Transcript Geology Unit Jeopardy 07

Minerals
Earthquakes
Earth’s
Layers
Rock Cycle
Plate
Tectonics
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Minerals $ 100
What property of a mineral
is measured on a scale
from 1 to 10?
ANSWER:
hardness
Minerals $200
Silicate minerals contain a
combination of what two
elements?
ANSWER:
Silicon and oxygen
Minerals $300
What is the name of this
metallic luster mineral often
confused with real gold?
ANSWER:
pyrite
Minerals $400
Which mineral contains
lead, has a high density, is
cubic and has a metallic
luster?
ANSWER:
galena
Minerals $500
What are the FOUR
characteristics of a
mineral?
ANSWER:
1. Natural
2. Solid
3. Non-living (inorganic)
4. Repeating chemical formula
(crystal structure)
Earthquakes $100
What is the name of the
location where an earthquake
releases energy within the
crust, along a fault line?
ANSWER
focus
Earthquakes $200
Which seismic wave exists
only at the epicenter of
very powerful earthquakes?
ANSWER:
L (surface) waves
Earthquakes $300
What is the method used to
locate an epicenter using
distances from a seismic
station?
ANSWER:
triangulation
Earthquakes $400
What is the name of the scale
that uses eyewitness accounts
to measure the intensity of an
earthquake?
ANSWER:
Mercalli Scale
Earthquakes $500
What TWO pieces of information
from a seismogram are needed to
determine the Richter scale
magnitude of an earthquake?
ANSWER:
S & P lag time
AND
Height of the S wave
Earth’s Layers $100
Which layer of the earth is
solid due to tremendous
pressure?
ANSWER:
Inner core
Earth’s Layers $200
Which type of crust is less
dense and thicker (ocean
crust or continental crust)?
ANSWER:
Continental crust
Earth’s Layers $300
Which layer of the earth is
mostly made of liquid iron
and nickel?
ANSWER:
Outer core
Earth’s Layers $400
Lithospheric plates are
made up of which two
layers of the earth?
ANSWER:
Crust and top of mantle
Earth’s Layers $500
What do we use to learn about
the outer and inner core of
the earth?
ANSWER:
Earthquake (seismic)
waves
Rock Cycle $100
What type of rock is
created from the cooling of
magma or lava?
ANSWER:
Igneous rock
Rock Cycle $200
What type of rock is created
from the compaction and
cementation of particles?
ANSWER:
Sedimentary rock
Rock Cycle $300
What process moves
sediments from their
original source to a new
location?
ANSWER:
erosion
Rock Cycle $400
What breaks down rock on
the surface of the earth?
ANSWER:
weathering
Rock Cycle $500
Name the FIVE agents of
erosion.
ANSWER:
Running water
Wind
Waves
Glaciers
Gravity
Plate Tectonics
$ 100
What is the name of the
transform boundary along the
west coast of North America
that causes many earthquakes?
ANSWER:
San Andreas fault line
Plate Tectonics
$ 200
What type of plate
boundary exists when
plates collide together?
ANSWER:
Convergent
Plate Tectonics
$ 300
What land form exists on plate
boundaries at the bottom of the
ocean where new ocean crust
is being created?
ANSWER:
Mid-ocean ridges
Plate Tectonics
$ 400
What landform gets created
above sea level when two
oceanic plates collide?
ANSWER:
Volcanic island arc
Plate Tectonics
$ 500
What is the name of the
circular pattern of material in
the mantle that scientists think
cause the plates to move?
ANSWER:
Convection Currents