Geosphere
Plate Tectonics
Atmosphere & Weather
Hydrosphere & weather
Sphere Interactions
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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

  1. The puzzle like “fit” of South America and Africa

  2. Fossils of land animals found oceans apart

  3. Rocks of similar types and age found oceans apart

  4. 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

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