Science Jeopardy!

Earth History Jeopardy Grand Canyon Geology Erosion and Weathering Vocabulary Rock Cycle 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500

Grand Canyon 100 The explorer who first mapped the Colorado River Area. Who is John Wesley Powell?

Grand Canyon 200 The mineral that causes limestone to react with acid. What is calcite (calcium carbonate)?

What is the law of superposition? Grand Canyon 300 The principle that explains why rock layers on the bottom of a column of rock are older than layers on the top of the column. What is the law of superposition?

Grand Canyon 400 The process where geologists compare and connect rock layers in one area to rock layers in another area. What is correlation?

What is the principal of original horizontality? Grand Canyon 500 The principle that explains why most sedimentary rock is deposited in horizontal layers. What is the principal of original horizontality?

The process that formed the Grand Canyon. Geology 100 The process that formed the Grand Canyon. What is erosion by the Colorado River?

Geology 200 A kind of model scientists draw to show the sequence of rock layers from a particular area. What is a rock column?

The type of rock where you will typically find fossils. Geology 300 The type of rock where you will typically find fossils. What is sedimentary rock?

Why sedimentary rock layers are sometimes not horizontal. Geology 400 Why sedimentary rock layers are sometimes not horizontal. What is the effects of a catastrophic event – such as faulting, folding or tipping?

What is uniformitarianism? Geology The process where scientists study evidence in rocks and the earth to make inferences about the Earth History. What is uniformitarianism?

Erosion 100 The materials that are broken down and transported by weathering and erosion. What is sediment?

Two different types of weathering. What are physical and chemical? Erosion 200 Two different types of weathering. What are physical and chemical?

Different ways for transportation/ deposition of sediments. Erosion 300 Different ways for transportation/ deposition of sediments. What are wind, water and ice.

The two responding variables in our erosion investigation. What are the mass of the source rock and the mass of the sediment?

Erosion 500. The process where grains of sand are compacted and “cemented” into sandstone. What is lithification?

Fossils that help geologists determine the age of rock layers. Vocabulary100 Fossils that help geologists determine the age of rock layers. What is an index fossil?

A rock made from clay and silt and often containing plant fossils. Vocabulary 200 A rock made from clay and silt and often containing plant fossils. What is shale?

Vocabulary 300 A low-lying landform area where sediments are deposited to form layers. What is a basin?

Vocabulary 400 A large, nearly level area of land that has been uplifted above the surrounding area. What is a plateau?

Vocabulary 500 The process that happens when a landform is made of soft and hard rocks, and the rocks wear away at different rates. What is differential erosion?

Type of rock that has formed because of heat and pressure. Rock Cycle 100 Type of rock that has formed because of heat and pressure. What are metamorphic rocks?

Type of rock that forms from magma. Rock Cycle 200 Type of rock that forms from magma. What are igneous rocks?

Rock Cycle 400 What is the mantle? The large part of the Earth between the core and the crust; analogous to the “white” of a hard boiled egg.

Limestone, shale and sandstone are examples of this type of rock. Rock Cycle 500 Limestone, shale and sandstone are examples of this type of rock. What is sedimentary rock?