost layer of the Earth.
What are Earth’s layers made of?
for 800
This is the layer of the Earth that we
live on.
What are Earth’s layers made of?
for 1200
The lithosphere is made up of the crust
and this part.
What are Earth’s layers made of?
for 1600
This layer of the earth contains
convection currents that move the
plates.
Earth’s Plates for 400
Layers of similar rock and similar
fossils helped scientists support this
theory.
Earth’s Plates for 800
This is the name of the place where
two plates meet.
Earth’s Plates for 1200
This individual created the theory of
continental drift.
Earth’s Plates for 1600
This is the name of the theory that
states the Earth’s lithosphere is
broken into 20 plates.
Earth’s Features for 400
This is the name of the liquid rock
found under the Earth’s crust.
Earth’s Features for 800
This is the name of the liquid rock that
flows forth from volcanoes or breaks
in the Earth’s crust.
Earth’s Features for 1200
This is an opening in the Earth’s plates
through which magma rises.
Earth’s Features for 1600
This is the name for a crater that is at
least 1.6 km wide.
Earthquakes and Volcanoes for
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An island like Hawaii is caused by this.
Earthquakes and Volcanoes for
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This state has the most earthquakes.
Earthquakes and Volcanoes for
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Hot liquids and gases rise above cool
liquids or gases because they are
this.
Earthquakes and Volcanoes for
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This is the name for the deep sided
depression at the top of a volcano.
Class Questions for 400
A family safety plan is something you
should create before this occurs.
Class Questions for 800
According to continental drift, South
America could have been part of this
continent.
Class Questions for 1200
These are the two fossils that were
found on both South America and
Africa which helped to support
continental drift.
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This is the tool that scientists use to
chart the movement of continents
now.
Capture the Chapter for 400
One of the earliest made earthquake
detection tools was made in this
country.
Capture the Chapter for 800
These are the four layers of Earth.
Capture the Chapter for 1200
These are the two plates that are
responsible for the earthquake activity
in California and Alaska.
Capture the Chapter for 1600
The part of the crust covered by ocean
is this thick.
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