Rocks for Jocks
What are the three main types of rock?
sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic
The grounds-a-shakin! In this type of natural disaster you'll want to drop, cover, and hold on!
What football team did the Oregon Ducks beat this weekend?
The Ohio State University
What is the tallest mountian in Oregon?
Mt. Hood
What are the four main layers of the Earth?
crust, mantle, outer-core, core
Name the four types of faults
normal, reverse, strike-slip, oblique
Name the 4 main types of waves produced by an earthquake.
P, S, Love, and Rayleigh
BRAT
What is the name of the subducting plate off the Oregon coast?
Juan de Fuca
What are the 2 main elements that make up the Earth's core?
Iron and Nickel
Obsidian
This volcano created the loudest recorded sound, at a whopping 310dB! What's its name
KRAKATOA!
Name one actress staring in the new movie adaptation of the musical Wicked.
Ariana Grande or Cynthia Erivo
(also accept: Michelle Yeoh)
Columbia River basalts
What are the two types of crust, and what are their approximate thicknesses?
Continental (70km-25km)& Oceanic (10km-6km)
Felsic, intermediate, mafic, and ultramafic magmas are differentiated by their content of what element?
Silica
Two major hurricanes hit the east coast of the US this past month. Name one.
Helene and Milton
What member of a famous British boy band died earlier today in a tragic accident in Argentina?
Liam Payne
These two mountain ranges are considered the oldest in Oregon! Name one.
Blue & Klamath ranges
Name one of the two locations on Earth where a mantle plume is located underneath a mid-ocean ridge.
Iceland or the Galapagos
What are the three types of meteorites found on earth?
Stony, iron & stony-iron
What is the name of the current system that ranks tornado intensity?
The Enhanced Fujita (EF) Scale
What is the name of the Hulu TV series currently being filmed that stars Glen Powell as a former Oregon Ducks football player?
Chad Powers
Consisting of Obsidian, this lava flow is the youngest in the state. How old is it?
1300 years
This celestial body crashed into the Earth leading to the formation of the moon.
Theia