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Earths Crust
Mountains Volcanoes
Fossils Geologic Time
Minerals Rock Cycle
Earthquakes
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Final Jeopardy
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1 point answer from Minerals and Rock Cycle
The term you use when you are referring to the
shininess of a crystal?
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1 point Answer from Minerals and Rock Cycle
What is lustre?
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2 point Question from Minerals and Rock Cycle
The scale used to measure the hardness of a
mineral
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2 point Answer from Minerals and Rock Cycle
What is Mohs Hardness Scale?
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3 point Question from Minerals and Rock Cycle
The type of the rock formed when magma cools
INSIDE a volcano?
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3 point Answer from Minerals and Rock Cycle
What is intrusive rock?
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4 point Question from Minerals and Rock Cycle
Acid rain is an example of this type of
weathering.
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4 point Answer from Minerals and Rock Cycle
What is chemical weathering?
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5 point Question from Minerals and Rock Cycle
The term used when minerals dissolve in water and
form a natural cement that sticks large pieces of
sediment together.
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5 point Answer from Minerals and Rock Cycle
What is cementation?
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1 point Question from Earths Crust
The hottest layer of Earth
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1 point Answer from Earths Crust
What is the inner core?
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2 point Question from Earths Crust
The name of the man that discovered continental
drift
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2 point Answer from Earths Crust
Who was Alfred Wegener?
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3 point Question from Earths Crust
The name of the second supercontinent
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3 point Answer from Earths Crust
What is Pangaea?
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4 point Question from Earths Crust
The theory that states the Earth is made up of
plates that are always moving on the mantle.
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4 point Answer from Earths Crust
What is the theory of plate tectonics?
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5 point Question from Earths Crust
The flow that results from warm materials rising
and cold materials sinking. These currents move
the tectonic plates.
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What are convection currents?
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1 point Question from Earthquakes
The place deep in the crust where the earthquake
begins.
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What is the epicenter?
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2 point Question from Earthquakes
The name of the scale that starts at zero and
indicates the strength of an earthquake
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2 point Answer from Earthquakes
What is the Richter Scale?
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3 point Question from Earthquakes
A special machine that records earthquake movement
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3 point Answer from Earthquakes
What is a seismograph?
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4 point Question from Earthquakes
The name of mini earthquake waves that occur
shortly after an Earthquake happens
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4 point Answer from Earthquakes
What is an aftershock?
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5 point Question from Earthquakes
The type of wave that causes damage and deaths
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What is a surface wave?
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1 point Question from Mountains Volcanoes
The term used when a volcano is not going to
erupt
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What is dormant?
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2 point Question from Mountains Volcanoes
The name of the famous volcano that erupted in
Italy and killed 16 000 people.
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2 point Answer from Mountains Volcanoes
What is Mount Vesuvius?
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3 point Question from Mountains Volcanoes
The name of the volcanoes that form a circle
around the pacific ocean.
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3 point Answer from Mountains Volcanoes
What is the Ring of Fire?
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4 point Question from Mountains Volcanoes
An upfold of rock layers in a mountain.
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4 point Answer from Mountains Volcanoes
What is an anticline?
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5 point Question from Mountains Volcanoes
There are two different types of mountain
formation fold mountains and _______ ________
mountains
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5 point Answer from Mountains Volcanoes
What are fault block mountains?
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1 point Question from Fossils Geologic Time
A fossil used to determine the relative age of
the layer of rock it was found in.
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1 point Answer from Fossils Geologic Time
What is an index fossil?
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2 point Question from Fossils Geologic Time
The eon of time in which there was very little
fossils. It lasted 4 billion years
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2 point Answer from Fossils Geologic Time
The Precambrian Era.
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3 point Question from Fossils Geologic Time
Older rock is always found below younger rock.
This is known as the principle of
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3 point Answer from Fossils Geologic Time
What is the principle of superposition?
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4 point Question from Fossils Geologic Time
The term used when bones turn into a rock-like
substance
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4 point Answer from Fossils Geologic Time
What is petrified?
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5 point Question from Fossils Geologic Time
The fossil term used when the actual organism is
preserved?
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5 point Answer from Fossils Geologic Time
What are original remains?
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Final Jeopardy how many points do you risk?
This term is used when an organism dies and
leaves a thin film of carbon residue on rock
surfaces to make an outline of the organism.
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Final Jeopardy Answer How many points did you
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What is a carbonaceous film?