earth science jeopardy
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Who is credited with developing the Continental Drift Theory?
A. Charles Darwin
B. Alfred Wegner
C. Alfred Hitchcock
D. Edward J. Tarbuck
Which type of plate boundary occurs where plates move apart, resulting in upwelling of material from the mantle to create new seafloor?
A. Transform
B. Convergent
C. Divergent
What type of plate boundary is as s oc iated with a s ubduction
?zone
. A Trans form
. B Convergent
. C Divergent
Wegner suggest that a supercontinent he called Pangaea once existed. Name one such evidence that
confirms this as a possibility.
A. Fossils
B. Dinosaurs
C. Oxygen
The uppermost mantle, along with the overlying crust, behave as a strong rigid layer, known as?
A. Lithosphere
B. Anthosphere
C. Mesosphere
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What is the innermost part of the Earth called?
A. Lithosphere
B. Inner Core
C. Mantle
The composition of the Oceanic Crust is ?
A. Basalt
B. Loess
C. Shale
The outer core is a liquid layer. It is the convective flow of metallic
iron within this zone that generates the Earth’s what?
A. Balance
B. Heat
C. Magnetic Field
The zone between 104 degrees and 140 degrees distance from an earthquake
epicenter in which direct waves do not arrive because of refraction by Earth’s
core?
A. Magnetic Field
B. Shadow Zone
C. Time Zone
Between the lithosphere and the Mesosphere lies a “weak zone” that is partially melted due to temperature and pressure. The lithosphere is
able to move independently of this layer.
A. Tetrusphere
B. Asthenosphere
C. Cenosphere
Which volcano type is the largest in size?
A. Cone
B. Shield
C. Fault
Name a North American state that was formed by volcano activity.
A. California
B. Hawaii
C. Alaska
Geologist conclude that _______originates when essentially solid rock, located in the crust and
upper mantle melts.
A. An Explosion
B. Magma
C. Igneous Rocks
The greatest volume of volcanic material is extruded from fractures in the crust called?
A. Breaks
B. Dikes
C. Fissers
Structures that result from the emplacement of igneous material at depth are called plutons.
Plutons are generally classified according to their shape as tabular or what?
A. Spherical
B. Massive
C. Intrusive
The focus is the internal point in which the earthquake begins emitting
energy.
What is the external point called?
A. Sill
B. Point of Contact
C. Epicenter
Which body wave can travel through solid, liquid
and gas?
A. S-wave
B. P-wave
C. T-wave
There is a prec is e method for - predic ting s hort range
.occurrences
A. True
B. False
What magnitude scale measures the seismic wave based on amplitude?
A. Richter Scale
B. Seismology
C. Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale
This is triggered by an earthquake when the vibration of a quake sets an underwater
landslide into motion.
A. Monsoon
B. Tsunami
C. Tidal Wave
By far the largest intrusive igneous bodies are?
A. Plutons
B. Batholiths
C. Laccoliths
Igneous rocks form when ______ cools and solidifies in a process called
crystallization.
A. Quartz
B. Bauxite
C. Magma
Igneous rocks are c las s ified by _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . the ir texture and
A. Color
B. Size
C. Mineral Composition
Felsic rocks are composed mostly of the- light colored silicate minerals potassium
feldspar and quartz and found in which ? part of the crust
A. Oceanic
B. Continental
C. Pacific
The rate of _______ of magma greatly influences the size of mineral
crystals in igneous rocks.
. A He ating
. B Cooling
. C Extrac tion
. D Accum ulation
Two most common types of folds are anticlines and ______.
A. Proclines
B. Synclines
C. Declines
Fractures in the crust along which appreciable
displacement has taken place is called _______.
A. Fissures
B. Faults
C. Focus
The concept of a floating crust in gravitational balance is called ________.
A. Isostacy
B. Harmony
C. Sedimentary
D. Lyostacy
Reverse and thrust faulting indicate that
______ forces are at work.
A. Elastical
B. Compressional
C. Gliding
The name for the process that collectively produces a mountain system is _______.
A. Coriolis Effect
B. Evolution
C. Orogenesis