1. Jeopardy Instructions

2. Earth Science Semester 2 Jeopardy
Geology
Volcanoes
Topographic Maps
Oceanography
Climate Change
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3. Which layer of the Earth makes up the tectonic plates?
Geology 10
Which layer of the Earth makes up the tectonic plates?

4. Geology 10
lithosphere

5. Geology 20
Describe the plate movement at a convergent boundary. Name one geologic feature formed.

6. Movement: When 2 plates are moving toward each other
Geology 20
Movement: When 2 plates are moving toward each other
Geologic Feature: mountains, volcanoes (stratovolcano, cinder cone), trenches

7. Geology 30
Describe plate movement at a transform boundary. Name one geologic feature formed.

8. Movement: 2 plates slide past each other Geologic Feature: fault
Geology 30
Movement: 2 plates slide past each other
Geologic Feature: fault

9. Geology 40
Describe plate movement at a divergent boundary. Name one geologic feature formed.

10. Movement: 2 plates move away from each other Geologic Feature:
Geology 40
Movement: 2 plates move away from each other
Geologic Feature:
mid-ocean ridge, rift valley, shield volcano,
cinder cone volcano

11. What type of boundary is the San Andreas Fault?
Geology 50
What type of boundary is the San Andreas Fault?

12. Geology 50
Transform Boundary

13. What does “viscosity” mean?
Volcanoes 10
What does “viscosity” mean?

14. The thickness of a liquid; its ability to flow
Volcanoes 10
The thickness of a liquid; its ability to flow

15. Double JEAPORDY
How much do you wish to wager?

16. Double JEAPORDY Volcanoes 20
Name the types of locations where volcanoes form (i.e. certain boundary types).

17. Double JEAPORDY Volcanoes 20
convergent boundaries, divergent boundaries, hot spots

20. Where can volcanoes form?
On land
Underwater
Neither A nor B
Both A and B

21. (on land and underwater)
Volcanoes 30
D. Both A and B
(on land and underwater)

22. Volcanoes 40
List 3 different liquids in order of their viscosity, highest to lowest.

23. Example: molasses, honey, water
Volcanoes 40
Example: molasses, honey, water

24. Name the 3 types of volcanoes.

25. Composite / stratovolcano
Volcanoes 50
Composite / stratovolcano
Shield volcano
Cinder cone volcano

26. What does “contour interval” mean?
Topographic Maps 10
What does “contour interval” mean?

27. The difference in elevation between contour lines.
Topographic Maps 10
The difference in elevation between contour lines.

28. Topographic Maps 20
Draw a topographic map of a mountain that is 300 feet high and has a contour interval of 100 feet.

29. Topographic Maps 20
See board.
(Drawing should have 4 circular lines, each labeled 0, 100, 200, and 300.)

30. Topographic Maps 30
Draw a topographic map with 5 contour lines that has a difference of 40 feet between the 2nd and the 4th contour lines.

31. (Drawing should have a contour interval of 20 feet.)
Topographic Maps 30
See board.
(Drawing should have a contour interval of 20 feet.)

32. What is a topographic map?
Topographic Maps 40
What is a topographic map?

33. Topographic Maps 40
A map that uses lines of equal elevation to show the shape of Earth’s surface

34. Topographic Maps 50
What are contour lines?

35. Lines that join points of equal elevation
Topographic Maps 50
Lines that join points of equal elevation

36. Name the 2 types of ocean currents. What causes them to move?
Oceanography 10
Name the 2 types of ocean currents. What causes them to move?

37. Surface currents: caused by wind
Oceanography 10
Surface currents: caused by wind
Deep water currents: caused by changes in density (caused by changes in temperature and/or salinity)

38. Describe the relationship between temperature and density.
Oceanography 20
Describe the relationship between temperature and density.

39. As temperature goes up, density goes down. -or-
Oceanography 20
As temperature goes up, density goes down.
-or-
As temperature goes down, density goes up.

40. evaporation, freezing, melting, precipitation
Oceanography 30
Identify which of the following would increase/decrease the salinity of water:
evaporation, freezing, melting, precipitation

41. Decrease: precipitation, melting Increase: evaporation, freezing
Oceanography 30
Decrease: precipitation, melting
Increase: evaporation, freezing

42. Oceanography 40
What is the measure of the amount of salt in the water? What % of the water on Earth is saltwater?

43. Oceanography 40
Salinity; 97%

44. Describe the formation of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
Oceanography 50
Describe the formation of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

45. Oceanography 50
Currents along California and Japan push trash into the center of the Pacific Ocean.

46. Name the 4 main greenhouse gases. What do they do?
Climate Change 10
Name the 4 main greenhouse gases. What do they do?

47. Name: carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, water vapor
Climate Change 10
Name: carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, water vapor
Do: They trap heat energy trying to leave Earth’s surface.

48. What 2 factors are used to describe climate?
Climate Change 20
What 2 factors are used to describe climate?

49. Climate Change 20
Temperature
Precipitation

50. What are the sources of the following greenhouse gases?
Climate Change 30
What are the sources of the following greenhouse gases?
carbon dioxide, water vapor, nitrous oxide, methane

51. Water vapor: evaporation, transpiration
Climate Change 30
Carbon dioxide: burning fossil fuels, burning solid waste, deforestation, volcanic eruptions
Water vapor: evaporation, transpiration
Nitrous oxide: agriculture (fertilizers), driving Methane: digestion (livestock/animal waste), decomposition (landfills, wetlands, melting permafrost)

52. What are the sinks of the following greenhouse gases?
Climate Change 40
What are the sinks of the following greenhouse gases?
carbon dioxide, water vapor, nitrous oxide, methane

53. Climate Change 40 Carbon dioxide: oceans,
trees/plants through photosynthesis
Water vapor: precipitation (stored in ocean, surface water, groundwater, glaciers)
Nitrous oxide: bacteria in soils
Methane: none; we have to wait for it to naturally breakdown

54. Climate Change 50
Which type of greenhouse gas is the most abundant human-made gas? Which is the most abundant natural gas?

55. Human-made: carbon dioxide
Climate Change 50
Human-made: carbon dioxide
Natural: water vapor