1. Earth Science Jeopardy Are you ready for the Common Assessment 6/19/13?

2. 10 Points – Rocks and Minerals A mixture of minerals, mineraloids, plants and organic matter.

3. 10 Points What is a Rock?

4. 20 Points-R &M This light weight rock may float in water and rained down on the people of Pompeii.

5. 20 Points if you said What is Pumice?

6. 30 Points R & M A naturally occurring inorganic solid composed of one or more elements.

7. 30 Points What is a Mineral?

8. 40 Points R & M This is one of the softest minerals according to Mohs, only a 1 on the scale of hardness.

9. 40 Points What is talc?

10. 50 Points-R & M Briefly describe the processes of Weathering and Erosion in the Rock Cycle.

11. 50 Points Weathering breaks the rocks apart while Erosion moves it to a new location.

12. 10 Points- All about land Molten materials form what type of landform

13. 10 Points What is a volcanic mountain?

14. 20 Points- The land This imaginary line separates the Northern and Southern Hemispheres

15. 20 Points What is the Equator

16. 30 Points-The Land The Line that divides the Eastern and Western Hemispheres

17. 30 Points What is the Prime Meridian

18. 40 Points A country that the Prime Meridian runs through

19. 40 Points England, Spain, etc.

20. 50 Points-The Land The Colorodo _____________ is elevanted land with a flat surface at the top

21. 50 Points What is the Colorado Plateau

22. 10 Points-Weathering and Erosion The breaking of rocks by physical means is

23. 10 Points What is Mechanical Weathering

24. 20 Points- W & E Oxidation or Rusting can lead to what type of weathering that changes the composition of the rock

25. 20 Points What is Chemical Weathering

26. 30 Points- W & E The process of how the surface of the earth changes and moves due to water, waves, wind and glaciers

27. 30 Points What is Erosion

28. 40 Points-W & E An example of Mechanical Weathering

29. 40 Points Tree Roots, Ice, crystals, expansion and contraction (heating and cooling)

30. 50 Points- W & E Weathering breaks a rock down and Erosion moves it, Compaction and Cementation then would form what type of rock

31. 50 Points What is Sedimentary Rock

32. 10 Points-Shaking Earth Wegener’s Theory that the continents are moving and once moved from Pangaea

33. 10 Points What is Continental Drift

34. 20 Points-Shaking Earth The imaginary point on Earth’s surface that seismologists use to pinpoint an Earthquakes location

35. 20 Points What is the Epicenter

36. 30 Points-Shaking Earth These waves move the fastest from the focus of an Earthquake in a back and forth motion

37. 30 Points What are Primary Waves

38. 40 Points-Shaking Earth These waves might lead to the greatest loss of life in an Earthquake because they are the most destructive.

39. 40 Points What are Surface Waves

40. 50 Points-Shaking Earth This boundary is when plates collide or crash into each other forming mountains

41. 50 Points What is a Convergent Boundary

42. 10 Points- Volcanoes A mountain that forms when layers of lava and ash erupt and build up is a

43. 10 Points What is a Volcano

44. 20 Points-Volcanoes The Hawaiian Islands formed from a _____ in the middle of the Pacific Plate that magma is released from

45. 20 Points What is a Hot Spot

46. 30 Points-Volcanoes One of the most Active Volcanoes in the World that is found in Hawaii

47. 30 Points What is Kilauea

48. 40 Points-Volcanoes An example of a Composite Volcano is

49. 40 Points What is Mt. Saint Helens, Mt. Vesuvius, etc.

50. 50 Points-Volcanoes Home to 90 % of all major Earthquake and Volcanic Activity is

51. 50 Points What is the Pacific Ring of Fire