Geosphere
Plate Tectonics
Atmosphere & Weather
Hydrosphere & weather
Sphere Interactions
Wild Card
100
the name of the supercontinent that existed about 200 million years ago
What is Pangaea?
100
the plate boundary that volcanoes are found
convergent
100
78% of Earth's Atmosphere
Nitrogen
100
The process by which water vapor is changed into liquid water is called:
condensation
100
DOUBLE JEOPARDY wind blowing sand around in a desert is which two spheres interacting
geosphere and atmosphere
100
A plane crashed between the border of France and Belgium. Where were the survivors buried?
They weren’t. Survivors don’t need to be buried.
200
Letter D is what layer?
Inner Core
200
what is this plate boundary?
divergent
200
layer of the Earth where most weather occurs
Troposphere
200
DOUBLE JEOPARDY Most of accessible freshwater is found here
groundwater
200
interaction between the biosphere and the hydrosphere
Organisms need water to survive
Organisms live in water
200
A man shaves many times during the day, but at the end of the day, he still has a beard. How is this possible?
The man is a barber.
300
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
Two pieces of evidence that supports the theory of continental drift
The puzzle like “fit” of South America and Africa
Fossils of land animals found oceans apart
Rocks of similar types and age found oceans apart
Glacial Evidence
300
cracks in earth's crust typically formed on transform boundaries
faults
300
Reason all the gasses on the Earth don't float away
gravity
300
The transfer of heat through direct contact (Letter B)
conduction
300
Describe an interaction between the atmosphere and the hydrosphere
Rain clouds found in the air
300
Spelled forwards I’m what you do every day, spelled backward I’m something you hate. What am I?
live
400
describe the Earth's crust
the rocky thinnest outermost layer of the earth
400
Where is the nearest divergent boundary to us?
Atlantic Ocean (mid ocean ridge)
400
DOUBLE JEOPARDY important layer found in the stratosphere and its purpose
ozone layer; protects us from the sun
400
most of Earth's freshwater is found here
Icecaps and glaciers
400
Sand dunes/wind erosion, mountains causing atmospheric uplift is what two sphere interacting
geosphere & atmosphere
400
What starts with a T, ends with a T, and has T in it?
a teapot
500
The crust and upper mantle of the Earth is called
lithosphere
500
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
the convergence of oceanic crust sliding under a piece of continental crust
what is subduction zone
500
A body of air with uniformed temperature, pressure, and humidity
air mass
500
the ocean's main function
temperature regulation
500
Describe an interaction between the biosphere and the atmosphere
We need air to breathe
Plants need carbon dioxide for photosynthesis
Birds travel through the air
500
What word in the dictionary is spelled incorrectly?
incorrectly
600
Flexible moving layer of the earth's layers
asthenosphere or mantle
600
Mt. Everest is found on what plate boundary
continental convergent boundary
600
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
a fast moving front that usually leads to thunderstorms
cold front
600
describe a high pressure system
clear and fair weather
600
Describe an interaction between the biosphere & the geosphere
Organisms living in caves
The ground supports us
600
What runs, but never walks. Murmurs, but never talks. Has a bed, but never sleeps. And has a mouth, but never eats?
a river
700
Purpose of convection currents within the interior of the Earth
Causes the movement of tectonic plates
700
DOUBLE JEOPARDY the separation of two continental pieces of crust results in this land formation
rift valley
700
List the order of the layers of the atmosphere from lowest to highest
troposphere --> stratosphere --> mesosphere --> thermosphere --> exosphere
700
Underground formations that contain groundwater
aquifers
700
Describe an interaction between the hydrosphere and the geosphere
Rocks in a river eroding away
700
Forward, I am heavy; backward, I am not. What am I?
A ton