Plate Tectonics
Earthquakes
Volcano
rock/minerals
other
100
We live on what plate?
What is North America
100
t or f--SD can have earthquakes.
What is True
100
T F Hawaii is on a fault
What is F
100
Three main families of rocks
What is sedimentary, igneous, metamorphic
100
How do you spell metamorphic(remember this is a 100 question)
What is metamorphic
200
California sits upon what famous fault?
San Andreas
200
Earthquakes are measured on what scale.
What is Richter Scale
200
Aa is
What is lava
200
The Black Hills are mostly what type of rock.
What is Granite
300
Three main layers of earth.
What is mantle, crust, core
300
Around the Pacific Ocean there is a region of earthquakes and volcanoes-what is this called?
What is The ring of fire
300
Hawaii is made up of Shield volcanoes.
What is T
300
The Sioux Falls is made of what rock?
What is Sioux Quartzite
300
Define metamorphic
What is rock that has been changed by pressure or heat.
400
______________waves occur during an earthquake.
What is seismic(although s waves, surface waves, etc. also work)
400
One area in the middle of the country had a giant earthquake---what modern city was this near?
What is St. Louis
400
A giant eruption in the western United States. Name that volcano
What is Mt. St. Helens
400
A fossil is rock
What is T
400
Peat is an early soft form of
What is coal
500
Name the scientist who came up with the theory of continental drift.
Alfred Wegener
500
What does divergent mean when talking about earthquakes?
What is moving apart
500
Describe aa
What is sharp edged, jagged lava
500
Define conglomerate
What is small rocks that look like they are glued together.
500
What does the MOHS Scale measure?
What is rock hardness
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