1. JEOPARDY !

2. JEOPARDY ! 10 20 30 40 50 Boundaries Earthquakes Wild Card
Plate Tectonics
Earth’s Layers
Boundaries
Earthquakes
Wild Card

3. True True or False Tectonic plates consists of both
Continental and oceanic crust.
True
Category

4. Pangaea Name the theory that suggests that
a single, huge continent once existed.
Pangaea
Category

5. Continental Drift Theory
Name the theory that explains
why continents move.
Continental Drift Theory

6. Continental Drift The fact that similar fossils are
found on both sides of the ocean
is evidence of ….?
Continental Drift

7. Oceanic because the weight of the water pushes down on it
Which crust is thinner and why?
Oceanic or Continental
Oceanic because the weight of the water pushes down on it

8. Crust, Mantle, Outer core, and Inner Core
Name the four layers of Earth.
Crust, Mantle, Outer core, and Inner Core

9. The core consists mainly of…
iron

10. What is the liquid layer of the Earth’s
core called?
Outer Core

11. What is the outermost layer of
the Earth called?
Lithosphere

12. The deep interior of the earth
can be mapped using…
Seismic Waves

13. What is the area where two
tectonic plates meet called?
Boundary

14. A divergent boundary A boundary that forms when two
tectonic plates separate is called…
A divergent boundary

15. A boundary that forms when two tectonic plates collide/ come together
Describe a convergent boundary
A boundary that forms when two tectonic plates collide/ come together

16. Explain in your own words how the convection currents affect the mantle and the crust.
Heating and cooling of magma moves the magma around and makes the crust move too.

17. Transform An earthquake is caused by
movement at what type of boundary?
Transform

18. Name the special instrument
used to measure seismic waves.
Seismograph

19. A large wave trigger by an ocean
floor earthquake is called a…
Tsunami

20. Focus The exact place that an earthquake begins is called the focus or
epicenter.
Focus

21. Strength/ Magnitude The Richter scale measures the
_________ of an earthquake.
Strength/ Magnitude

22. Along plate boundaries
Where are earthquake most likely
to occur?
Along plate boundaries

23. Volcano A cone-shaped mountain with a vent
where magma is forced out is
called a…
Volcano

24. Dormant volcano A volcano that has not erupted
in a long time is called an __________.
Dormant volcano

25. Crust and upper part of the mantle
What is the earth’s lithosphere
made of?
Crust and upper part of the mantle

26. Another name for the earth’s
crust is ___________.
Lithosphere.

27. Alfred Wegener Name the scientist that came up with
The theory of continental drift.
Alfred Wegener