Transcript DoubleJeopardy2

Double Jeopardy
Rocks 2
Planets 2
Weather
Weathering
Atmosphere
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Compliments of the James Madison Center, JMU
Which of the following rock is the youngest?
A . Granite
B. Limestone
C. Shale
D. Conglomerate
Which rock is limestone made of?
A. Igneous
C. Sedimentary
B. Metamorphic
How is an intrusive rock made?
A. Formed at the crust's surface as a result
of the partial melting
C. Over time
B. Volcanic eruption
What is the layering called in
A metamorphic rock?
A. foliation
B. Overlay
C. Ply
Fossils are most likely found in
What type of rock?
A. Sedimentary
B. Intrusive
C. Igneous
D. Metamorphic
The earth is approximately how old?
A. 400,000 years
B. 4 million years
C. 40 million years
D. 4 billion years
Which of the following in
Responsible for the change in seasons?
A. The orbital velocity of earth
B. The tilt of the earths axis.
C. The elliptical orbit of earth
around the sun
D. The rotation of earth.
The sun produces energy and light by?
A. Fission
B. Fire
C. Fusion
D. Oxidation
The moons craters are caused by what?
A. Volcanic activity
B. Meteor strikes
C. The asteroid belt
D. Gravity tides
What is the surface of the sun called?
A. Convection zone
B. core
C. Corona
D. Photosphere
Snow on high top mountaintops
Can remain all year because?
A. Sunlight reflects off white
surfaces such as snow.
C. The thinner atmosphere at high
altitudes Does not transfer heat
to snow well.
B. High-atmosphere ozone blocks solar
Radiation to mountaintops.
D. Air is warmer in the high
Atmosphere near mountaintops
The amount of water vapor in the
Air is called?
A. Dew point
B. Humidity
C. Precipitation
C. Relative Humidity
What direction does weather move?
A. West to East
B. North to South
C. East to West
D. South to North
Warm air rises because?
A. It is bouyant than cool air
B. It has higher dew point the cool air
C. It is less dense the cool air
D. It contains less water vapor.
The topsoil of a mature prairie
has more of what material than
The layers below?
A. Sand
B. Clay
C. Bedrock
D. Humus
Glacial Moraines and till are examples of?
A. Glacial striations
B. unsorted glacier deposits
C. Sorted glacier drift
D. Glacier-carved landscapes
The smooth flat pebbles above
Were most likely weathered by?
A. Water
B. Acid Rain
C. Temperature changed
D. organisms
Which of the following can prevent
erosions?
A. Planting vegetation
B. clear- cutting of forest
C. Removing windbreaks
D. increasing slopes near highways
Which of the following show
Evidence of glaciers?
A. Steep slope of loose rocks
B. Thick loess deposits
C. Unsorted deposits of cobbles
D. Stratified deposits in layers
How is erosion associated with relief?
A. Low relief high erosion
B. High relief High erosion
C. High relief low erosion
D. No association.
The Majority of Earth’s atmosphere is?
A. Oxygen
B. Nitrogen
C. Carbon Dioxide
D. Trace Gases
Air temperature generally decreases
with increasing?
A. Altitude and longitude
B. Convection rate
C. Altitude and latitude
D. relative humidity and longitude.
Air molecules in direct contact with Earth’s
Surface are heated by?
A. Solar radiation
B. Reflection
C. Convection
D. Conduction
The common solids in the
atmosphere are?
A. ice, forest-fire smoke, and viruses
B. Dust, salt, and ice
C. Dust, volcanic ash, and water vapor
D. Salt, Bacteria and xenon
What is an effect of burning fossil fuels?
A. Increased carbon dioxide
B. increased nitrogen
C. Increased ozone
D. increased clouds.