Jeopardy

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Plate Tectonics
Human Intervention
Vocabulary
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Final Jeopardy
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100 Question
How many major plates are on the Earths surface?
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7
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200 Question
When two plates come together head on what can
occur?
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An earthquake
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300 Question
What is the name of the plate boundary that
forms a ridge?
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Divergent Plate Boundary
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400 Question
The location of the seven continents can
be explained by ___________?
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Plate Tectonics
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500 Question
When two plates come together and one slips under
the other, what forms AND what is the name for
this plate boundary?
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500 Answer
A mountain forms. The plate boundary is
subductive.
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100 Question
What is the name for a structure built to stop or
slow the flow of water in a stream or river?
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Dam
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200 Question
A manmade wall along the coast that sticks out
into the ocean is called what?
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Jetty
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300 Question
The process by which ships Remove sand from the
bottom of the Ocean to build a sand bar is
called what?
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Dredging
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400 Question
What is a wall of earth or concrete that holds
back rising water called?
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Levee
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500 Question
What is the name used for someone who studies
earthquakes?
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Seismologist
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100 Question
A crack in the Earths crust. They usually
happen at the edge of plates.
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Fault
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A sudden release of energy in Earths crust that
causes the ground to shake
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Earthquake
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300 Question
A mountain made of lava and ash and cinders
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Volcano
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The moving of sediment by wind, water, or ice
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Erosion
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500 Question
Pieces of the Earths crust that float on the
mantle
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Plate
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100 Question
Melted rock that has flowed onto the Earths
surface is what?
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Lava
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200 Question
The depositing of sediment is called what?
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Deposition
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300 Question
When a river deposits sediment at the end of it
a ___________ forms.
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Delta
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400 Question
How does a glacier help create new soil?
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By scraping small particles off large rocks
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500 Question
How does a volcano build up new land?
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A volcano adds lava to the Earths surface
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100 Question
The process of wearing away sediment from a
landform
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Weathering
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200 Question
The surface of the Earth above the most powerful
point of an earthquake
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Epicenter
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300 Question
Melted rock beneath Earths surface is called?
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Magma
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400 Question
What can be done to prevent erosion?
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Fencing, rock walls, plant trees, etc.
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500 Question
The scale which measures earthquakes is called
the _______ scale?
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Richter
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Final Jeopardy
This author wrote, If one man kills another, it
murder, but if a hundred thousand men kill
another hundred thousand, it is considered an
act of glory!?
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Final Jeopardy Answer
Who is Tolstoy? (The book is Kingdom of God)