Riddles
Earth's Layers
Convection
Continental Drift
Plate Tectonics
(x2 Points)
(x2 Points)
100
What month of the year has 28 days?
All of them
100
What layer are we standing on?
The crust
100
Where does convection occur?
A. Water B. The Mantle C. Air D. All of the answers
D. All of the answers
100
What is the name of the super continent?
Pangea
100
Name ONE natural disaster caused by Plate Tectonics.
Tsunami, Earthquake, Volcano
200
What has to be broken before you can use it?
An egg
200
What layer is the thinnest?
The crust
200
What is the heat source inside earth?
The Inner Core
200
Who discovered Continental Drift?
Alfred Wegener
200
What LANDFORM occurs where continental plates crash into eachother?
A. Valley B. Mountains C. Trench
B. Mountains
300
I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
A Candle
300
Liquid or Solid - Mantle
Liquid
300
What layer of Earth does convection occur?
The Mantle
300
What evidence of continental drift is this image showing?
A. Fossils B. Puzzle Piece continents C. Climate change
A. Fossils and/or B. Puzzle Piece continents
300
What LANDFORM occurs where continental and oceanic plates crash into each other?
A. Valley B. Mountains C. Trench
C. Trench
400
What is full of holes but still holds water?
A sponge
400
Liquid or Solid - Inner Core
Solid
400
What happens to particles when they get hot?
A. They come together
B. They spread apart
B. They spread apart
400
Daily Double!!! What is evidence for continental drift?
Name all three!
Fossils
Puzzle Piece continents
Climate change
400
What LANDFORM occurs where continental plates crash move away from each other?
A. Valley B. Mountains C. Trench
A. Valley
500
What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
The future
500
What layer is the thickest?
The Mantle
500
What happens to particles when they get cold?
A. They come together
B. They spread apart
A. They come together
500
What is moving the plates?
Convection
500
What is this area around the pacific called?
A. Ring of Fire B. Circle of Death C. Area of Danger
A. Ring of Fire