Jeopardy Earth Layer Erosion Plates Vocabulary Formations Q $100 Final Jeopardy

$100 Question from H1 What is the name for the center layer of the earth?

$100 Answer from H1 Inner Core

$200 Question from H1 What is the name of the thickest layer of the earth?

$200 Answer from H1 Mantle

$300 Question from H1 What is the thinnest layer of the Earth?

$300 Answer from H1 Crust

$400 Question from H1 What is the inner core made of?

$400 Answer from H1 Solid iron and nickel

$500 Question from H1 List the order of the layers of the earth

$500 Answer from H1 Crust/Lithosphere/Mantle/Outer Core/Inner Core

$100 Question from H2 What would the earth’s surface look like with no mountain uplift or erosion? a. Completely flat b. Completely covered with mountains c. Like it did when the Earth formed d. Like the Sun

$100 Answer from H2 c. Like it did when the Earth formed

$200 Question from H2 Which processes most directly contributes to the look of this butte? Volcanoes and earthquakes Weathering and Wind Erosion Deposition and Uplift Glaciers and Ice

$200 Answer from H2 C. Deposition and Uplift

$300 Question from H2 Underground salt deposits can be dissolved by water and carried away. What may happen next? The ground may collapse A volcano may go off An earthquake may happen The ground may form a dome

$300 Answer from H2 A. The ground may collapse

$400 Question from H2 A model was used to show how a glacier carved a canyon. The students then drew the result.

$400 Answer from H2 Drawing of U-shaped Valley

$500 Question from H2 Rodney went to his favorite fishing place on vacation one summer. When he got there, it had all changed. Why? a. He must have forgotten where it was b.Wind can blow rocks into rivers c. Erosion by rivers can change their course d. Ice in the winter can cause fish to die.

$500 Answer from H2 C. Erosion by rivers can change their course

$100 Question from H3 What is the name of the supercontinent?

$100 Answer from H3 Pangaea

$200 Question from H3 Give two reasons we know that the supercontinent once existed?

$200 Answer from H3 Tectonic plates fitting together Fossils found on continents

$300 Question from H3 What causes earthquakes, volcanoes and uplift of Earth’s surface? a. The pull of gravity from the Moon and Sun b. Movement of the Earth’s crust c. Explosions deep in the Earth’s crust. d. New rocks forming on Earth’s surface

$300 Answer from H3 B. Movement of the Earth’s crust

$400 Question from H3 A student wanted to learn more about how seismographs are used. Which book would probably give the most information? a. A book about plate tectonics b. A book about weathering and erosion c. A book about earthquakes d. A book about landslides

$400 Answer from H3 C. A book about earthquakes

$500 Question from H3 What is the name of the range of volcanoes and earthquakes that were created due to the plate tectonic activity?

$500 Answer from H3 The Ring of Fire

$100 Question from H4 An isolated hill with steep, even sides, and a flat top

$100 Answer from H4 Butte

$200 Question from H4 A crack in Earth’s crust that allows the crust to slip

$200 Answer from H4 Fault

$300 Question from H4 Part of Earth’s surface that rises above the surrounding land by great forces of heat and pressure deep within the Earth

$300 Answer from H4 Uplift

$400 Question from H4 The physical breaking up of the rocks On Earth’s surface into small pieces of rock or sand

$400 Answer from H4 Weathering

$500 Question from H4 The dropping of sand and rock carried by wind or water as it slows down or from ice that melts

$500 Answer from H4 Deposition

$100 Question from H5 What features have been formed by the movement of Earth as shown in the diagram? volcanoes and an earthquake Rivers and an ocean Plateaus and a mesa Mountains and a valley

$100 Answer from H5 D. Mountains and a valley

$200 Question from H5 Which of these was probably a quick change to the surface? Utah under warm seas Sand dunes deposited Volcanic activity Lake Bonneville, water erosion

$200 Answer from H5 C. Volvanic activity

$300 Question from H5

$300 Answer from H5 Subduction

$400 Question from H5 Which plate movement created the Atlantic Ocean and other floor ridges?

$400 Answer from H5 Divergent

$500 Question from H5 Earthquakes occur on the fault line found in which plate movement?

$500 Answer from H5 Transform (slide)

Final Jeopardy Name the four types of erosion

Final Jeopardy Answer Water, gravity, wind, glaciers