Within the Earth
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
People, Place, or Thing
100
The deepest place on Earth
What is Challenger Deep?
100
This deep' "V" forms offshore at certain convergent boundaries
What is a trench?
100
This watery mountain range separates the North American Plate from the Eurasian Plate
What is the Mid-Atlantic Ridge?
100
This actor starred in a movie about a famous fault
Who is Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson?
100
In 1964 Alaska, the Richter scale registered this in what was the largest earthquake in US history.
What is 9.2?
200
The Hawaiian Islands are on top of one of these "spots"
What is a Hot Spot?
200
Mount St Helens erupted in 1980 and was formed by the collision of these two plates
What are the Juan de Fuca and North American Plates?
200
This island nation is the middle of the North Atlantic was misnamed by a Viking
What is Iceland?
200
Two plates that form the famous fault in California
What are the North American and Pacific Plates?
200
The depth achieved by this "submarine" when it reached the bottom of Challenger Deep
What is 35,000 feet below sea level?
300
This area is where new oceanic crust is formed
What is a Mid-Ocean Ridge?
300
Just off of Alaska, the Aleutian Islands form this type of "arc"
What is an Island Arc??
300
When magma comes to the surface of the Earth it changes its name to this
What is Lava?
300
Name of the fault that runs generally runs North and South in California
What is the San Andreas Fault?
300
This lodge owner refused to believe Mt St Helens was going to erupt and was never seen again
Who is Harry Truman?
400
Heat driven motion within the asthenosphere that moves plates
What is convection?
400
This destructive event usually occurs at Convergent Boundaries
What are Earthquakes?
400
This "push" causes plates to move down a mountain in the middle of the ocean
What is Ridge Push?
400
Two major cities that lie on or near that famous fault in California
What are San Francisco and Los Angelos?
400
These two climbers were the first ascend Mt Everest in 1953 (Last names are fine)
Who are Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay?
500
This "zone" at certain convergent boundaries thatb cause volcanos to be created
What is Subduction?
500
These volcanic mountains are the product of the Nazca and South American plates colliding
What are the Andes Mountains?
500
This crack in the African Plate may someday become an ocean, but not Djibouti
What is the East African Rift Zone?
500
The famous fault in California is not part of what band of volcanos around the Pacific Plate
What is the Ring of Fire?
500
This Mariana Island was the site of America's most costly battle of WW II
What is Iwo Jima?