Essential Question Topic Jeopardy:

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Essential Question Topic Jeopardy

• Jeopardy Review Game

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VOCABULARY_______ physical features on Earths
surface
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VOCABULARY What are land forms?
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VOCABULARY ____ is the process of breaking rock
into silt, sand, clay, and other tiny pieces
called sediment
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VOCABULARY What is a weathering?
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VOCABULARY _____ tiny pieces of sand, silt, and
clay
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VOCABULARY What is sediment?
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VOCABULARY ____ is the process of moving
sediment from one place to another.
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VOCABULARY What is erosion?
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VOCABULARY ____ is the process of dropping or
depositing sediment in a new location.
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VOCABULARY What is deposition?
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VOCABULARY ____ is the downhill movement of rock
and soil because of gravity.
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VOCABULARY What is mass movement?
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VOCABULARY _____ is the outer layer of Earth,
and it is made of rock.
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VOCABULARY What is the crust?
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VOCABULARY ____ is the layer of rock beneath the
Earths crust.
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VOCABULARYWhat is the mantle?
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VOCABULARY ____ is the center layer of Earth.
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VOCABULARYWhat is the core?
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VOCABULARY _____ are rigid blocks of crust and
upper mantle rock.
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VOCABULARY What are plates?
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VOCABULARY______ is molten rock from Earths
mantle. It builds up along the cracks, forming
long chains of mountains under the ocean.
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VOCABULARYWhat is magma?
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VOCABULARY_______ is a mountain formed by lava
and ash.
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VOCABULARYWhat is a volcano?
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VOCABULARY_________ is magma that reaches
Earths surface.
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VOCABULARYWhat is lava?
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VOCABUALARY________ is small pieces of hardened
lava.
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VOCABULARYWhat is ash?
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VOCABULARY____ is the theory of how Earths
continents move over its surface.
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VOCABULARYWhat is Continental drift?
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COMPREHENSIONWhy would footprints on the moon
last for hundreds of years?A. There is no
weathering on the moon.B. There is no wind or
water to erode the footprints.C. The footprints
on the moon are very deep because of the Apollo
astronauts shoes.D. The Apollo astronauts on
the moon made shoe deposits with space-age
materials.
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COMPREHENSIONB B. There is no wind or water to
erode the footprints.
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COMPREHENSIONIf the center of Earth is its
hottest part, why is it solid?A. because the
core is made of metalB. because that is where
rocks come from, and rocks are solidC. because
the hotter things are, the more solid they areD.
because of the great pressure of the center of
Earth
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COMPREHENSIOND. because of the great pressure at
the center of Earth
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COMPREHENSIONWhat does it mean to say that
Earths plates float?A. The plates float on the
soft rock of the lower mantle, which has currents
like water.B. The plates float on the oceans,
which is why there is water underground.C. The
plates never become liquid rock or sink, so they
float.D. The plates only sometimes become liquid
rock, so they float.
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COMPREHENSIONA. The plates float on the soft
rock of the lower mantle.
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COMPREHENSIONWhat does it mean to say that the
Atlantic Ocean is getting wider, pushing Europe
and North America apart?A. The ocean is eroding
more of the beaches on the coasts of North
America and Europe.B. The ocean deposits heavy
sediment of both coasts, pushing them apart.C.
The North American and European plates are moving
away from each other.D. The North American and
European plates are moving closer to each other.
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COMPREHENSIONThe North American and European
plates are moving closer to each other.
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COMPREHENSIONWhat was Pangea?
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COMPREHENSIONPangea was a supercontinent that
joined all of Earths present continents.
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COMPREHENSIONIf you found several fossils in
different layers of the Earth, which would be the
oldest fossil?A. the fossil closest to the
topB. the fossil in the middle layerC. the
fossil found the closest to the bottom
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COMPREHENSIONC. The fossil closest to the bottom
is the oldest.
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COMPREHENSIONName at least three forces that
cause change in Earths landfroms.
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COMPREHENSIONwind, moving water in the form of
rivers and waves, glaciers, forces inside the
earth such as volcanic errutpions
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COMPREHENSIONWhat is the difference between
weathering and erosion?
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COMPREHENSIONWeathering breaks rock into
sediment. Erosion moves sediment from one place
to another.
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COMPREHENSIONWhat new landforms are created by
erosion and deposition?
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COMPREHENSIONWhat are deltas oxbow lakes,
terminal moraines, and volcanic islands?
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COMPREHENSIONGive at least two expamples of
massmovement.
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COMPREHENSIONWhat are mudslides, landslides,
creep, and sinkholes.
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Final Jeopardy AnswerHow do many of the highest
mountains form?
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Final Jeopardy Some of the highest mountains
form from the collision of two continental plates.