Transcript Jeopardy Sem. 1 Review

Jeopardy
Scientific
Method
Plate
Tectonics
Plate
Earthquakes Volcanoes
Boundaries
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Final Jeopardy: Topic Chemistry
Scientific Method - $100
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A hypothesis is a statement that
is always true
is usually true
is the same as a theory
can be tested
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Can be tested
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Scientific Method - $200
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The first step in the scientific process
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Observation
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an important means of gathering information
Making a measurement
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A hypothesis or set of hypotheses supported by
the results of experimentation and observation
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Theory
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A well established and proven theory
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Law
Plate Tectonics - $100
Geologists teach the Theory of Plate Tectonics
because
a. it explains how mountain ranges formed
b. it explains why there are earthquakes
c. it explains the origin of volcanoes and even the
type of lava
d. all of the above
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D. All of the above
Plate Tectonics - $200
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Where new sea floor forms
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Mid-ocean ridges
Plate Tectonics - $300
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Sea floor topography provides evidence of this
phenomenon
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Plate Tectonics
Plate Tectonics - $400
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The type of collision that occurs when two
lithospheric plates converge is determined
primarily by this characteristic of plates
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Plate density
Plate Tectonics - $500
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Paleomagnetism of the ocean floor is used to
identify this feature of rocks
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Approximate time the rock cooled and hardened
Plate Boundaries - $100
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The boundary where sea floor spreading occurs
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Divergent Boundary
Plate Boundaries - $200
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The region along a plate boundary where one
plate is moved beneath another plate
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Subduction Zone
Plate Boundaries - $300
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A rift valley is evidence of this kind of plate
boundary
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Divergent
Plate Boundaries - $400
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The convergence of two continental plates
would produce this land feature
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Mountains
Plate Boundaries - $500
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The type of boundary where plates move past
each other in opposite directions
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Transform
Earthquakes - $100
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The Mercalli scale is used to express this
earthquake feature
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Intensity
Earthquakes - $200
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The Richter scale is used to express this feature
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Magnitude
Earthquakes - $300
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The place where an Earthquake slippage first
occurs is known as this
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Focus
Earthquakes - $400
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S waves can travel through this medium
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Solids only
Earthquakes - $500
Earthquake activity in California is primarily caused
by this
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Plates grinding past each other along active
faults.
Volcanoes - $100
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An opening in the earth’s surface through which
molten rock flows
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Vent
Volcanoes - $200
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Cinder cone volcanoes are formed when
volcanoes eject this type of lava
Felsic lava
Volcanoes - $300
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This type of volcano usually results from a quiet
lava eruption
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Shield Volcano
Volcanoes - $400
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As a volcanic mountain range is built, isostatic
adjustment will cause the crust beneath it to do
what?
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Sink
Volcanoes - $500
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This type of lava is characterized by explosive
eruptions due to trapped gasses
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Mafic Lava
Final Jeopardy
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The mass number of an atom that has 4
protons, 4 neutrons, and 4 electrons.
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