Blank Jeopardy

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Measuring the Earth/ celestial objects
The Dynamic Crust
Mixed Review
Landscapes and Radioactive Dating
Meteorology
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On which date does the maximum duration of
insolationoccur in the Northern Hemisphere?
Answer
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June 21st
4
What is the direction of stream flow for the
middle stream?
Answer
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South
6
Name one piece of evidence that the Earth rotates
Answer
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Day/Night, Focault pendulum, the way celestial
objects appear to travel from east to west
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On which two days is the tide the highest?
Answer
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July 1st and July 16th.
10
On June 21st, the angle of insolation will be
greatest at the latitude of
Use the picture as a reference
Answer
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23.5 degrees North/Tropic of Cancer
12
Which has greater porosity? Why?
Answer
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They are equal because they are the same shape
and sorting and while one has more holes, the
holes are smaller.
14
There are two valleys, one U-shaped and one
V-shaped. Which agent of erosion formed these?
Answer
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The V-shaped valley was formed by running water,
the U-shaped valley was formed by glaciers.
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An ancient bone was analyzed and found to contain
carbon14 that had decayed for nearly two half
lives. How old is the bone?
Answer
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11,400 years old
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If there are 19.4 grams of carbon14 and 600.6
grams of nitrogen14 how old is le fossil?
Answer
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28500 years oldddddd guys hehe
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What is the youngest bedrock?
Answer
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Layer A, igneous intrusion
22
What kind of boundary is between the Pacific
Plate and the North American Plate (West Coast of
United States)?
Answer
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Transform, San Andreas Fault
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What causes lithospheric plate movement?
Answer
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Density differences result in convection cells/
currents
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A trench forms when two plates
Answer
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Converge, and one plate subducts under the other
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Which type of plate is more dense, continental or
oceanic? And which is thinner and older?
Answer
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Continental is more dense and oceanic is older
and thinner.
30
A seismograph station records a difference in
arrival timebetween the S- and P-wave of 4
minutes. About how faraway is the earthquake
epicenter? Refer to the EarthScience Reference
Tables.
Answer
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2600 km
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What is the visibility and present weather?
Answer
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½ mile and fog
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100 degrees F equals ___ degrees C
Answer
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38degrees C
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An air mass originates in Canada, what is the
name of the air mass?
Answer
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cP or continental polar
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The capital T in mT refers to
Answer
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Tropical, warm, air
40
What is the direction of winds in a mid-latitude
low pressure system? And what direction do they
typically travel?
Answer
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In and counterclockwise/ to the Northeast/ from
the southwest
42
On March 21, two observers, one at 45D north
latitude andthe other at 45D south latitude,
watch the "rising" Sun. Inwhich direction(s)
must they look?
Answer
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Both observers must look eastward.
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If the distance between A and B is 9.5 miles,
calculate the gradient to the nearest tenth.
Answer
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3.2 ft/mi
46
If the velocity of a stream is 5 cm/sec, what is
the largest particle it can carry?
Answer
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Sand
48
An igneous rock has large crystals. What type of
environment was it formed in?
Answer
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Inside the volcano. Intrusive/plutonic
50
List the qualities of an index fossil.
Answer
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Widespread, easily preserved, short lived