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WEATHER GEOLOGIC TIME THIS ROCKS! WATER YOU WAITING FOR? SPACED OUT PLATE TECTONICS $100 $200 $400 $800 $1000
Weather- $100 It describes the typical weather patterns for a given location over a period of many years. The answer is CLIMATE!
Weather- $200 This is a term for weather such as rain, snow, sleet, and hail. The answer is PRECIPITATION!
Weather- $400 This is a tropical cyclone characterized by sustained winds of 120 kilometers per hour. The answer is HURRICANE!
Weather- $800 This type of cloud is thin and wispy. The answer is CIRRUS CLOUDS!
Weather- $1000 This type of measuring device measures atmospheric pressure. The answer is BAROMETER!
Geologic Time- $100 This era is known as the Age of Reptiles. The answer is the MESOZOIC ERA!
Geologic Time- $200 This is the era we live in today. The answer is the CENOZOIC ERA!
Geologic Time- $400 This is the era Pangaea was created, also known as the Age of Invertebrates. The answer is the PALEOZOIC ERA!
Geologic Time- $800 In this “era,” the ozone was created and life was just beginning. The answer is PRECAMBRIAN TIME!
Geologic Time- $1000 These types of geologic time only exist in the Cenozoic Era. The answer is EPOCHS!
This Rocks!- $100 These rocks form from molten rock that cools as it reaches the Earth’s surface. The answer is IGNEOUS ROCKS!
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This Rocks!- $200 This type of sedimentary rock is made of fragments of other rocks. The answer is CLASTIC!
This Rocks!- $400 These types of rocks can be foliated or non-foliated. The answer is METAMORPHIC ROCKS!
This Rocks!- $800 These types of preserved organisms are usually found in sedimentary rock. The answer is FOSSILS!
This Rocks!- $1000 In geologic dating, this is always younger than the layers it cuts across. The answer is IGNEOUS INTRUSION!
Water You Waiting For?- $100 This is caused by the gravitational pull of the sun and the moon. The answer is TIDES!
Water You Waiting For?- $200 This falls when glacial ice caps grow and rises when the ice caps melt. The answer is the SEA LEVEL!
Water You Waiting For?- $400 These carry warm water to the poles and cold water to the equator. The answer is CURRENTS!
Water You Waiting For?- $800 These are underwater volcanoes. The answer is SEAMOUNTS!
Water You Waiting For?- $1000 The Chesapeake Bay is an example of this. The answer is an ESTUARY!
Spaced Out- $100 This planet is the fourth planet from the sun. The answer is MARS!
Spaced Out- $200 This is located between Jupiter and Mars. The answer is the ASTEROID BELT!
Spaced Out- $400 This is the most commonly used measurement for distance in astronomy. The answer is LIGHTYEARS!
Spaced Out- $800 This is how long it takes for the Earth to revolve around the sun. The answer is DAYS!
Spaced Out- $1000 This is the term for when the moon is not visible. The answer is NEW MOON!
Plate Tectonics- $100 This type of plate boundary forms when one plates goes over another one. The answer is CONVERGENT!
Plate Tectonics- $200 These are breaks or cracks in the Earth’s crust. The answer is FAULTS!
Plate Tectonics- $400 These types of boundaries form mid- ocean ridges and rift valleys. The answer is DIVERGENT!
Plate Tectonics- $800 This is the theory of how Pangaea broke away into the continents we have today. The answer is CONTINENTAL DRIFT!
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Plate Tectonics- $1000 The San Andreas Fault is this type of plate boundary. The answer is TRANSFORM!