Seismic Jeopardy VocabVolcanoesEarthquakesPlatesMisc FINAL

What is a “Sky-light” Vocab for 100 Push the Space Bar to check your answer. A hole in the top of a lava tube

What is the difference between Lava and Magma Vocab for 200 Push the Space Bar to check your answer. Magma is liquid earth below the surface, and when it come to the surface it changes its name to lava

The term used for one plate sliding under another plate Vocab for 300 Push the Space Bar to check your answer. Sub-duction

Vocab for 400 The name of the point where the earthquake actually occurs Push the Space Bar to check your answer. Focus

Vocab for 500 The name of the earthquake scale that measures destruction Push the Space Bar to check your answer. Mercalli

Volcano for 100 What are the three types of Volcanoes Push the Space Bar to check your answer. Strato (composite), shield, and cinder cone

Volcano for 200 What type of volcano is Hawaii, and how was it formed Push the Space Bar to check your answer. Shield Volcano, weak spot in the plate that moved over a magma chamber

Volcano for 300 The name of the process of moving heat within the earth in a circular pattern Push the Space Bar to check your answer. Convection

Volcano for 400 Strato volcanoes are explosive and produce Pyroclastic Flows. What are Pyroclastic Flows Push the Space Bar to check your answer. Hot gaseous avalanches containing ash, cinders, and other pieces (pyroclastic)

Volcano for 500 What is the name given to the area around the Pacific where many volcanoes are located Push the Space Bar to check your answer. Ring of Fire

Earthquakes for 100 What is the Epicenter Push the Space Bar to check your answer. Surface location of an earthquake

Earthquakes for 200 What are the four types of waves given off when an earthquake hits Push the Space Bar to check your answer. P Waves (primary) S Waves (secondary) Rayleigh Waves Love Waves

Earthquakes for 300 What is the difference between a Fold and a Fault Push the Space Bar to check your answer. A Fold is a bend in the land and a fault is when it cracks

Earthquakes for 400 The type of plate movement we experience in California Push the Space Bar to check your answer. Transgressional or transformational movement

Earthquakes for 500 How much stronger is a 7.0 earthquake than a 4.0 Push the Space Bar to check your answer times stronger

Plates for 100 What are the names of the two plates in California Push the Space Bar to check your answer. Pacific Plate and North American Plate

Plates for 200 What is produced at the contact point between an Oceanic plate and a continental plate Push the Space Bar to check your answer. Trench

Plates for 300 What are the three types of plate movement (3 or 4 will be accepted) Push the Space Bar to check your answer. Divergent, Transgression, and Convergent (subduction & over-riding)

Plates for 400 What type of feature is created when two continental plates collide Push the Space Bar to check your answer. Very tall non-volcanic mountains -Himalayas

Plates for 500 The type of movement that is located along the Mid Atlantic Ridge Push the Space Bar to check your answer. Divergent

Misc for 100 What was Pangaea Push the Space Bar to check your answer. All land masses were once connected

Misc for 200 What is the Richter Scale Push the Space Bar to check your answer. Scale used to determine earthquake force

Misc for 300 Where did Volcanoes get their name Push the Space Bar to check your answer. Roman God – blacksmith - Vulcan

Misc for 400 Who is Pelee Push the Space Bar to check your answer. Hawaiian Goddess of Volcanoes

Misc for 500 What is a Lahar Push the Space Bar to check your answer. When Pyroclastic flows encounter water, and create a slurry of cement like gunk

FINAL JEOPARDY Push the Space Bar to check your answer. Loma Prieta Earthquake Why did San Francisco endure so much more damage in the Marina district than the city of San Jose which was 50 miles closer to the epicenter Liquefaction – Marina district was built on land-fill, and therefore shook with much more force, because the land was so much more unstable