1. Jeopardy Final Jeopardy Earthquakes Boundaries Faults/ Stresses
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Tectonics and
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Drift
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2. 1 - $100 Where do the strongest earthquakes usually occur?
Near transform boundaries

3. 1 - $200 The last and most dangerous waves to arrive are the
Surface waves

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Which wave pushes rock side to side
S wave

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What is the difference between an earthquake’s epicenter and its focus
The focus is inside the earth and the epicenter is on the surface

6. 1 - $500 The cycle of heating, rising, cooling and sinking is called
A convection current

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Two plates moving apart are what type of boundary
divergent

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Type of boundary where two tectonic plates push together, toward each other
Convergent

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A collision between two pieces of continental crust at a converging boundary produces a
Mountain range

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What is the process in which the ocean floor sinks under a deep ocean trench and back into the mantle
Subduction

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A rrift valley forms at what type of boundary
divergent

12. 3 - $100 What type of stress give you a convergent boundary
compression

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What type of stress give you a transform boundary
shearing

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What type of stress give you a divergent boundary
tension

15. 3 - $400 What type of fault do you have at a divergent boundary
Normal fault

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The San Andreas Fault occurs at a transform boundary, what kind of fault is it
Strike-slip fault

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The Theory of …… states that pieces of Earth’s lithosphere are in constant, slow motion
Theory of Plate Tectonics

18. 4 - $200 Most earthquakes occur along or near the edges of the Earth’s
Tectonic plates

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The youngest rock in the ocean floor are located at the mid-ocean …….
Ridge

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The solid, outer layer of the Earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle
Lithosphere

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The vibrations caused by an earthquake
Seismic waves

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What is the name of the supercontinent that existed millions of years ago
Pangea

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According to Wegener’s hypothesis of continental drift the continents were
Joined together in a single landmass

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Using data from seismic waves, geologists have learned that Earth’s interior is made of of several
Layers

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To support his hypothesis, Wegener provided evidence from ……, traces of ancient organisms preserved in rock
fossils

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The lithosphere is broken into sections known as ……, which float on top of the athensophere
plates

27. Final Jeopardy
What is the correct order (starting from the surface) of the Earth’s layers
Crust, mantle, outer core, inner core