Earth Science Midterm Review
First Round
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Chapter 1 $200 What is the name of a scientist who studies rainfall trends?
Chapter 1 $400 What would we call someone who studies a comet’s path through the solar system?
Chapter 1 $600 What is the largest ecosystem called?
Chapter 1 $800 What is a hypothesis?
Chapter 1 $1000 What is the first step of the scientific method?
Chapter 1 $200-Answer Meterologist
Chapter 1 $400-Answer Astronomer
Chapter 1 $600-Answer Biosphere
Chapter 1 $800-Answer A possible explanation or solution to a problem
Chapter 1 $1000-Answer State the problem
Chapter 2 $200 What time is it 2 times zones east, if it is 9am in California?
Chapter 2 $400 What season does the northern hemisphere experience when the South Pole tilts toward the sun?
Chapter 2 $600 Which zone of the earth is made up of liquid iron?
Chapter 2 $800 Which part of the earth is solid but has the ability to flow?
Chapter 2 $1000 What 2 smaller layers make up the lithosphere?
Chapter 2 $200-Answer 11am
Chapter 2 $400-Answer winter
Chapter 2 $600-Answer The outer core
Chapter 2 $800-Answer The Asthenosphere
Chapter 2 $1000-Answer Crust and upper mantle
Chapter 3 $200 What country was the prime meridian set up to run through?
Chapter 3 $400 What is a city’s location compared to the prime meridian called?
Chapter 3 $600 What is the latitude of the equator?
Chapter 3 $800 On a map, a list of symbols and their meanings is called a ________?
Chapter 3 $1000 What do contour maps forming a V-shape on a topographic map mean?
Chapter 3 $200-Answer England
Chapter 3 $400-Answer longitude
Chapter 3 $600-Answer 0o0o
Chapter 3 $800-Answer legend
Chapter 3 $1000-Answer Valley
Chapter 4 $200 What layer of the earth do convection currents occur?
Chapter 4 $400 What kind of boundary is a result of two plates colliding?
Chapter 4 $600 Seafloor spreading occurs at what kind of plate boundary?
Chapter 4 $800 What was Wegener’s huge ancient continent called?
Chapter 4 $1000 What is Wegener’s huge ancient ocean called?
Chapter 4 $200-Answer asthenosphere
Chapter 4 $400-Answer Convergent boundary
Chapter 4 $600-Answer Divergent Boundary
Chapter 4 $800-Answer Pangaea
Chapter 4 $1000-Answer Panthalassa
Second Round
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Chapter 5 $1200 Mt. Everest is apart of what mountain range?
Chapter 5 $1400 Where are rocks most likely to break?
Chapter 5 $1600 Why are rocks deep in the earth’s crust less likely to break than those on the surface?
Chapter 5 $1800 Folding of rocks is most likely to happen when rocks undergo ______?
Chapter 5 $2000 What are up and down motions of the crust called?
Chapter 5 $1200-Answer Himalayas
Chapter 5 $1400-Answer Near the surface
Chapter 5 $1600-Answer High temperatures
Chapter 5 $1800-Answer Compression
Chapter 5 $2000-Answer Isostatic adjustments
Chapter 6 $1200 What magnitude does a major earthquake have?
Chapter 6 $1400 What is a giant ocean wave called?
Chapter 6 $1600 How many separate sensing devices make up a seismograph?
Chapter 6 $1800 Which type of seismic waves travel the fastest?
Chapter 6 $2000 Where did the most widely felt series of earthquakes in the United States occur?
Chapter 6 $1200-Answer 7 or above
Chapter 6 $1400-Answer Tsunami
Chapter 6 $1600-Answer 3
Chapter 6 $1800-Answer P waves
Chapter 6 $2000-Answer Missouri
Chapter 7 $1200 Great pressure in the asthenosphere keeps the rock there mostly ______?
Chapter 7 $1400 What is an opening in the earth’s crust through which molten rock flows?
Chapter 7 $1600 What type of magma is rich in silica, magnesium, and iron?
Chapter 7 $1800 What kind of material do Cinder Cone volcanoes erupt?
Chapter 7 $2000 What kind of volcano results from quiet lava eruptions?
Chapter 7 $1200-Answer solid
Chapter 7 $1400-Answer vent
Chapter 7 $1600-Answer Felsic lava
Chapter 7 $1800-Answer Solid rocks
Chapter 7 $2000-Answer Shield Volcano
Final Jeopardy Branches of Earth Science
Final Jeopardy You have 1 minute to consult… The study of the origin, history, and structure of the solid earth and the processes that shape it is called _______?
Final Jeopardy You have 30 seconds to consult… The study of the origin, history, and structure of the solid earth and the processes that shape it is called _______?
Final Jeopardy You have 15 seconds to consult… The study of the origin, history, and structure of the solid earth and the processes that shape it is called _______?
Final Jeopardy Time Is Up The study of the origin, history, and structure of the solid earth and the processes that shape it is called _______?
Final Jeopardy - Answer Geology