Unit 1: Systems of a Planet Jeopardy

Definite Definitions

100

This word is "a defined shape on a rocky surface".

A Landform

200

This word is "an object used to represent something else".

A Model

300

This word is "a change or an event that happens in the Geosphere".

Geological Process

400

This word is "the explanation of how the evidence proves the claim".

Reasoning

500

This word is "the process of answering a question with a claim, using evidence to prove the claim, and explaining the evidence".

Argumentation

All Systems Ready

100

This system is made up of all of the plants, animals, and other living things on a Planet.

The Biosphere

200

This system includes all of the landforms, the land itself, the core of the planet, and any rocks on that planet.

The Geosphere

300

This system includes all of the heat, temperature, air, and weather of a Planet.

The Atmosphere

400

This system includes of all the clouds, lakes, oceans, and other bodies of water on a Planet.

The Hydrosphere.

500

If a system has breathable air, energy, liquid water, and a rocky surface, it is considered to be this term.

Habitable

Planet Busters

100

This planet is known for being the only planet in our Solar System that has a Biosphere.

Earth

200

This planet is known for its hot atmosphere and being the smallest planet of our Solar System.

Mercury

300

This planet is known for its constant storms and being the largest gas giant.

Jupiter

400

This planet is known for its thick, hot atmosphere and many active volcanoes on its surface.

Venus

500

This planet is known for its vertical (up-down) rings and being an ice giant.

Uranus

Geological Processes

100

This Geological Process happens when the ground shakes violently.

An Earthquake

200

This dome-shaped Landform is made on certain planets when the atmosphere is thick and the crust is thin.

A Novae

300

This Landform can be made by either water or lava and has a deep middle part surrounded by tall "walls"/edges.

A Channel

400

This Geological Process creates landforms by pushing magma from below and lava escaping from volcanoes.

An Eruption

500

This Geological Process occurs when water or wind breaks down rocks and moves them.

Erosion

Facts of the Month

100

This day on Oct 12, was a once celebrated holiday that would be replaced by Indigenous Peoples Day, in memorial for the people that were killed after his discovery of the new world.

Christopher Columbus Day

200

The monster that this person created was misnamed, with many people calling the monster by his creator's name instead.

Frankenstein

300

On October 2001, this company named after a fruit debuted this first ever digital music player.

iPod

400

In October, the Japanese Scientists announced they had found a way to make cells program themselves to die, helping to stop this disease.

Cancer

500

October 5th is the day this famous prize is awarded to various people for accomplishing amazing things in their fields of study.

Nobel Prize