Science Jeopardy

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Science Jeopardy
Famous Volcanos Earthquakes Volcanic Facts Seismic Activity
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• In 1980, Mount St. Helens erupted in this state.

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What is Washington?
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• This volcano is the highest mountain in Japan.

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What is Mount Fuji?
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• This is the most active volcano, which has been
  erupting for thousands of years.

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• What is Mount Etna?

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• This is the largest volcano on earth, however, it
  is mostly underwater.

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• What is Mauna Loa?

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• This major volcanic eruption destroyed Pompei
  thousands of years ago.

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What is Mount Vesuvius?
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• This southern city was struck by an earthquake in
  the 1800s.

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• What is Charleston, SC?

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• The Loma Prieta earthquake was the worst
  earthquake to hit this US city since 1906.

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• What is San Francisco?

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• The epicenter of the earthquake felt in
  Charlotte, NC on 8\23\11 was located in ________.

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• Where is Virgina?

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• This state has had the most earthquakes.

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• What is Alaska?

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This city was struck by the worst earthquake that
has been recorded with a 9.5 on the Richter scale.
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• What is Valdivia, Chile?

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• This is where magma collects in a volcano.

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• What is the magma chamber?

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Daily Double!
A _________ volcano does not erupt.
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What is dormant?
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• Magma turns into this when a volcano erupts.

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• What is lava?

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• Crater Lake, which is the deepest lake in the
  United States was formed by a________.

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• What is a caldera?

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Name 2 of the 3 types of volcanoes.
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• What are Shield, Composite or Cinder Cone?

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• _________ is the strongest point of an earthquake.

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What is the epicenter?
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• Earthquakes form along these.

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• What are faults?

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When an earthquake occurs in the ocean, it causes
this.
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What is a tsunami?
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• The San Andreas is this type of fault.

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• What is strike-slip?

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• _______ are smaller earthquakes that happen after
  larger ones.

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• What are aftershocks?

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FINAL JEOPARDY!

• __________ was the name of the land mass before
  the continents broke apart.

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• What is Pangea?