Transcript Here

JEOPARDY
Earthquakes and Volcanoes
Earthquake 1 Earthquake 2 Volcano 1
Volcano 2
100
100
100
100
200
200
200
200
300
300
300
300
400
400
400
400
500
500
500
500
Earthquake 1
100 points
When an earthquake occurs, energy is released in
the form of __________.
a.seismic waves
c. magnitude
b.faults
d. tsunamis
Earthquake 1
100 points
ANSWER
a. seismic waves
Earthquake 1
200 points
What kind of waves causes particles in rocks to
move back and forth (compressions) in the same
direction?
a.surface waves
c. secondary waves
b.primary waves
d. tsunami waves
Earthquake 1
200 points
ANSWER
b. primary waves
Earthquakes 1
300 points
An earthquake’s _______________ is the point
on Earth’s surface directly above where the
earthquake initially started.
a.elastic limit
c. epicenter
b.focus
d. primary wave
Earthquakes 1
300 points
ANSWER
c. epicenter
Earthquakes 1
400 points
The Richter scale measures the _________ of
an earthquake.
a.magnitude
c. liquefaction
b.intensity
d. fault
Earthquakes 1
400 points
ANSWER
a. magnitude
Earthquakes 1
500 points
Rocks are subject to the force of tension where
Earth’s plates ____________.
a.slide past each other
c. move apart
b.come together
d. slide over
one another
Earthquakes 1
500 points
ANSWER
c. move apart
Earthquakes 2
100 points
If a major earthquake occurred in a populated
inland area far from the shore, which of these
would be LEAST likely to result?
a.damage to buildings and structures
b.tsunamis
c.loss of human lives
d.landslides
Earthquakes 2
100 points
ANSWER
b. tsunamis
Earthquakes 2
200 points
Buildings in areas where earthquakes happen
frequently need to be seismically safe. Which of the
following describes how a building in these areas
should be built?
a.Buildings should be built so they will stand rigidly
and not be able to sway
b.Buildings should have rubber moorings so they
will sway
c. Buildings should be built without reinforcing rods
d.Buildings should be built only on epicenters
Earthquakes 2
200 points
ANSWER
b. Buildings should have rubber
moorings so they will sway
Earthquakes 2
300 points
Determine the type of fault depicted in each
figure below as either a normal fault, reverse
fault, or a strike-slip fault.
Earthquake 2
300 points
Answer
normal fault
Earthquake 2
400 points
Determine the type of fault depicted in each
figure below as either a normal fault, reverse
fault, or a strike-slip fault.
Earthquake 2
400 points
ANSWER
reverse fault
Earthquake 2
500 points
At a ___________________ fault, the rocks above
the fault surface are pushed together and forced
up and over the rocks below the fault surface.
a. liquid
c. normal
b.strike-slip
d. reverse
Earthquakes 2
500 points
ANSWER
d. reverse
Volcanoes 1
100 points
Which of these best describes a shield volcano?
a. a small crack or fissures eruption
volcanic material
b. a volcano with steep, rough, jagged
edges
c. a very wide volcano with gently sloping
sides
d. a volcano with steep, smooth composed
of tephra sides
Volcanoes 1
100 points
ANSWER
a very wide volcano with
gently sloping sides
C.
Volcano 1
200 points
Which statement about lava flow is accurate?
a. They always move rapidly
b. They destroy everything in their paths
c. They always cool down and change into
magma
d. They are not very damaging to the
environment
Volcano 1
200 points
ANSWER
b. They destroy everything in
their paths
Volcano 1
300 points
Which of the following best describes a
composite volcano?
a. a small crack or fissures eruption volcanic
material
b. a volcano with steep, rough, jagged edges
c. a very wide volcano with gently sloping sides
d. a volcano with steep, smooth composed
of tephra sides
Volcano 1
300 points
ANSWER
b. a volcano with steep, rough,
jagged edges
Volcano 1
400 points
Why is Hawaii made of volcanoes?
a. plates are moving apart
b. a hot spot exists
c. plates are moving together
d. rift zones exist
Volcano 1
400 points
ANSWER
b. a hot spot exists
Volcano 1
500 points
The most likely cause of the slow movement of
magma toward Earth’s surface is that the
___________.
a. magma is more dense than the rock around it
b. magma is less dense than the rock around it
c. magma is hotter than the rock around it
d. magma is cooler than the rock around it
Volcano 1
500 points
ANSWER
b. magma is less dense than the
rock around it
Volcano 2
100 points
What kind of magma produces violent volcanic
eruptions?
a. those rich in silica
b. those low in silica
c. those forming shield volcanoes
d. those rich in iron
Volcano 2
100 points
ANSWER
a. those rich in silica
Volcano 2
200 points
Magma that has pushed up through layers of
rocks (Perpendicularly at a 90* angle) and
hardened is called____________.
a. sill
c. dike
b. caldera
d. vent
Volcano 2
200 points
ANSWER
c. dike
Volcano 2
300 points
What is the largest intrusive igneous rock
body?
a. dike
c. sill
b. volcanic neck
d. batholith
Volcano 2
300 points
ANSWER
d. batholith
Volcano 2
400 points
Which of the following is made of alternating
layers of ash and cooled lava flows?
a. shield volcano
c. composite volcano
b. plateau basalts
d. cinder cone volcano
Volcano 2
400 points
ANSWER
c. composite volcano
Volcano 2
500 points
Which of the following forms when the top
of a volcano collapses into a partially
emptied magma chamber?
a. fissure
c. caldera
b. crater
d. volcanic neck
Volcano 2
500 points
c. caldera