Transcript Cat Events Jeopardy

Catastrophic events Jeopardy
Vocabulary
Potpourri
Storms
Earthquakes
Volcanoes
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FINAL
VOCABULARY
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The movement of a liquid or gas in a
spiral around a central axis.
What is Vortex
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VOCABULARY
200
A body of air with the same temperature
& moisture throughout.
What is an Air Mass
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VOCABULARY
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The transfer of heat energy through
liquids & gases by movement
resulting from temperature
differences. Warm rises & expands;
cool sinks & contracts.
What is a Convection Current
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VOCABULARY
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Synonym for compression wave, this
wave travels the fastest and moves
straight (in a push/pull) direction
What is a Primary Wave
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VOCABULARY
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Thermal energy is transferred through three
(3) different methods.
What are Radiation,
Conduction, & Convection
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Potpourri
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What is the difference between
Magma & Lava?
What is Magma is molten rock beneath the surface
of the planet, and Lava is above the surface.
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Potpourri
200
How does heat affect the
viscosity of a substance?
What is heat allows a substance to
flow more freely.
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Potpourri
300
Name the three main classification
of rocks.
What are Igneous, Sedimentary, and
Metamorphic rocks.
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Potpourri
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What is a convection current?
What is a circulating flow of air or
water resulting from temperature differences;
also called a convection cell.
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Potpourri
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A huge sea wave caused by
underwater earthquakes or,
more rarely, by volcanoes.
What is a Tsunami
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Storms
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The state of the atmosphere at a
particular time and place.
What is Weather
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Storms
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Global winds that flow toward the
equator, turning west as they go.
What are the Trade Winds
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Storms
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An unusually warm flow of surface water
that occurs in the Pacific Ocean about
every 3 to 7 years.
What is El Niño
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Storms
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A violent windstorm that spirals around
a rotating column of air (the vortex)
and moves in a narrow path over land.
What is a Tornado
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Storms
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A massive rotating storm that forms north of the
equator in the western Pacific Ocean. It is
equivalent to a hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean,
eastern Pacific Ocean, or Caribbean Sea.
What is a Typhoon
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Earthquakes
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A scientist who studies earthquakes.
What is a Seismologist
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Earthquakes
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The record made by a seismograph; the
paper on which earthquake waves are
recorded.
What is a Seismogram
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Earthquakes
300
Daily Double
A zone of intense earthquake and
volcanic activity that encircles the
Pacific Ocean basin.
What is the “Ring of Fire”
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Earthquakes
400
A seismic wave; so named because it is the second
wave to reach the seismograph station after an
earthquake. It travels through the body of the
earth in a side-to-side pattern.
What is an S-Wave
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Earthquakes
500
A place where pieces of the broken
lithosphere meet. Boundary types include
sliding (transform), colliding (convergent),
and spreading (divergent).
What is a Plate Boundary
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Volcanoes
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A volcano that forms from alternating
eruptions of viscous lava and broken
rock. It is steep near the summit and
flat toward the base.
What is a Composite Volcano
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Volcanoes
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A solid earth material that forms when
magma or lava cools and crystallizes
on or below the earth’s surface.
What is Igneous Rock
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Volcanoes
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A bulbous, steep-sided dome that forms at
the top of a volcano when thick,
relatively “cold” magma emerges from
the volcanic opening.
What is a Lava Dome
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Volcanoes
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The process by which earth materials
transform from one rock type into another.
What is the Rock Cycle
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Volcanoes
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A scientist who studies volcanoes and
volcanic phenomena.
What is a Volcanologist
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FINAL JEOPARDY!
What is a Natural Catastrophic
Event?
A powerful and often dramatic force of
nature that changes the earth’s surface and
atmosphere; includes earthquakes, volcanoes,
and intense storms such as
hurricanes and tornadoes.